Uday Samant

Uday Samant is a politician from Ratnagiri district, Maharashtra, India. Earlier he was with Nationalist Congress Party (NCP). He quit NCP in 2014 to join Shiv Sena.[1] He is current Member of Legislative Assembly from Ratnagiri Vidhan Sabha constituency of Konkan, Maharashtra, India as a member of Shiv Sena.[2] He has been elected to Vidhan Sabha for four consecutive terms in 2004, 2009, 2014 and 2019.[3][4]

Uday Samant
Cabinet Minister
Government of Maharashtra
Assumed office
30 December 2019
Minister
GovernorBhagat Singh Koshyari
Chief MinisterUddhav Thackeray
Preceded byVinod Tawde
Guardian minister of Sindhudurg District Government of Maharashtra
Assumed office
9 January 2020
Preceded by-
ConstituencyRatnagiri
Chairman of Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA)
Assumed office
2018
Preceded byBal Mane
Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
2004
ConstituencyRatnagiri
Minister of State for Urban Development of Maharashtra
In office
June 2013 – September 2014
Personal details
CitizenshipIndia
NationalityIndian
Political partyShiv Sena
EducationDiploma in Engineering
Alma materDnyaneshwar University Pune
OccupationPolitician

Positions held
  • 2004: Elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (1st term)
  • 2009: Re-Elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (2nd term)
  • 2013 - 2014: Minister of State for Urban Development in Maharashtra Government [5]
  • 2013 - 2014: Guardian Minister of Ratnagiri district [6]
  • 2014: Re-Elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (3rd term)
  • 2017 : Appointed as Samparkh pramukh of Pune City [7]
  • 2018 : Appointed as Deputy Leader of Shiv Sena Party [8]
  • 2018 : Appointed as chairman of Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (Mhada) [9][10]
  • 2019: Re-elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (4th term) [2]
  • 2019: Appointed as minister of Higher and Technical Education[11][12]
  • 2020: Appointed as guardian minister of Sindhudurg district[13]

See also

References
  1. "Uday Samant latest to quit NCP for Sena | Mumbai News - Times of India".
  2. "Ratnagiri Vidhan Sabha constituency result 2019".
  3. "Sitting and previous MLAs from Ratnagiri Assembly Constituency".
  4. "Ratnagiri Assembly Election 2014".
  5. "Maharashtra Cabinet Reshuffle".
  6. "पालकमंत्र्यांच्या हस्ते गुणवंतांचा सत्कार".
  7. "शिवसेनेच्या पुण्याच्या संपर्क प्रमुखपदी आमदार उदय सामंत यांची नियुक्ती".
  8. "शिवसेना उपनेतेपदी उदय सामंत यांची निवड".
  9. "Shiv Sena MLA Uday Samant to head Mhada".
  10. "महाराष्ट्र गृहनिर्माण व क्षेत्र विकास प्राधिकरणाच्या (म्हाडा) अध्यक्षपदी शिवसेनेचे उदय सामंत".
  11. "Maharashtra Cabinet portfolios announced".
  12. "महाराष्ट्र मंत्रिमंडळ खातेवाटप जाहीर".
  13. "2020: Maharashtra govt appoints guardian ministers for all 36 districts".
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