Loading AI tools
Indian politician From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Haribhau Kisanrao Bagade (born 17 August 1945) is an Indian politician currently serving as the Governor of Rajasthan. He is from Maharashtra state. He was the Speaker of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly in 2014,[1] and he is a leader of Bharatiya Janata Party.
Haribhau Bagade was born in a Maratha Gurjar family in Chitepimpalgaon Village of Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district.
Haribhau Bagde, who has been an Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) activist & member since his childhood, was instrumental in increasing the presence of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the Marathwada region and Popularly known as “Nana” in political circles and Till 1980 he was with the Bharatiya Jana Sangh.
He was first elected to Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha in 1985 from Aurangabad East seat.[2] He won 2014 MLA election against Kalyan Kale of Indian National Congress (INC) from Phulambri constituency,[3] and went on to win the 2019 assembly election as well from the same constituency. When BJP installed its first government in Maharashtra in 2014, he was appointed Speaker of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. He is a former cabinet minister in Government of Maharashtra and He came to be viewed as the BJP party’s rural face of Maharashtra state.
Haribhau Bagade has appointed as Governor of Rajasthan by President Droupadi Murmu on 27 july 2024.[4]
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.