Uday Samant

Uday Samant is an Indian politician and leader of Shiv Sena from Maharashtra. He is Cabinet Minister of Ministry of Industries (Maharashtra).^[1] He is current Member of Legislative Assembly from Ratnagiri.^[2][3] He has been elected to Vidhan Sabha for five consecutive terms in 2004, 2009, 2014, 2019 and 2024.^[4][5]

Uday Samant
Cabinet Minister Government of Maharashtra
Incumbent
Assumed office 15 December 2024
Minister	Industries Marathi Language
Governor	C. P. Radhakrishnan
Cabinet	Third Fadnavis ministry
Chief Minister	Devendra Fadnavis
Deputy CM	Eknath Shinde Ajit Pawar
Guardian Minister	Ratnagiri district
Cabinet Minister Government of Maharashtra
In office 14 August 2022 – 26 November 2024
Minister	Industries
Governor	Bhagat Singh Koshyari Ramesh Bais C. P. Radhakrishnan
Chief Minister	Eknath Shinde
Deputy CM	Devendra Fadnavis
Guardian Minister	Raigad District Ratnagiri District
Preceded by	Subhash Desai (Industries Ministry) Aditi Sunil Tatkare (Raigad District) Anil Parab (Ratnagiri District)
Deputy Leader of the House Maharashtra Legislative Council
Acting
In office 17 August 2022 – 26 November 2024
Governor	Bhagat Singh Koshyari Ramesh Bais
Chairman	Neelam Gorhe Acting
Chief Minister	Eknath Shinde
Leader of the House	Devendra Fadnavis
Preceded by	Subhash Desai
Succeeded by	Pankaja Munde
Cabinet Minister Government of Maharashtra
In office 30 December 2019 – 27 June 2022
Minister	Higher and Technical Education Ministry
Governor	Bhagat Singh Koshyari
Chief Minister	Uddhav Thackeray
Deputy CM	Ajit Pawar
Guardian Minister	Sindhudurg District
Preceded by	Vinod Tawde (Higher and Technical Education Ministry) Tanaji Sawant (Sindhudurg District)
Succeeded by	Aaditya Thackeray (Higher and Technical Education Ministry) Anil Parab Additional Charge (Sindhudurg District)
Chairman of Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA)
In office 2018–2020
Preceded by	Bal Mane
Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office (2004-2009), (2009-2014), (2014-2019), (2019-2024), (2024-Present)
Preceded by	Bal Mane
Constituency	Ratnagiri
Minister of State for Urban Development of Maharashtra
In office June 2013 – September 2014
Personal details
Citizenship	India
Nationality	Indian
Political party	Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena
Education	Diploma in Engineering
Alma mater	Dnyaneshwar University Pune
Occupation	Politician

Early life

Samant was born in Ratnagiri region of Maharashtra.

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 ^[6]
• 2013 - 2014: Guardian Minister of Ratnagiri district ^[7]
• 2014: Re-Elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (3rd term)
• 2017 : Appointed Samparkh pramukh of Pune City ^[8]
• 2018 : Appointed Deputy Leader of Shiv Sena Party ^[9]
• 2018 : Appointed chairman of Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (Mhada) ^[10][11]
• 2019: Re-elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (4th term) ^[3]
• 2019: Appointed minister of Higher and Technical Education^[12][13]
• 2020: Appointed guardian minister of Sindhudurg district^[14]
• 2022: Took oath as cabinet minister in Eknath Shinde ministry.^[15]
  • 14 August 2022: Appointed Minister for Ministry of Industries (Maharashtra).^[16]
• 2024: Re-elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (5th term) ^{[citation needed]}
  • 21 December 2024: Appointed Minister for Industries and Marathi language.

See also

• Eknath Shinde ministry
• Uddhav Thackeray ministry
• Ratnagiri–Sindhudurg Lok Sabha constituency
• Raigad Lok Sabha constituency