Vijaykumar Krishnarao Gavit

Vijaykumar Krishnarao Gavit
Vijaykumar Krishnarao Gavit
Cabinet Minister; Government of Maharashtra
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 14 August 2022
Minister	Tribal Development;
Governor	Bhagat Singh Koshyari; Ramesh Bais;
Chief Minister	Eknath Shinde
Deputy CM	Devendra Fadnavis
Guardian Minister	Nandurbar District;
Preceded by	Adv. Kagda Chandya Padvi ; (Tribal Development Ministry); Adv. Kagda Chandya Padvi ; (Nandurbar District);
Cabinet Minister; Government of Maharashtra
	In office; 11 November 2010 – 26 September 2014
Minister	Medical Education Ministry; Horticulture Ministry; Employment Guarantee Ministry;
Governor	K. Sankaranarayanan; C. Vidyasagar Rao;
Chief Minister	Prithviraj Chavan
Guardian Minister	NA;
	In office; 07 November 2009 – 09 November 2010
Minister	Medical Education Ministry; Horticulture Ministry; Tourism Ministry;
Governor	S. C. Jamir; K. Sankaranarayanan;
Chief Minister	Ashok Chavan
Guardian Minister	NA;
	In office; 8 December 2008 – 6 November 2009
Minister	Tribal Development; Marathi Language Ministry;
Governor	S. C. Jamir;
Chief Minister	Ashok Chavan
Guardian Minister	NA;
	In office; 1 November 2004 – 4 December 2008
Minister	Tribal Development;
Governor	Mohammed Fazal; S. M. Krishna; S. C. Jamir;
Chief Minister	Vilasrao Deshmukh
Guardian Minister	NA;
Minister of State ; Government of Maharashtra
	In office; 1 February 1999 – 17 October 1999
Minister	Ministry of Public Health (Maharashtra); Ministry of Nomadic Tribes (Maharashtra); Ministry of Higher and Technical Education (Maharashtra);
Governor	P. C. Alexander;
Chief Minister	Narayan Rane
Guardian Minister	NA
Succeeded by	Vishwajeet Kadam
	In office; 14 March 1995 – 31 January 1999
Minister	Ministry of Tribal Development (Maharashtra); Ministry of Labour (Maharashtra); Ministry of Revenue (Maharashtra);
Governor	P. C. Alexander;
Chief Minister	Manohar Joshi
Guardian Minister	NA
Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 1995
Preceded by	Valvi Pratap Rubja
Constituency	Nandurbar
Personal details
Born	22 July 1955; Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party Since 2014
Other political; affiliations	Nationalist Congress Party Since 1999 Till 2014
Spouse	Kumudini Gavit
Children	Dr Heena Gavit ; Supriya Gavit
Education	MBBS ; MD. Medicine
Occupation	Politician

Vijaykumar Gavit is a leader of Bharatiya Janata Party and a member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from Nandurbar.[1]

Vijaykumar Gavit was welcomed to the party fold by Leader of Opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Eknath Khadse on 6 September 2014.[2]

Political career

Vijaykumar Gavit took oath in the new government which has 18 ministers from the Congress and 20 from NCP, including Deputy Chief Minister Chhagan Bhujbal on 7 November 2009.[3]

Within BJP

Legislative

*Member, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly - Since 1995[4]

Minister of state (Maharashtra) of Health and Family Welfare : 1995–1999.
Minister of state (Maharashtra) of Tribal Affairs: 1999–2004.
Cabinet Minister of Maharashtra (Minister of Tribal Affairs): 2004–2009.
Cabinet Minister of Maharashtra (Minister of Medical Education and Food Production): 2009–2014.
Cabinet Minister of Maharashtra (Minister of Tribal Affairs): 2022

References

Suryawanshi, Sudhir (10 October 2014). "Gavits are the true tribal leaders of Nandurbar, our work speaks for itself: Vijay Kumar Gavit". DNA. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
"Former Maharashtra NCP Minister Vijaykumar Gavit Joins BJP".
"Ashok Chavan 37 More Ministers Take Oath in Maharashtra". www.daijiworld.com. Archived from the original on 3 January 2017.
"Live Nandurbar (Maharastra) Assembly Election Results 2019 Updates, Winner, Runner-up Candidates 2019 Updates, Vidhan Sabha Current MLA and Previous MLAs".

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[1] Suryawanshi, Sudhir (10 October 2014). "Gavits are the true tribal leaders of Nandurbar, our work speaks for itself: Vijay Kumar Gavit". DNA. Retrieved 4 October 2019.

[2] "Former Maharashtra NCP Minister Vijaykumar Gavit Joins BJP".

[3] "Ashok Chavan 37 More Ministers Take Oath in Maharashtra". www.daijiworld.com. Archived from the original on 3 January 2017.

[4] "Live Nandurbar (Maharastra) Assembly Election Results 2019 Updates, Winner, Runner-up Candidates 2019 Updates, Vidhan Sabha Current MLA and Previous MLAs".