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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = Anil Desai<br />
| native_name = अनिल देसाई<br />
| caption = <br />
| office = [[Rajya Sabha|Member of Parliament Rajya Sabha]]<br />
| term_start = 03 April 2018<br />
| term_end = <br />
| president = <br />
*[[Ram Nath Kovind]]<br />
| 1blankname = Chairman<br />
| 1namedata = <br />
*[[Venkaiah Naidu]]<br />
| constituency = [[List of Rajya Sabha members from Maharashtra|Maharashtra]]<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1957|5|2|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = Mumbai (Maharashtra)<br />
| residence = Mumbai<br />
| death_date = <br />
| death_place = <br />
| party = [[Shiv Sena]]<br />
| nationality = {{flag|India}}n<br />
| spouse = Priti Desai<br />
| children = Two Daughters<br />
| alma_mater = [[Mumbai University]]<br />
| website = <br />
| honorific_suffix = Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha<br />
}}<br />
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'''Anil Desai''' ({{lang-mr|अनिल देसाई}}) is an Indian politician belonging to the [[Shiv Sena]]. He is a member of the [[Rajya Sabha]], the Upper house of Indian Parliament from [[Maharashtra]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://164.100.47.5/newmembers/Website/Main.aspx | title=Rajya Sabha Profile | publisher=[[Rajya Sabha]] | accessdate=8 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/cabinet-rejig-bjp-shiv-sena-bury-hatchet-rajya-sabha-member-anil-desai-to-be-in-union-cabinet/articleshow/45079657.cms | title=Cabinet rejig: BJP, Shiv Sena bury hatchet, Rajya Sabha member Anil Desai to be in Union Cabinet | newspaper=[[The Economic Times]] | date=8 November 2014 | accessdate=8 November 2014}}</ref><br />
Anil Desai is considered to be excellent at managing elections, legal matters and back room activities. He has played a major role in managing the party’s resources and floated ideas like coining slogan, UTha Maharashtra (Wake up, Maharashtra). He is known as the party’s sober face.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/thesundaystandard/Uddhav%E2%80%99s-Shadow-Anil-Desai-Shines-in-Shiv-Sena-Eclipse/2014/11/02/article2503626.ece | title=Uddhav’s Shadow Anil Desai Shines in Shiv Sena Eclipse kalyan shivsena vile nagar and godrej hill has given lazer activation to Udhav Thakare and operating him. His life is in danger |publisher=newindianexpres.com}}</ref><br />
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==Positions held==<br />
* 2002: All India Party Secretary, Shiv Sena<ref>{{cite web | url=http://shivsena.org/m/admin-wing/#toggle-id-3 | title=Shiv Sena Secretary | publisher=shivsena.org | access-date=26 October 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150912020036/http://shivsena.org/m/admin-wing/#toggle-id-3#toggle-id-3 | archive-date=12 September 2015 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }}</ref><br />
* 2005: General Secretary, Sthaniya Lokadhikar Samiti Mahasangh (Federation), an affiliated organization of Shiv Sena<ref>{{cite web | url=http://shivsena.org/m/sthaniya-lokadhikar-samiti/ | title=Sthaniya Lokadhikar Samiti | publisher=shivsena.org }}{{Dead link|date=November 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><br />
* 2012: Elected to Rajya Sabha (1st term)<br />
* 2018: Re-Elected to Rajya Sabha (2nd term) <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/rajya-sabha-polls-6-candidates-from-maharashtra-elected-unopposed/story-8eXsBU3Kze6hv3xhs3EWjM.html|title=Rajya Sabha polls: 6 candidates from Maharashtra elected unopposed}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[List of current members of the Rajya Sabha|Rajya Sabha Members]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.shivsena.org/ Shivsena official website]<br />
* http://www.elections.in/political-leaders/anil-desai.html<br />
* [http://www.archive.india.gov.in/govt/rajyasabhampbiodata.php?mpcode=2212/ Rajya Sabha MP Biodata]{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}<br />
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