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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=July 2018}}
{{Infobox officeholder
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| name = Diwakar Raote
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| image = The Cabinet Minister of Transport, Maharashtra, Shri Diwakar Raote calling on the Union Minister for Railways, Shri Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu, in New Delhi on February 22, 2016.jpg
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| caption = Diwakar Raote calling on the Union Minister for Railways, Shri Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu, in New Delhi on February 22, 2016
| office = Cabinet Minister of Transport <br />[[Government of Maharashtra]]
| term_start = 5 December 2014<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/report/finally-sena-joins-maharashtra-govt-10-ministers-sworn-in/20141205.htm|title=Finally Sena joins Maharashtra govt, 10 ministers sworn-in|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=
https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/deal-sealed-sena-joins-bjp-govt-in-maharashtra/story-cTiB7f8uT444cbEoZ925KI.html | title=Deal sealed: Sena joins BJP govt in Maharashtra | date=5 December 2014 | newspaper=Hindustan Times | first1=Dharmendra | last1=Jore | first2=Sayli Udas | last2=Mankikar | accessdate=22 July 2018 }}</ref>
| term_end = 11 November 2019
| governor = [[C. Vidyasagar Rao|C.V.Rao]]
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| party = [[Shiv Sena]]
| office1 = [[Maharashtra Legislative Council|Member of Legislative Council]] of [[Maharashtra]]
| term_start1 = 8 July 2016
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| residence = [[Mumbai|Mumbai, India]]
| occupation = Politician
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'''Diwakar Raote ''' is a leader of [[Shiv Sena]] from [[Maharashtra]].
On 5 December 2014 Raote took charge as the Cabinet Minister of Transport in Maharashtra Government.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/report/fadnavis-ministry-expansion-sees-mix-of-old-and-new-faces/20141205.htm|title=Fadnavis ministry expansion sees mix of old and new faces|publisher=}}</ref> He is also the guardian minister of [[Parbhani]] and [[Nanded]] Districts.<ref name="auto">{{cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/politics/guardian-ministers-appointed-in-maharashtra-114122601108_1.html|title=Guardian Ministers appointed in Maharashtra|newspaper=Business Standard India|date=26 December 2014|publisher=|via=Business Standard|agency=Press Trust of India}}</ref>
Earlier he was entrusted with the responsibility of establishing the organization in [[Marathwada]] after the party's decision in 1985 to expand to whole Maharashtra. He became Mayor of Mumbai in 1991. In [[Narayan Rane ministry]], he was a cabinet minister of Revenue, [[Government of Maharashtra]].

He belongs to the [[Panchkalshi]], a scribal caste community of Hindu society in Maharashtra mostly found in Mumbai and the North Konkan region.

==Positions held==
* 1991-1992: Mayor of Mumbai<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mcgm.gov.in/irj/portal/anonymous/qlsagaofmayors|title=Welcome to Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai, India|website=www.mcgm.gov.in}}</ref>
* Leader, Shiv Sena<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://shivsena.org/m/admin-wing/#toggle-id-1 |title=संपर्क प्रशासकीय यंत्रणा – शिवसेना नेते, उपनेते, सचिव, प्रवक्ते | शिवसेना |access-date=23 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150912020036/http://shivsena.org/m/admin-wing/#toggle-id-1 |archive-date=12 September 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* 1995-1999: Cabinet Minister Maharashtra.
* 2004: Elected to Maharashtra Legislative Council
* 2008: Shiv Sena Party group Leader in the Maharashtra Legislative Council<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oneindia.com/2008/04/25/diwakar-raote-is-senas-group-leader-in-upper-house-1209123816.html|title=Diwakar Raote is Sena's group leader in upper house|date=25 April 2008|publisher=}}</ref>
* 2010: Elected to Maharashtra Legislative Council<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/report/cong-ncp-win-7seats-in-mlc-polls/20100611.htm|title=Congress-NCP wins 7 Maharashtra council seats|publisher=}}</ref>
* 2014: Cabinet Minister of Transport in Maharashtra State Government
* 2014-2016: Guardian minister of [[Parbhani]] and [[Nanded]]<ref name="auto"/>
* 2016: Elected to Maharashtra Legislative Council<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-maharashtra-council-polls-narayan-rane-among-10-candidates-elected-unopposed-2219613 |title = Maharashtra Council polls: 10 candidates elected unopposed}}</ref>
* 2017: Guardian minister of [[Osmanabad]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://osmanabad.nic.in/newsite/PublicRepresentative/main.htm |title=Public Representative |website=osmanabad.nic.in |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121203060222/http://osmanabad.nic.in/newsite/PublicRepresentative/main.htm |archive-date=2012-12-03}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Devendra Fadnavis ministry (2014–)|Devendra Fadnavis ministry]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/19981202100332/http://www.shivsena.org/ Shivsena Home Page]
* http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-maharashtra-cm-devendra-fadnavis-team-portfolios-allocated-bjp-retains-key-departments-2041510

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