Chandrakant Khaire

Chandrakant Khaire
Office	Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Office	Leader of Shiv Sena Party
Office	Minister for Housing, Slum Improvement and Urban Land Ceiling, Maharashtra
Office	Minister for Transport, Maharashtra
Office	Minister for Forests and Environment, Maharashtra ; ;
Predecessor	Ramkrishna Baba Patil (INC)
Successor	Imtiyaz Jaleel (AIMIM) ; ;
Constituency	Aurangabad ;
Born	1952-1-1 (age 74)
Born	Aurangabad, Hyderabad State, India ; ;
Nationality	Indian ;
Political party	Shiv Sena
Spouse	Template:Marriage
Children	4 ; ; ;

Chandrakant Khaire (born 1 January 1952) is an Indian politician. He is a member of the Shiv Sena political party from Aurangabad. He was elected consecutively for 4 terms in Lok Sabha representing Auragabad for 1999, 2004, 2009 and 2014.^[1]^[2] He was two time MLA from Aurangabad West in 1990^[3] and 1995.^[4] He had also served as cabinet minister in Maharashtra state government from 1995 to 1999 in the Shiv Sena Government.

Personal life

Khaire was born on 1 January 1952 to Bhaurao and Vatsala Khaire in Aurangabad. He completed his Diploma in Personnel Management from Marathwada University. Khaire married Kasturi Choudhari 5 January 1975, with whom he has two sons and two daughters. He is also an industrialist and trade unionist by profession besides being a politician and social worker.^[5]

Positions held

1985 : Founder Member, Shiv Sena Party, Marathwada
1988 : Corporator, Municipal Corporation, Gulmandi Ward, Aurangabad
1988-90 : Leader of the Opposition, Municipal Corporation, Aurangabad
1990-99 : Member, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (two terms)
1992-95 : Member, Estimates Committee, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
1992-1995 : Sampark Pramukh, Shiv Sena Party, Aurangabad
1995-1997 : Cabinet Minister, Housing, Slum Improvement and Urban Land Ceiling, Maharashtra
1997-1998 : Cabinet Minister, Transport, Maharashtra
1998-1999 : Cabinet Minister, Environment, Maharashtra
1995-1999 : Guardian Minister, District Aurangabad
1999 : Elected to 13th Lok Sabha (1st term)
2002-2004 : Leader, Shiv Sena Parliamentary Party (Lok Sabha)
2004 : Elected to 14th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
2005 onwards Deputy Leader, Shiv Sena^[6]
2009 : Elected to 15th Lok Sabha (3rd term)
2014 : Elected to 16th Lok Sabha (4th term)
2018: Appointed as standing committee member of Employees state insurance corporation (ESIC)
2018 : Appointed as Leader of Shiv Sena Party^[7]