Chandrakant Khaire

Chandrakant Khaire is an Indian politician. He is a member of the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) political party from Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar . He was elected consecutively for 4 terms in Lok Sabha representing for 1999, 2004, 2009 and 2014. He was two time MLA from Aurangabad West in 1990 and 1995. He had also served as cabinet minister in Maharashtra state government from 1995 to 1999 in the Shiv Sena Government.

Personal life

Chandrakant Bhaurao Khaire was born on 1 January 1952 to Bhaurao and Vatsala Khaire in Sambhaji Nagar, Maharashtra. 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 an industrialist and trade unionist by profession.

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
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
2002-2004 : Leader, Shiv Sena Parliamentary Party
2004 : Elected to 14th Lok Sabha
2005 onwards Deputy Leader, Shiv Sena
2009 : Elected to 15th Lok Sabha
2014 : Elected to 16th Lok Sabha
2018: Appointed standing committee member of Employees state insurance corporation
2018 : Appointed Leader of Shiv Sena Party