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Manohar Joshi
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| 12th Chief Minister of Maharashtra | |
| In office 14 March 1995 – 31 January 1999 |
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| Preceded by | Sharad Pawar |
| Succeeded by | Narayan Rane |
| 13th Speaker of the Lok Sabha | |
| In office 10 May 2002 – 2 August 2004 |
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| President | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam |
| Prime Minister | Atal Bihari Vajpayee (also been a Leader of the House) |
| Deputy Speaker | P. M. Sayeed |
| Preceded by | G. M. C. Balayogi |
| Succeeded by | Somnath Chatterjee |
| Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises | |
| In office 19 October 1999 – 9 May 2002 |
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| Prime Minister | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| Preceded by | Chandra Shekhar |
| Succeeded by | Anant Geete |
| Leader of Shiv Sena | |
| In office 19 June 1966 – 23 February 2024 |
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| President | Bal Thackeray (1966–2012) Uddhav Thackeray (2012–2022) Eknath Shinde (2022–) |
| Leader of the House Legislative Assembly Maharashtra |
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| In office 14 March 1995 – 31 January 1999 |
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| Preceded by | Sharad Pawar |
| Succeeded by | Narayan Rane |
| Leader of the Opposition Maharashtra Legislative Assembly |
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| In office 22 March 1990 – 12 December 1991 |
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| Preceded by | Mrinal Gore |
| Succeeded by | Gopinath Munde |
| Mayor of Mumbai | |
| In office 1976–1977 |
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| Preceded by | Mehta |
| Succeeded by | Murli Deora |
| Member of Parliament, Loksabha | |
| In office 1999–2004 |
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| Preceded by | Ramdas Athawale |
| Succeeded by | Eknath Gaikwad |
| Constituency | Mumbai North Central |
| Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | |
| In office 2006–2012 |
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| Preceded by | Ram Jethmalani |
| Succeeded by | Anil Desai |
| Constituency | Maharashtra |
| Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 1990–1999 |
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| Preceded by | Sharayu Thakur |
| Succeeded by | Vishakha Raut |
| Constituency | Dadar |
| Member of Maharashtra Legislative Council | |
| In office 1972–1989 |
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| Constituency | Nominated |
| Councillor, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation | |
| In office 1968–1972 |
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| Constituency | Dadar |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 December 1937 Raigad, Bombay Province, British India |
| Died | 23 February 2024 (aged 86) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
| Political party | Shiv Sena |
| Spouse | Anagha Joshi |
| Children | 3 |
| Relatives | Sharvari Wagh (grand daughter) |
Manohar Gajanan Joshi (2 December 1937 – 23 February 2024) was an Indian politician from the state of Maharashtra, who served as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra from 1995 to 1999, and Speaker of the Lok Sabha from 2002 to 2004. He was one of the prominent leaders of the Shiv Sena, and also one of the Indians to be elected to all of the four legislatures.
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Early life
Joshi was born on 2 December 1937 in the Marathi-speaking Brahmin family of Gajanan Krishna Joshi and Saraswati Gajanan in Nandavi of Raigad district in Maharashtra. He received his Masters of Arts and LLB degrees from Mumbai University. He married Anagha Joshi on 14 May 1964, with whom he had a son, Unmesh, and two daughters, Asmita and Namrata. His granddaughter, Sharvari Wagh, made her debut as an actress with the 2021 film Bunty Aur Babli 2.
Formation of Kohinoor
After receiving his MA in law he joined Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) as an officer, but later started the Kohinoor technical/vocational training institute with the idea of an institute for semi–skilled youths to offer training as electricians, plumbers, TV/radio/scooter repairmen and photographers. Eventually, he started multiple branches of Kohinoor in Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur, Nashik, etc., and later he made an entry into construction and another capital-oriented business.
Manohar Joshi also founded the Kohinoor Business School & Kohinoor-IMI School of Hospitality Management in Khandala, Maharashtra. Later on he took Chancellorship of Dnyaneshwar Vidyapeeth.
Political career
Early years
Joshi began his career by being elected as a municipal councillor in Bombay Municipal Corporation in 1968 from the Shiv Sena.
In 1972 Joshi was elected to the Maharashtra Legislative Council, where he served three terms untill 1989. He became the Mayor of Mumbai during 1976 to 1977. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly from a Shiv Sena ticket in 1990.
Chief Minister
Joshi became the first non-Congress Chief Minister of Maharashtra when the Shiv Sena-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) coalition came to power in 1995. Technically, Sharad Pawar led the first non-Congress government in Maharashtra in 1978 as a member of Socialist Indian National Congress.
Lok Sabha and Speaker
Joshi was promoted to the Lok Sabha when he won in Central Mumbai in the 1999 General Elections. He was the Speaker of the Lok Sabha from 2002 to 2004 during the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) administration.
Joshi was elected for a six-year term to the Rajya Sabha on 20 March 2006 after being defeated in the previous Lok Sabha election in the Central Mumbai constituency.
National Legislator Conference
In September 2022, Manohar Joshi was appointed as a key patron of NLC Bharat.
Death
Manohar Joshi died in Mumbai on 23 February 2024, at the age of 86. He had suffered a cardiac arrest a day earlier and been placed in Hinduja hospital's intensive care unit, dying the next day of age-related health complications.
See also
- Manohar Joshi ministry
- List of chief ministers of Maharashtra
