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Manohar Joshi
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12th Chief Minister of Maharashtra
In office
14 March 1995 – 31 January 1999
Preceded by Sharad Pawar
Succeeded by Narayan Rane
13th Speaker of the Lok Sabha
In office
10 May 2002 – 2 August 2004
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
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
President Bal Thackeray (1966–2012)
Uddhav Thackeray (2012–2022)
Eknath Shinde (2022–)
Leader of the House Legislative Assembly
Maharashtra
In office
14 March 1995 – 31 January 1999
Preceded by Sharad Pawar
Succeeded by Narayan Rane
Leader of the Opposition
Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
In office
22 March 1990 – 12 December 1991
Preceded by Mrinal Gore
Succeeded by Gopinath Munde
Mayor of Mumbai
In office
1976–1977
Preceded by Mehta
Succeeded by Murli Deora
Member of Parliament, Loksabha
In office
1999–2004
Preceded by Ramdas Athawale
Succeeded by Eknath Gaikwad
Constituency Mumbai North Central
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office
2006–2012
Preceded by Ram Jethmalani
Succeeded by Anil Desai
Constituency Maharashtra
Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
In office
1990–1999
Preceded by Sharayu Thakur
Succeeded by Vishakha Raut
Constituency Dadar
Member of Maharashtra Legislative Council
In office
1972–1989
Constituency Nominated
Councillor, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation
In office
1968–1972
Constituency Dadar
Personal details
Born (1937-12-02)2 December 1937
Raigad, Bombay Province, British India
Died 23 February 2024(2024-02-23) (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.

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.

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Joshi with former BCCI vice-president Dnyaneshwar Agashe.

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.

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