Devendra Fadnavis is an Indian politician and a prominent leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He was born on July 22, 1970, in Nagpur, Maharashtra, India. Fadnavis has served as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra, one of the largest states in India, from October 2014 to November 2019.

Fadnavis began his political career at a young age and quickly rose through the ranks within the BJP. He was elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Nagpur in 1999 and has been re-elected multiple times since then.