Devendra Gangadharrao Fadnavis is an Indian politician who is the 18th and incumbent Chief Minister of Maharashtra, in office since October 2014. A member of Bharatiya Janata Party and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, at the age of 44, he became the second youngest Chief Minister of Maharashtra after Sharad Pawar. Fadnavis represents the Nagpur South West constituency in Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. He is only the second CM of Maharashtra, after Vasantrao Naik to have completed his full tenure as Chief Minister of Maharashtra. Fadnavis began his political career in the mid-nineties. Since that time he served in multiple leadership roles for both his political party as well as an elected representative. As a college student, Fadnavis was an active member of BJP affiliated Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP). He won his first municipal election from Ram Nagar ward. Five years later Fadnavis became the youngest mayor of the Nagpur Municipal Corporation in 1997 and became the second youngest mayor in the history of India. He has also served as Ward President, BJYM (1989) and Office Bearer, Nagpur (west) BJP (1990). And promoted to Nagpur President, BJYM (1992), State Vice President, BJYM (1994) and National Vice President, BJYM (2001). Fadnavis has also served as the General Secretary of BJP, Maharashtra in 2010 and became the President of BJP Maharashtra in 2013. He has represented Nagpur in the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra State (Vidhan sabha) since 1999 and is serving his 4th Term as of 2014.In the Maharashtra State Assembly,he has served on several committees. After the 2014 assembly elections, Fadnavis was elected the legislative party leader by the BJP MLAs in the presence of party's central observers, Union Home minister Rajnath Singh and party's national general secretary Jagat Prakash Nadda. As the leader of the biggest party in the assembly, Fadnavis was appointed as the chief minister of Maharashtra on 31 October 2014.