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Ashok Chavan

PEP · Politician

Ashok Chavan is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Ashok Chavan · Ashok Shankarrao Chavan · Ashokrao Shankarrao Chavan · Aşok Chavan · Chavan, Shri Ashok Shankarrao · 16 more...				[sources]
Alias	Ashok Chavan · Ashokrao Shankarrao Chavan · Ashokrao Shankarrao Chavan, Shri Chavan Ashokrao Shankarrao · Ashokrao Shankarrao Chavan၊ Shri Chavan Ashokrao Shankarrao · Ashokrao Shankarrao Chavan、Shri Chavan Ashokrao Shankarrao · 19 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1958-10-28				[sources]
Place of birth	Mumbai · Mumbai (Maharashtra)				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	India				[sources]
Citizenship	India				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status) · State government (unknown status)				[sources]
Email	asho.shankarrao@sansad.nic.in · ashokchavan.009@sansad.nic.in				[sources]
First name	Ashok · Ashok Shankarrao · Ashokrao Shankarrao				[sources]
Last name	Chavan				[sources]
Political association	Bharatiya Janata Party · Indian National Congress				[sources]
Title	Shri				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q3345623				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	en.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	Chief Minister of Maharashtra (2008-2010) · Lok Sabha (member, 2014-) · Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly · Member of the 16th Lok Sabha (2014-) · Member of the 8th Lok Sabha				[sources]
Education	B.Sc., M.B.A. Educated at Bombay University, Mumbai and J.D.C. Bytco Institute of Management Studies and Research, Nashik, Maharashtra · B.Sc., M.B.A.Educated at Hazarimal Jomani College, Mumbai, Maharashtra and B.Y.K. College of Commerce, Nashik, Maharashtra				[sources]
Religion	Hinduism				[sources]
Status	Former · Sitting				[sources]
Address	1-2-163, Anand Nilayam, Shivaji Nagar, · 4, South Avenue Lane, · Bungalow No- 9, Safdarjung Lane, New Delhi 110011 · House No. 1-2-162, Shivaji Nagar, Nanded 431602				[sources]
Last change	2026-05-19	Last processed	2026-05-19	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

President, Sai Sevabhavi Trust, Nanded, (Charitable Voluntary Organization), 1987 and Sharada Bhavan Education Society, Nanded, 2004Chief Promoter, Bhaurao Chavan Co-operative Sugar Factory Ltd., Laximinagar, (Degaon-Yelegaon) Tal & Distt. Nanded, Maharashtra, 1990

— India Lok and Rajya Sabha Members, 2025-10-13

Indian politician

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Shrimati Ameeta Ashok Chavan Close Associate	spouse	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
member of Rajya Sabha	2024-04-03	2030-04-02

Relatives
Person	Relationship	Start date	End date
Shri Shankarrao Bhaurao Chavan Close Associate	child · father	-	-

Data sources

India Lok and Rajya Sabha Members8,802

Current and historical members of the two houses of the Indian Parliament

India · Parliament of India

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,464

All members of national legislatures in the world, collected from hundreds of government web sites and consolidated via Wikidata.

Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons291,350

Profiles of politically exposed persons from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories358,377

Category-based imports from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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Wikidata344,654

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions552,549

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: in-sansad-ls-2999 · evpo-1e87219c-246d-4f74-92d5-0f0aba242ba6 · in-sansad-rs-2607

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