Haribhau Bagade

Haribhau Kisanrao Bagade
45th Governor of Rajasthan
Incumbent
Assumed office 31 July 2024
President	Droupadi Murmu
Chief Minister	Bhajan Lal Sharma
Dy. Chief Minister	Prem Chand Bairwa Diya Kumari
Preceded by	Kalraj Mishra
Speaker of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
In office 12 November 2014 – 25 November 2019
Deputy	Vijayrao Bhaskarrao Auti
Chief Minister	Devendra Fadnavis
Preceded by	Dilip Walse-Patil
Succeeded by	Nana Patole
Minister of Food & Civil Supplies Government of Maharashtra
In office 1997–1999
Chief Minister	Manohar Joshi Narayan Rane
Minister of Horticulture & Employment Guarantee Government of Maharashtra
In office 1995–1997
Chief Minister	Manohar Joshi
Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
In office 2014 – July 2024
Preceded by	Kalyan Kale
Succeeded by	Anuradha Chavan
Constituency	Phulambri
In office 1985–2004
Preceded by	Keshavrao Autade
Succeeded by	Kalyan Kale
Constituency	Aurangabad East
Personal details
Born	(1945-08-17) 17 August 1945 (age 79) Phulambri, Hyderabad State, British India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Residence(s)	Raj Bhavan, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
Occupation	Politician

Haribhau Kisanrao Bagade (born 17 August 1945) is an Indian politician currently serving as the Governor of Rajasthan. He is from Maharashtra state. He was the Speaker of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly in 2014,^[1] and he is a leader of Bharatiya Janata Party.

Haribhau Bagade was born in a Maratha Gurjar family in Chitepimpalgaon Village of Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district.

Haribhau Bagde, who has been an Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) activist & member since his childhood, was instrumental in increasing the presence of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the Marathwada region and Popularly known as “Nana” in political circles and Till 1980 he was with the Bharatiya Jana Sangh.

He was first elected to Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha in 1985 from Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar East seat.^[2] He won 2014 MLA election against Kalyan Kale of Indian National Congress (INC) from Phulambri constituency,^[3] and went on to win the 2019 assembly election as well from the same constituency.

When BJP installed its first government in Maharashtra in 2014, he was appointed Speaker of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. He is a former cabinet minister in Government of Maharashtra and He came to be viewed as the BJP party’s rural face of Maharashtra state.

Haribhau Bagade was appointed Governor of Rajasthan by President Droupadi Murmu on 27 July 2024.^[4]