Mohan Charan Majhi, born on January 6, 1972, in Raikala, Keonjhar district, Odisha, is an Indian politician and the 15th Chief Minister of Odisha. A member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Majhi has represented the Keonjhar constituency in the Odisha Legislative Assembly multiple times since 2000. He is noted for his contributions to tribal communities and his leadership within the BJP.
Mohan Charan Majhi was born on January 6, 1972, in Raikala, Keonjhar district, Odisha, India. He belongs to the Santali tribe. His father, Gunaram Majhi, worked as a security guard. Majhi completed his schooling at Jhumpura High School in 1987 and higher secondary education from Anadapur College in 1990.
Mohan Charan Majhi pursued higher education at Chandra Sekhar College, Champua, where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree. He later acquired a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from Dhenkanal Law College. Before entering politics, Majhi worked as a teacher at the Jhumpura Saraswati Shishu Mandir, part of a network of schools managed by the RSS’s educational wing, Vidya Bharti.
Mohan Charan Majhi began his political career as a village sarpanch, serving from 1997 to 2000. He also held the position of secretary of the tribal wing of the state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from 1997. Majhi was a member of the standing committee of scheduled castes and tribes.
Majhi was first elected to the Odisha Legislative Assembly from Keonjhar in 2000 and re-elected in 2004. During his second term, he served as the deputy chief whip from 2005 to 2009. Although he lost the assembly elections in 2009 and 2014, he won again in 2019. In his capacity as a senior BJP leader, he served as the party’s chief whip in the Odisha assembly from 2019 to 2024.
In the 2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election, Mohan Charan Majhi was re-elected from Keonjhar, securing 47.05% of the votes. With the BJP securing a majority, he was announced as the next Chief Minister of Odisha on June 11, 2024. Majhi was sworn in as the 15th Chief Minister of Odisha on June 12, 2024, succeeding Naveen Patnaik.
Mohan Charan Majhi is married to Priyanka Marndi, and the couple has two children. They reside in Kendujhar, Odisha.
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