Diwakar Raote

Diwakar Raote is a leader of Shiv Sena from Maharashtra. On 5 December 2014 Raote took charge as the Cabinet Minister of Transport in the Maharashtra Government. He is also the guardian minister of Parbhani and Nanded Districts. Earlier he was entrusted with the responsibility of establishing Shiv Sena in Marathwada after the party's decision in 1985 to expand to the whole of Maharashtra. He became Mayor of Mumbai in 1991. In the Narayan Rane ministry, he was a cabinet minister of Revenue, Government of Maharashtra.

He belongs to the Panchkalshi, a scribal caste community of Hindu society in Maharashtra mostly found in Mumbai and the North Konkan region.

Positions held 1991-1992: Mayor of Mumbai Leader, Shiv Sena 1995-1999: Cabinet Minister Maharashtra. 2004: Elected to Maharashtra Legislative Council 2008: Shiv Sena Party group Leader in the Maharashtra Legislative Council 2010: Elected to Maharashtra Legislative Council 2014: Cabinet Minister of Transport in Maharashtra State Government 2014-2016: Guardian minister of Parbhani and Nanded 2017: Guardian minister of Osmanabad