Girish Mahajan (born 17 May 1960) is an Indian politician who has represented the Jamner constituency in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly since 1995, winning a seventh term in 2024. He has been Minister for Water Resources (Vidarbha, Tapi and Konkan) and Disaster Management in the Government of Maharashtra since December 2024. He was Minister for Water Resources from October 2014 to November 2019, and held Medical Education, Youth Affairs and Sports, Rural Development and Tourism at various points between 2016 and 2024.

Early Life Career

Mahajan was born in Jamner into a Marathi family. Dattatray Mahajan was a school teacher in primary school and he want his son to become like him .Mahajan married Sadhana, in a match that was arranged in the traditional Indian manner by their parents. They have a 2 daughters named Smt. Priya Choudhary & Miss. Shreya Mahajan.

In 1992, Mahajan was elected as a Gram-Panchayat Election from Jamner. Three years later in 1995, he was elected to the Maharashtra state assembly for the first time. He is currently serving his 5th term as MLA as of 2014. Mahajan was sworn in as the Water Resources Minister[5] of Maharashtra from the BJP on 31 October 2014. His government won a confidence motion by voice vote on 12 November 2014 allowing it to government.

Offices and terms on this page were last verified in September 2026 against publicly available records. Earlier versions described ministerial posts that have since ended.