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Chief Minister of Maharashtra

Head of the government of the Indian state of Maharashtra

Summary

Head of the government of the Indian state of Maharashtra

Field	Value
post	Chief Minister
native_name	Mahārāṣṭrāce Mukhyamaṃtrī
body	Maharashtra
insignia	Seal of Maharashtra.svg
insigniacaption	Emblem of Maharashtra
department	Government of Maharashtra
appointer	Governor of Maharashtra
incumbent	Devendra Fadnavis
incumbentsince	5 December 2024
style	The Honorable
Mr. Chief Minister
His Excellency
status	Head of Government
abbreviation	CM
member_of
termlength	At the confidence of the assembly
termlength_qualified	5 years and is subject to no term limits.
inaugural	{{plainlist
deputy	Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra
formation
residence	Varsha Bungalow, Malabar Hill, Mumbai
seat	Mantralaya, Mumbai
precursor
salary	annually
website
image	File:Shri Devendra Gangadharrao Fadnavis.jpg

Mr. Chief Minister His Excellency

Dhanjishah Bomanjee Cooper (as Prime Minister of Bombay State)
Balasaheb Gangadhar Kher (as Chief Minister of Bombay State)
Yashwantrao Chavan (as Chief Minister of Maharashtra)

The Chief Minister of Maharashtra (IAST: Mahārāṣṭrāce Mukhyamaṃtrī) is the head of government of the Indian state of Maharashtra. As per the Constitution of India, the governor of Maharashtra is the state's de jure head, but de facto executive authority rests with the chief minister, a template applicable to all other Indian states. Following elections to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, the governor usually invites the political party (or a coalition of political parties) with a majority of assembly seats to form the government in the state. The governor appoints the chief minister, whose council of ministers is collectively responsible to the assembly. If the appointee is not a member of either the Legislative Council or the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra, then the Constitution stipulates that they need to be elected within six months of being sworn in. Given that they have the confidence of the assembly, the chief minister's term is for five years, renewable, and is subject to no term limits. Usually, the chief minister also serves as leader of the house in the legislative assembly.

The state of Maharashtra was formed from parts of Bombay and Hyderabad States on 1 May 1960. Yashwantrao Chavan of the Indian National Congress, who was serving as the third chief minister of Bombay since 1956, became the first chief minister of the newly formed state. Marotrao Kannamwar succeeded him after the 1962 assembly elections, and is the only chief minister to die while in office. Vasantrao Naik, whose term extended for more than 11 years from December 1963 to February 1975, has been the longest serving chief minister. With the exception of Devendra Fadnavis of the Bharatiya Janata Party, and four people from Shiv Sena, all other chief ministers have been from the Congress and its breakaway parties. The President's rule has been imposed thrice in the state first from February to June 1980, second from September to October 2014, and lastly in November 2019.

Devendra Fadnavis is the current incumbent serving since 5 December 2024.

Predecessors

Prime ministers of Bombay (1937–47)

The Bombay Presidency, which existed during the British Raj, was led by the prime minister of Bombay since the creation of the post in 1937.

#	Portrait	Name	Term of office	Assembly	Appointed	Party
1	[[File:Blank.svg	75x75px]]	Dhanjishah Cooper	1 April 1937	url=https://archive.org/details/dli.granth.34595/page/160/mode/2up	title=Bombay 1937-1938: A Review of the Administration of the Bombay Presidency	date=1939	publisher=Government Central Press, Bombay	location=Mumbai	pages=160–161}}		1st Provincial
2	[[File:BG Kher 1989 stamp of India (cropped).jpg	114x114px]]	Balasaheb Gangadhar Kher	title=Chief Ministers (1937 to 2019)	url=http://mls.org.in/pdf2020/Margadarshika%20Parishishta-%20Chief%20Minister%20list.pdf	access-date=15 May 2021	website=Maharashtra Legislature	language=mr}}	2 November 1939		Robert Duncan Bell
-	[[File:Emblem_of_India.svg	122x122px]]	Vacant	2 November	30 March 1946		Dissolved
(2)	[[File:BG Kher 1989 stamp of India (cropped).jpg	114x114px]]	Balasaheb Gangadhar Kher	30 March 1946	15 August 1947		2nd

Chief ministers of Bombay (1947–60)

Following the Indian Independence in 1947, the province of Bombay was established from the erstwhile Bombay Presidency. The Bombay State was created in 1950 following the adoption of the Constitution of India and its territory underwent constant change in the following years. It comprised the Bombay province (roughly equating to the present-day Indian state of Maharashtra, excluding South Maharashtra and Vidarbha) and parts of the princely states of the Baroda, Western India and Gujarat (part of present-day Gujarat) and Deccan states (parts of the present-day Maharashtra and Karnataka). During the reorganisation of Indian states in 1956, the Bombay state was enlarged by the addition of Saurashtra and Kutch States, the Marathi-speaking districts of Nagpur Division of Madhya Pradesh and Marathwada region of Hyderabad State, while the southernmost districts of the state were transferred to Mysore State.

#	Portrait	Name	Constituency	Term of office	Assembly	Appointed by
1	[[File:BG Kher 1989 stamp of India (cropped).jpg	114x114px]]	Balasaheb Gangadhar Kher	MLC	15 August 1947	21 April 1952	Provincial Assembly
2	[[File:Morarji Desai During his visit to the United States of America .jpg	106x106px]]	Morarji Desai	Bulsar Chikhli	21 April 1952	31 October 1956	1st
3	[[File:Yashwantrao Chavan.jpg	102x102px]]	Yashwantrao Chavan	Karad North	1 November 1956	5 April 1957	1st
5 April 1957	30 April 1960	2nd	Sri Prakasa

Chief ministers of Maharashtra

The Bombay state was dissolved to form the present-day states of Maharashtra and Gujarat by the Bombay Reorganisation Act, 1960, which was enacted by the Parliament of India on 25 April 1960 and came into effect on 1 May 1960.

;Key

No.: Incumbent number
Died in office
Returned to office after a previous non-consecutive term
Resigned
Resigned following a no-confidence motion

No	Portrait	Name	Constituency	Term of office	Assembly	Party	Took office	Left office	Duration
1	[[File:Yashwantrao Chavan.jpg	102x102px]]	Yashwantrao Chavan	Karad North	1 May 1960	20 November 1962		1st	Indian National Congress	Indian National Congress}}"
2		Marotrao Kannamwar	Saoli	20 November 1962	24 November 1963 †		2nd
3		P. K. Sawant	Chiplun	25 November 1963	5 December 1963
4	[[File:Vasantrao Naik portrait.jpg	100x100px]]	Vasantrao Naik	Pusad	5 December 1963	1 March 1967
1 March 1967	13 March 1972	3rd
13 March 1972	21 February 1975	4th
5	[[File:Shankarrao Chavan 2007 stamp of India (cropped).jpg	97x97px]]	Shankarrao Chavan	Bhokar	21 February 1975	17 May 1977
6	[[File:Vasantdada Patil 2012 stamp of India (cropped).jpg	102x102px]]	Vasantdada Patil	MLC	17 May 1977	5 March 1978
Sangli	5 March 1978	18 July 1978	5th	Indian National Congress (U)	Indian National Congress (U)}}"
7	[[File:The_Union_Minister_for_Agriculture_and_Food_Processing_Industries,_Shri_Sharad_Pawar_addressing_at_the_launch_of_the_Sahana_Group’s_New_Marathi_Channel_“Jai_Maharashtra”,_in_Mumbai_on_April_27,_2013_(cropped).jpg	96x96px]]	Sharad Pawar	Baramati	18 July 1978	17 February 1980		Indian Congress (Socialist)	Indian Congress (Socialist)}}"
–	[[File:Emblem_of_India.svg	alt=State Emblem of India	120x120px]]	Vacant	N/A	17 February 1980	8 June 1980		Dissolved	N/A
8	[[File:A. R. Antulay with Shivraj Patil (cropped).jpg	91x91px]]	A. R. Antulay	Shrivardhan	9 June 1980	21 January 1982		6th	Indian National Congress	Indian National Congress}}"
9	[[File:Babasaheb Bhosale.png	97x97px]]	Babasaheb Bhosale	Nehrunagar	21 January 1982	2 February 1983
(6)	[[File:Vasantdada Patil 2012 stamp of India (cropped).jpg	102x102px]]	Vasantdada Patil	Sangli	2 February 1983	3 June 1985
10		Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar	Nilanga	3 June 1985	12 March 1986		7th
(5)	[[File:Shankarrao Chavan 2007 stamp of India (cropped).jpg	97x97px]]	Shankarrao Chavan	MLC	12 March 1986	26 June 1988
(7)	[[File:The_Union_Minister_for_Agriculture_and_Food_Processing_Industries,_Shri_Sharad_Pawar_addressing_at_the_launch_of_the_Sahana_Group’s_New_Marathi_Channel_“Jai_Maharashtra”,_in_Mumbai_on_April_27,_2013_(cropped).jpg	96x96px]]	Sharad Pawar	Baramati	26 June 1988	4 March 1990
4 March 1990	25 June 1991	8th
11	[[File:Sudhakarrao Naik Lok Sabha photo portrait 1998-03-18.jpg	84x84px]]	Sudhakarrao Naik	Pusad	25 June 1991	6 March 1993
(7)	[[File:The_Union_Minister_for_Agriculture_and_Food_Processing_Industries,_Shri_Sharad_Pawar_addressing_at_the_launch_of_the_Sahana_Group’s_New_Marathi_Channel_“Jai_Maharashtra”,_in_Mumbai_on_April_27,_2013_(cropped).jpg	96x96px]]	Sharad Pawar	MLC	6 March 1993	14 March 1995
12	[[File:Manohar Joshi cropped.jpg	92x92px]]	Manohar Joshi	Dadar	14 March 1995	1 February 1999		9th	Shiv Sena	Shiv Sena}}"
13	[[File:Narayan Rane with PM Modi (cropped).jpg	90x90px]]	Narayan Rane	Malvan	1 February 1999	18 October 1999
14	[[File:Vilasrao Deshmukh at Innovation Partnerships Event May 8, 2012.jpg	94x94px]]	Vilasrao Deshmukh	Latur	18 October 1999	18 January 2003		10th	Indian National Congress	Indian National Congress}}"
15	[[File:Sushilkumar_Shinde.JPG	94x94px]]	Sushilkumar Shinde	Solapur South	18 January 2003	1 November 2004
(14)	[[File:Vilasrao Deshmukh at Innovation Partnerships Event May 8, 2012.jpg	94x94px]]	Vilasrao Deshmukh	Latur	1 November 2004	8 December 2008		11th
16	[[File:The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh with the Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Shri Ashok Chavan and the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Shri Chhagan Chandrakant Bhujbal, in New Delhi on December 12, 2008 (cropped) 1.jpg	103x103px]]	Ashok Chavan	Mudkhed	8 December 2008	7 November 2009
Bhokar	7 November 2009	11 November 2010	12th
17	[[File:Prithviraj Chavan - India Economic Summit 2011.jpg	99x99px]]	Prithviraj Chavan	MLC	11 November 2010	28 September 2014
–	[[File:Emblem_of_India.svg	alt=State Emblem of India	120x120px]]	Vacant	N/A	28 September 2014	30 October 2014		Dissolved	N/A
18	[[File:Shri Devendra Gangadharrao Fadnavis.jpg	101x101px]]	Devendra Fadnavis	Nagpur South West	31 October 2014	12 November 2019		13th	Bharatiya Janata Party	Bharatiya Janata Party}}"
-	[[File:Emblem_of_India.svg	alt=State Emblem of India	120x120px]]	Vacant		12 November 2019	23 November 2019		14th	N/A
(18)	[[File:Shri Devendra Gangadharrao Fadnavis.jpg	101x101px]]	Devendra Fadnavis	Nagpur South West	23 November 2019	28 November 2019		Bharatiya Janata Party	Bharatiya Janata Party}}"
19	[[File:The Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Shri Uddhav Thackeray calling on the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, in New Delhi on February 21, 2020 (Uddhav Thackeray) (cropped).jpg	109x109px]]	Uddhav Thackeray	MLC	28 November 2019	30 June 2022		Shiv Sena	Shiv Sena	rowspan=2}}"
20	[[File:The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi attends the Swearing-in Ceremony of the Government of Maharashtra at Mumbai, in Maharashtra on December 05, 2024 (3) (cropped).jpg	92x92px]]	Eknath Shinde	Kopri-Pachpakhadi	30 June 2022	5 December 2024		Shiv Sena	Shiv Sena (2022–present)	rowspan=2}}"
(18)	[[File:Shri Devendra Gangadharrao Fadnavis.jpg	101x101px]]	Devendra Fadnavis	Nagpur South West	5 December 2024	Incumbent		15th	Bharatiya Janata Party	Bharatiya Janata Party}}"

Statistics

#	Chief Minister	Party	Length of term	Longest tenure
1	Vasantrao Naik
2	Vilasrao Deshmukh			7 years, 129 days
3	Sharad Pawar	/IC(S)		6 years, 221 days
4	Devendra Fadnavis		****	****
5	Shankarrao Chavan			4 years, 191 days
6	Manohar Joshi
7	Prithviraj Chavan
8	Vasantdada Patil	/INC		3 years, 183 days
9	Uddhav Thackeray
10	Yashwantrao Chavan
11	Eknath Shinde
12	Ashok Chavan
13	Sushilkumar Shinde
14	Sudhakarrao Naik
15	A. R. Antulay
16	Babasaheb Bhosale
17	Marotrao Kannamwar
18	Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar
19	Narayan Rane
20	P. K. Sawant

Timeline

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Define $today =

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Notes

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