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List of Chief Ministers of Maharashtra

A Chief Minister plays an important role in the functioning of the State Government. The Chief Minister holds multiple powers and responsibilities. The current Chief Minister of Maharashtra is Eknath Shinde.

Different Chief Ministers have governed Maharashtra during different times. Given below is the list of Chief Ministers along with their tenure and the party to which they belonged. 

Serial NumberName of the Chief MinisterTenureName of Chief Minister’s Party
1.Yashwantrao Chavan1st May 1960 – 19th November 1962Indian National Congress
2.Marotrao Kannamwar20th November 1962 – 24th November 1963Indian National Congress
3.P.K Sawant25th November 1962 – 4th December 1963Indian National Congress
4.Vasantrao Naik5th December 1963 – 1st March 1967Indian National Congress
5.Vasantrao Naik1st March 1967 – 13th March 1972Indian National Congress
6.Vasantrao Naik13th March 1972 – 20th February 1975Indian National Congress
7.Shankarrao Chavan21st February 1975 – 16th May 1977 Indian National Congress
8.Vasantdada Patil17th May 1977 – 5th March 1978Indian National Congress
9.Vasantdada Patil 5th March 1978 – 18th July 1978Indian National Congress
10.Sharad Pawar18th July 1978 – 17th February 1980 Indian National Congress
11.Presidents’ rule 17th February 1980 – 18th June 1980Not applicable
12.Abdul Rehman Antulay 9th June 1980 – 12th January 1982Indian National Congress
13.Babasaheb Bhosale21st January 1982 – 1st February 1983Indian National Congress
14.Vasantdada Patil2nd February 1983 – 1st June 1985Indian National Congress
15.Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar3rd June 1985 – 6th March 1986Indian National Congress
16.Shankarrao Chavan 12th March 1986 – 26th June 1988Indian National Congress
17.Sharad Pawar26th June 1988 – 3rd March 1990Indian National Congress
18.Sharad Pawar4th March 1990 – 25th June 1991Indian National Congress
19.Sudhakarrao Naik25th June 1991 – 22nd February 1993Indian National Congress
20.Sharad Pawar6th March 1993 – 14th March 1995Indian National Congress
21.Manohar Joshi 14th March 1995 – 31st January 1999Shiv Sena (Sena-BJP)
22.Narayan Rane1st February 1999 – 17th October 1999Shiv Sena (Sena-BJP)
23.Vilasrao Deshmukh 18th October 1999 – 16th January 2003Indian National Congress
24.Sushilkumar Shinde18th January 2003 – 30th October 2004Indian National Congress
25.Vilasrao Deshmukh1st November 2004 – 4th December 2008Indian National Congress
26.Ashok Chavan8th December 2008 -15th October 2009Indian National Congress
27.Ashok Chavan7th November 2009 – 9th November 2010Indian National Congress
28.Prithviraj Chavan11th November 2010 – 26th September 2014INC (Congress-NCP)
29.Presidents’ rule 28th September 2014 – 30th October 2014Not applicable
30.Devendra Fadnavis31st October 2014 – 8th November 2019 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP – Sena)
31.Presidents’ rule12th November 2019 – 23rd November 2019Not applicable
32.Devendra Fadnavis23rd  November 2019 – 26th November 2019Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP – Sena)
33.Uddhav Thackeray28th November 2019 – 29th June 2022Shiv Sena
34.Eknath Shinde30th June 2022 – Present Shiv Sena (Shiv Sena-BJP)

The above list helps in learning about the various different Chief Ministers of Maharashtra along with listing down the times when Presidential rule took place.

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