List of chief ministers of Maharashtra facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Chief Minister of Maharashtra
Emblem of Maharashtra
Incumbent Eknath Shinde since 30 June 2022
Government of Maharashtra
Style	The Honorable Mr. Chief Minister His Excellency
Abbreviation	CM
Member of	Vidhan Sabha Vidhan Parishad Cabinet
Residence	Varsha Bungalow, Malabar Hill, Mumbai
Seat	Mantralaya, Mumbai
Appointer	Governor of Maharashtra
Term length	At the confidence of the assembly 5 years and is subject to no term limits.
Precursor	Prime Minister of Bombay
Inaugural holder	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)
Formation	1 May 1960 (64 years ago) (1960-05-01)
Deputy	Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra
Salary	₹340,000 (US$5,800)/monthly ₹4,080,000 (US$69,000)/annually

The Chief Minister of Maharashtra (IAST: Mahārāṣṭrāce Mukhyamaṃtrī) is the head of the executive branch of the government of the Indian state of Maharashtra. Following elections to the Legislative Assembly, the governor invites the party (or coalition) with a majority of seats to form the government and appoints the chief minister. If the appointee is not a member of either the Legislative Assembly or the Legislative Council of Maharashtra, then the Constitution stipulates that they need to be elected within six months of being sworn in. The office of the CM is coterminous with the concurrent Assembly provided the CM commands confidence in the house and hence does not exceed five years. However, it is subject to no term limits.

Maharashtra was formed by dissolution of Bombay State and Hyderabad State on 1 May 1960. Yashwantrao Chavan, who was serving as the third CM of Bombay State since 1956, became the first CM of Maharashtra. He belonged to the Indian National Congress and held the office until the 1962 Assembly elections. Marotrao Kannamwar succeeded him and was the only CM to die while in office. Vasantrao Naik, who was in office from December 1963 to February 1975 for more than 11 years, has by far been the longest serving CM. He also was the first and only CM to complete his full term of five years (1967-1972) till Devendra Fadnavis matched it (2014-2019). With the exceptions of Manohar Joshi (SS), Narayan Rane (SS), Devendra Fadnavis (BJP), Uddhav Thackeray (SS) and Eknath Shinde (SS), all other CMs have been from the Congress or its breakaway parties.

So far, President's rule has been imposed thrice in the state: first from February to June 1980 and again from September to October 2014. It was again imposed on 12 November 2019.

The current incumbent is Eknath Shinde of the Shiv Sena since 30 June 2022.

Precursors

Key

Colour key for political parties      Indian National Congress      Indian National Congress (Urs)      Indian Congress (Socialist)      Shiv Sena      Bharatiya Janata Party      N/A (President's rule)

Prime Ministers of Bombay (1937–50)

#	Portrait		Prime Minister (Lifespan)	Term of office			Election (Term)	Party	Government	Appointed by (Governor)
1			Sir Dhanjishah Bomanji Cooper (1878–1947)	1 April 1937	19 July 1937	109 days	1937 (1st)	Independent	Cooper	The Lord Brabourne
2			Balasaheb Gangadhar Kher (1888–1957)	19 July 1937	2 November 1939	2 years, 106 days		Indian National Congress	Kher I	Robert Duncan Bell
Governor's rule was imposed during this period (2 November 1939 – 30 March 1946)
(2)			Balasaheb Gangadhar Kher (1888–1957)	30 March 1946	26 January 1950	3 years, 302 days	1946 (2nd)	Indian National Congress	Kher II	Sir John Colville

Chief Ministers of Bombay State (1947–60)

#	Portrait		Chief Minister (Lifespan) Constituency	Term of office			Election (Term)	Party	Government	Appointed by (Governor)
Chief Ministers of Bombay State (1950–1956)
1			Balasaheb Gangadhar Kher (1888–1957) MLC	26 January 1950	21 April 1952	2 years, 86 days	1946 (Provincial)	Indian National Congress	Kher	Sir John Colville
2			Morarji Desai (1896–1995) MLA for Bulsar Chikhli	21 April 1952	31 October 1956	4 years, 193 days	1952 (1st)		Desai	Raja Sir Maharaj Singh
Chief Ministers of Bombay State (1956–1960)
3			Yashwantrao Chavan (1913–1984) MLA for Karad North	1 November 1956	30 April 1960	3 years, 181 days	– (1st)	Indian National Congress	Yashwantrao I	Harekrushna Mahatab
							1957 (2nd)		Yashwantrao II	Sri Prakasa

Chief Ministers of Maharashtra

Legend

•      Interim Chief Minister

#	Portrait		Chief Minister (Lifespan) Constituency	Term of office			Election (Term)	Party	Deputy Chief Minister(s) (Term in office)	Government	Appointed by (Governor)
1			Yashwantrao Chavan (1913–1984) MLA for Karad North	1 May 1960	20 November 1962	2 years, 203 days	1957 (1st)	Indian National Congress	Position vacant (1 May. 1960 – 5 Mar. 1978)	Yashwantrao I	Sri Prakasa
							1962 (2nd)			Yashwantrao II
2			Marotrao Kannamwar (1900–1963) MLA for Saoli	20 November 1962	24 November 1963	1 year, 4 days				Kannamwar	H. K. Chainani (Acting)
–			P. K. Sawant (1905–2000) MLA for Chiplun (Acting)	25 November 1963	5 December 1963	10 days				Sawant	Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
3			Vasantrao Naik (1913–1979) MLA for Pusad	5 December 1963	21 February 1975	11 years, 78 days				Vasantrao I
							1967 (3rd)			Vasantrao II	P. V. Cherian
							1972 (4th)			Vasantrao III	Ali Yavar Jung
4			Shankarrao Chavan (1920–2004) MLA for Bhokar	21 February 1975	17 May 1977	2 years, 85 days				Shankarrao I
5			Vasantdada Patil (1917–1989) MLC elected by MLAs, until 1978 MLA for Sangli, from 1978	17 May 1977	18 July 1978	1 year, 62 days				Vasantdada I	Sadiq Ali
							1978 (5th)	Indian National Congress (Urs)	Nashikrao Tirpude (5 Mar. 1978 – 18 Jul. 1978)	Vasantdada II
6			Sharad Pawar (born 1940) MLA for Baramati	18 July 1978	17 February 1980	1 year, 214 days		Indian Congress (Socialist)	Sundarrao Solanke (21 Feb. 1975 – 17 May. 1977)	Pawar I
President's rule was imposed during the period (17 February – 8 June 1980)
7			A. R. Antulay (1929–2014) MLA for Shrivardhan	9 June 1980	21 January 1982	1 year, 226 days	1980 (6th)	Indian National Congress	Position vacant (9 Jun. 1980 – 2 Feb. 1983)	Antulay	Sadiq Ali
8			Babasaheb Bhosale (1921–2007) MLA for Nehrunagar	21 January 1982	2 February 1983	1 year, 12 days				Bhosale	Air Chief Marshal (Retd.) Om Prakash Mehra
(5)			Vasantdada Patil (1917–1989) MLA for Sangli	2 February 1983	3 June 1985	2 years, 121 days			Ramrao Adik (2 Feb. 1983 – 3 Jun. 1985)	Vasantdada III	Air Chief Marshal (Retd.) Idris Hasan Latif
							1985 (7th)			Vasantdada IV
9			Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar (1931–2020) MLA for Nilanga	3 June 1985	12 March 1986	282 days			Position vacant (3 Jun. 1985 – 14 Mar. 1995)	Nilangekar	Kona Prabhakara Rao
(4)			Shankarrao Chavan (1920–2004) MLC elected by MLAs	12 March 1986	26 June 1988	2 years, 106 days				Shankarrao II
(6)			Sharad Pawar (born 1940) MLA for Baramati	26 June 1988	25 June 1991	2 years, 364 days				Pawar II	K. Brahmananda Reddy
							1990 (8th)			Pawar III	C. Subramaniam
10			Sudhakarrao Naik (1934–2001) MLA for Pusad	25 June 1991	6 March 1993	1 year, 254 days				Sudhakarrao
(6)			Sharad Pawar (born 1940) MLC	6 March 1993	14 March 1995	2 years, 8 days				Pawar IV	P. C. Alexander
11			Manohar Joshi (1937–2024) MLA for Dadar	14 March 1995	1 February 1999	3 years, 324 days	1995 (9th)	Shiv Sena (BJP–SHS)	Gopinath Munde (14 Mar. 1995 – 18 Oct. 1999)	Joshi
12			Narayan Rane (born 1952) MLA for Malvan	1 February 1999	18 October 1999	259 days				Rane
13			Vilasrao Deshmukh (1945–2012) MLA for Latur City	18 October 1999	18 January 2003	3 years, 92 days	1999 (10th)	Indian National Congress (UPA)	Chhagan Bhujbal (18 Oct. 1999 – 18 Jan. 2003)	Deshmukh I
14			Sushilkumar Shinde (born 1941) MLA for Solapur South	18 January 2003	1 November 2004	1 year, 288 days			Chhagan Bhujbal (18 Jan. 2003 – 23 Dec. 2003) Vijaysinh Mohite–Patil (23 Dec. 2003 – 1 Nov. 2004)	Sushilkumar	Mohammed Fazal
(13)			Vilasrao Deshmukh (1945–2012) MLA for Latur City	1 November 2004	8 December 2008	4 years, 37 days	2004 (11th)		R. R. Patil (1 Nov. 2004 – 8 Dec. 2008)	Deshmukh II
15			Ashok Chavan (born 1958) MLA for Bhokar	8 December 2008	11 November 2010	1 year, 11 days			Chhagan Bhujbal (8 Dec. 2008 – 11 Nov. 2010)	Ashok I	S. C. Jamir
							2009 (12th)			Ashok II
16			Prithviraj Chavan (born 1946) MLC elected by MLAs	11 November 2010	28 September 2014	3 years, 42 days			Ajit Pawar (11 Nov. 2010 – 25 Sep 2012) Position vacant (25 Sep. 2012 – 28 Nov. 2019) Ajit Pawar (7 Dec. 2012 – 28 Sep. 2014)	Prithviraj	K. Sankaranarayanan
President's rule imposed during the period (28 September – 30 October 2014)
17			Devendra Fadnavis (born 1970) MLA for Nagpur South West	31 October 2014	12 November 2019	5 years, 12 days	2014 (13th)	Bharatiya Janata Party (NDA)	Position vacant (31 Oct. 2014 – 12 Nov. 2019)	Fadnavis I	C. Vidyasagar Rao
President's rule imposed during the period (12 November – 23 November 2019)
(17)			Devendra Fadnavis (born 1970) MLA for Nagpur South West	23 November 2019	28 November 2019	5 days	2019 (14th)	Bharatiya Janata Party (NDA)	Ajit Pawar (23 Nov. 2019 – 26 Nov. 2019) Position vacant (26 Nov. 2019 – 28 Nov. 2019)	Fadnavis II	Bhagat Singh Koshyari
18			Uddhav Thackeray (born 1960) MLC elected by MLAs	28 November 2019	30 June 2022	2 years, 214 days		Shiv Sena (MVA)	Ajit Pawar (28 Nov. 2019 – 30 Jun. 2022)	Thackeray
19			Eknath Shinde (born 1964) MLA for Kopri-Pachpakhadi	30 June 2022	Incumbent	2 years, 3 days		Shiv Sena (NDA)	Devendra Fadnavis (30 Jun. 2022 – present) Ajit Pawar (2 Jul. 2023 – present)	Eknath

Timeline

See also

• List of governors of Maharashtra
• List of deputy chief ministers of Maharashtra
• List of chairmen of the Maharashtra Legislative Council
• List of speakers of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
• List of Deputy Speakers of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
• List of Leader of the House of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
• List of Leaders of the House of the Maharashtra Legislative Council
• List of Leader of the Opposition of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
• List of Leader of the Opposition of the Maharashtra Legislative Council