List of deputy chief ministers of Maharashtra

The Deputy Chief Minister Of Maharashtra is the deputy head of the executive branch of the Government of Maharashtra and the second highest ranking minister of the Council of Ministers.

Deputy Chief Ministers of Maharashtra
Seal of Maharashtra
Incumbent
Devendra Fadnavis
Ajit Pawar
since 30 June 2022 and 2 July 2023
Devendra Fadnavis (since 30 June 2022) and Ajit Pawar (since 2 July 2023)
Deputy Chief Minister's Office (Maharashtra)
StyleThe Honourable
StatusDeputy Head of Government
AbbreviationDCM
Member of
SeatMantralaya, Mumbai
NominatorChief Minister of Maharashtra
AppointerGovernor of Maharashtra
Term lengthAt the confidence of the assembly
5 years and is subject to no term limits.[1]
Inaugural holderNasikrao Tirpude (March 1978 – July 1978)
Formation5 March 1978 (1978-03-05)

List of deputy chief ministers

# Portrait Name Constituency Term of office Assembly
(election)
Chief Minister Party
1 Nasikrao Tirpude 5 March 1978 18 July 1978 135 days 5th
(1978)
Vasantdada Patil Indian National Congress
2 Sundarrao Solanke Majalgaon 18 July 1978 17 February 1980 1 year, 214 days Sharad Pawar Indian Congress (Socialist)
3 Ramrao Adik MLC 2 February 1983 5 March 1985 2 years, 31 days 6th
(1980)
Vasantdada Patil Indian National Congress
4 Gopinath Munde Renapur 14 March 1995 18 October 1999 4 years, 218 days 9th
(1995)
Manohar Joshi

Narayan Rane

Bharatiya Janata Party
5 Chhagan Bhujbal 18 October 1999 23 December 2003 4 years, 66 days 10th
(1999)
Vilasrao Deshmukh

Sushilkumar Shinde

Nationalist Congress Party
6 Vijaysinh Mohite–Patil Malshiras 25 December 2003 1 November 2004 312 days Sushilkumar Shinde
7 R. R. Patil Tasgaon 1 November 2004 8 December 2008 4 years, 37 days 11th
(2004)
Vilasrao Deshmukh
(5) Chhagan Bhujbal Yevla 8 December 2008 7 November 2009 1 year, 338 days Ashok Chavan
7 November 2009 11 November 2010 12th
(2009)
8 Ajit Pawar Baramati 11 November 2010 25 September 2012 1 year, 319 days Prithviraj Chavan
7 December 2012 28 September 2014 1 year, 295 days
23 November 2019 26 November 2019 3 days 14th
(2019)
Devendra Fadnavis
30 December 2019 29 June 2022 2 years, 181 days Uddhav Thackeray
9 Devendra Fadnavis Nagpur South West 30 June 2022 Incumbent 1 year, 117 days Eknath Shinde Bharatiya Janata Party
(8) Ajit Pawar Baramati 2 July 2023 115 days Nationalist Congress Party (Ajit Pawar)

See also

References

  1. Durga Das Basu. Introduction to the Constitution of India. 1960. 20th Edition, 2011 Reprint. pp. 241, 245. LexisNexis Butterworths Wadhwa Nagpur. ISBN 978-81-8038-559-9. Note: although the text talks about Indian state governments in general, it applies for the specific case of Maharashtra as well.
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