List of All Chief Ministers of Maharashtra 2021

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The Chief Minister of Maharashtra leads the Government of the Indian state of Maharashtra as its head. Commencing the elections to the Legislative Assembly, the Governor calls forth the party (or coalition) with a majority of seats to form the government and appoints the Chief Minister (CM). If the appointee is not a member of either the Legislative Assembly or the Legislative Council of Maharashtra, then the Constitution directs that they need to be elected within six months of being sworn in. The office of the CM is termed for 05 years, but he remains to stay in power until he has the confidence of his minister. Uddhav Thackeray of the Shiv Sena is the 19^th Chief Minister of Maharashtra.

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List of Chief Ministers of Maharashtra 2021

CM List of Maharashtra 2021 Overview
Style	Honorable
Status	Head of Government
Abbreviation	CM
Member of	Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Maharashtra Legislative Council Cabinet
Seat	Mantralaya, Mumbai
Appointer	Governor of Maharashtra
Inaugural Holder	Balasaheb Gangadhar Kher

Precursors( Prime Ministers)

Before Independence, the Chief Minsters were known as Precursors( Prime Ministers). Let us take a look at the list below

S.No.	Name	Tenure	Party (Coalition)
1	Dhanjishah Bomanjee Cooper	1 April 1937 to 19 July 1937	Independent
2	Balasaheb Gangadhar Kher	19 July 1937 to 2 November 1939	Indian National Congress
	Vacant (Governor’s Rule)	2 November 1939 to 30 March 1946
3	Balasaheb Gangadhar Kher	30 March 1946 to 15 August 1947	Indian National Congress

Chief Ministers of Maharashtra 2021

Let us take a look at the list of CM’s from 1960 to the present date.

Sl.No.	Name of Chief Ministers	From	To	Party(Coalition)
1	Yashwantrao Balwantrao Chavan	May 1, 1960	Nov 19, 1962	Indian National Congress
2	Marotrao Shambshio Kannamwar	Nov 20, 1962	Nov 24, 1963	Indian National Congress
3	P. K. Sawant	Nov 25, 1963	Dec 4, 1963	Indian National Congress
4	Vasantrao Phulsing Naik	Dec 5, 1963	Mar 1, 1967	Indian National Congress
5	Vasantrao Phulsing Naik	Mar 1, 1967	Mar 13, 1972	Indian National Congress
6	Vasantrao Phulsing Naik	Mar 13, 1972	Feb 20, 1975	Indian National Congress
7	Shankarrao Bhavrao Chavan	Feb 21, 1975	Apr 16, 1977	Indian National Congress
8	Vasantrao Banduji Patil	Apr 17, 1977	Mar 2, 1978	Indian National Congress
9	Vasantrao Banduji Patil	Mar 7, 1978	Jul 18, 1978	Indian National Congress
10	Sharad Govindrao Pawar	Jul 18, 1978	Feb 17, 1980	(Progressive Democratic Front)
	(President’s rule)	Feb 17, 1980	Jun 8, 1980	N/A
11	Abdul Rehman Antulay	Jun 9, 1980	Jan 12, 1982	Indian National Congress
12	Babasaheb Anantrao Bhosale	Jan 21, 1982	Feb 1, 1983	Indian National Congress
13	Vasantrao Banduji Patil	Feb 2, 1983	Jun 1, 1985	Indian National Congress
14	Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar	Jun 3, 1985	Mar 6, 1986	Indian National Congress
15	Shankarrao Bhavrao Chavan	Mar 12, 1986	Jun 26, 1988	Indian National Congress
16	Sharad Govindrao Pawar	Jun 26, 1988	Jun 25, 1991	Indian National Congress
17	Sudhakarrao Rajusing Naik	Jun 25, 1991	Feb 22, 1993	Indian National Congress
18	Sharad Govindrao Pawar	Mar 6, 1993	Mar 14, 1995	Indian National Congress
19	Manohar Gajanan Joshi	Mar 14, 1995	Jan 31, 1999	Shiv Sena (Sena BJP)
20	Narayan Tatu Rane	Feb 1, 1999	Oct 17, 1999	Shiv Sena (Sena BJP)
21	Vilasrao Dagadojirao Deshmukh	Oct 18, 1999	Jan 16, 2003	Indian National Congress
22	Sushilkumar Sambhaji Shinde	Jan 18, 2003	Oct 30, 2004	Indian National Congress
23	Vilasrao Deshmukh	Nov 1, 2004	Dec 4, 2008	Indian National Congress
24	Ashok Shankarrao Chavan	Dec 8, 2008	Oct 15, 2009	Indian National Congress
25	Ashok Shankarrao Chavan	Nov 7, 2009	Nov 9, 2010	Indian National Congress
26	Prithviraj Chavan	Nov 11, 2010	Sep 26, 2014	Indian National Congress
	(President’s rule)	28 September 2014	30 October 2014
27	Devendra Gangadharrao Fadnavis	31 October 2014	8 November2019	Bharatiya Janata Party
	(President’s rule)	12 November 2019	23 November 2019
28	Devendra Gangadharrao Fadnavis	23 November 2019	26 November 2019	Bharatiya Janata Party
29	Uddhav Bal Thackeray	28 November 2019	Present	Shiv Sena(Maha Vikas Aghadi)

Uddhav Bal Thackeray

Uddhav Bal Thackeray was born on 27 July 1960 to Bal Thackeray and Meena Thackeray. He is currently serving as the 19^th Chief Minister of Maharashtra State. He assumed office as CM on 28 November 2019 as the president of the newly established post-poll coalition Maha Vikas Aghadi. Uddhav Thackeray is married to Rashmi Thackeray and has two sons, Aditya and Tejas.

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Maharashtra State

Maharashtra state is located in the western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial part of the Deccan Plateau. Maharashtra is the second-most populous state in India and also the third-most populous country subdivision in the world. Maharashtra was formed on 1 May 1960 by dividing the bilingual Bombay State, which had existed since 1956, into majority Marathi-speaking Maharashtra and Gujarati-speaking Gujarat. The capital of Maharashtra is Mumbai, the most populous urban city in India. The winter capital of Maharashtra is Nagpur. The Godavari and the Krishna rivers are the two vital rivers in the state. Marathi language is spoken by majority of the people and is also the official language of the state.

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