List of deputy chief ministers of Maharashtra

Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra
Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra
उप मुख्यमंत्री महाराष्ट्र राज्य
	Seal of Maharashtra
	Flag of India
	File:Ajit Pawar During Speech.jpgIncumbent; Ajit Pawar; since 30 December 2019
Style	The Honourable
Status	Deputy Head of Government
Abbreviation	DCM
Member of	Maharashtra Legislative Assembly; ; Maharashtra Legislative Council; Cabinet;
Seat	Mantralaya, Mumbai
Nominator	Chief Minister of Maharashtra
Appointer	Governor of Maharashtra
Term length	At the confidence of the assembly; 5 years and is subject to no term limits.
Inaugural holder	Nasikrao Tirpude (March 1978 – July 1978)
Formation	1 May 1960; (64 years ago)

Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra is the deputy head of the Government of Maharashtra.

List of Deputy Chief Ministers of Maharashtra[edit]

Name	Took Office	Left Office	Political Party	Chief Minister	Political Party
Nasikrao Tirpude^[2]	5 March 1978	18 July 1978	Congress (I)	Vasantdada Patil	Indian National Congress (Urs)
Sundarrao Solanke	18 July 1978	17 February 1980	Indian National Congress (Socialist)	Sharad Pawar	Indian National Congress (Socialist)
Ramrao Adik	2 February 1983	5 March 1985	Indian National Congress	Vasantdada Patil	Indian National Congress
Gopinath Munde^[3]^[4]	14 March 1995	11 October 1999	Bharatiya Janata Party	Manohar Joshi	Shiv Sena
Gopinath Munde^[3]^[4]	14 March 1995	11 October 1999	Bharatiya Janata Party	Narayan Rane	Shiv Sena
Chhagan Bhujbal^[5]	18 October 1999	23 December 2003	Nationalist Congress Party	Vilasrao Deshmukh	Indian National Congress
Vijaysingh Mohite-Patil	27 December 2003	19 October 2004		Sushilkumar Shinde
R R Patil	1 November 2004	1 December 2008		Vilasrao Deshmukh
Chhagan Bhujbal (2)	8 December 2008	10 November 2010		Ashok Chavan
Ajit Pawar^[6]	10 November 2010	25 September 2012		Prithviraj Chavan
	25 October 2012	26 September 2014		Prithviraj Chavan
	23 November 2019	26 November 2019		Devendra Fadnavis	Bharatiya Janata Party
	30 December 2019	Present		Uddhav Thackeray	Shiv Sena

↑ 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.
↑ "Ex-deputy CM Nasikrao Tirpude dies | Mumbai News - Times of India". The Times of India. 20 May 2002. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
↑ Sixteenth Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : Munde, Shri Gopinath Pandurang
↑ "Doughty fighter, Gopinath Munde had CM ambitions". The Economic Times. 3 June 2014. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
↑ "NCP's Bhujbal is Maharashtra deputy CM". The New Indian Express. 26 October 2009. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
↑ "Thackeray expands Maharashtra cabinet, Ajit Pawar is deputy CM". mint. 30 December 2019. Retrieved 17 October 2021.

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