Leader of the House of the Maharashtra Legislative Council | |
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सभागृह नेते महाराष्ट्र विधान परिषद | |
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Maharashtra Legislative Council | |
Style | The Honourable |
Member of | |
Reports to | Government of Maharashtra |
Residence | Mumbai, India |
Seat | Maharashtra Legislature |
Appointer | Chief Minister of Maharashtra & Cabinet |
Term length | During the life of the vidhan Sabha (five years maximum) |
Constituting instrument | - |
Precursor | Leader of the House of The Bombay Legislative Council (1947-60) |
Inaugural holder | Marotrao Kannamwar (1960 - 1962) |
Formation | 1 May 1960 |
Deputy | Uday Samant Acting since 17 August 2022 |
Salary | ₹ - approximately |
Website | - |
Devendra Fadnavis is the current Leader of the House of the Maharashtra Legislative Council since 17 August 2022 .
The Council has a Leader of the House, who heads the government caucus. The office is provided for in the Legislative Council Rules, which defines it as "Chief Minister or any other Minister appointed by Chief Minister". The Rules further mandate that the Chairperson should conduct parliamentary business in consultation with the Leader. [1]
№ | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Chairman of the House | Party | |||
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1 | Marotrao Kannamwar (Minister of Public Works (Excluding Public Undertakings)) | 01 May 1960 | 08 March 1962 | 1 year, 311 days |
| Indian National Congress | ||
2 | Balasaheb Desai (Minister of Agriculture) | 08 March 1962 | 19 November 1962 | 256 days |
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3 | - | P. K. Sawant (Minister of Public Health) | 20 November 1962 | 24 November 1963 | 1 year, 4 days |
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4 | - | S. K. Wankhede (Minister of Industries) | 25 November 1963 | 04 December 1963 | 9 days |
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5 | ![]() | Shankarrao Chavan (Minister of Energy) | 05 December 1963 | 01 March 1967 | 3 years, 86 days |
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6 | ![]() | Vasantrao Naik (Chief Minister) | 01 March 1967 | 13 March 1972 | 5 years, 12 days |
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7 | ![]() | Pratibha Patil (Minister of Social Justice) | 13 March 1972 | 20 February 1975 | 2 years, 344 days |
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8 | A. R. Antulay (Minister of Law and Judiciary) | 21 February 1975 | 16 May 1977 | 2 years, 84 days |
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9 | ![]() | Vasantdada Patil (Chief Minister) | 17 May 1977 | 5 March 1978 | 292 days |
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10 | Nashikrao Tirpude (Deputy Chief Minister) | 5 March 1978 | 18 July 1978 | 76 days |
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11 | Sundarrao Solanke (Deputy Chief Minister) | 18 July 1978 | 18 February 1980 | 1 year, 215 days | Indian Congress (Socialist) | |||
12 | - | Babasaheb Bhosale (Minister of Law and Judiciary) | 09 June 1980 | 12 January 1982 | 1 year, 217 days | Indian National Congress | ||
13 | - | Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar (Minister of Special Assistance) | 13 January 1982 | 01 February 1983 | 1 year, 19 days | |||
14 | Ramrao Adik (Deputy Chief Minister) | 07 February 1983 | 05 March 1985 | 2 years, 26 days | ||||
15 | ![]() | Vasantdada Patil (Chief Minister) | 12 March 1985 | 01 June 1985 | 81 days | |||
16 | - | Surupsingh Hirya Naik (Minister of Public Works (Excluding Public Undertakings)) | 04 June 1985 | 06 March 1986 | 275 days | |||
17 | ![]() | Shankarrao Chavan (Chief Minister) | 12 March 1986 | 26 June 1988 | 2 years, 106 days | |||
18 | ![]() | Sushilkumar Shinde (Minister of Finance) | 26 June 1988 | 3 March 1990 | 1 year, 222 days | |||
19 | Sudhakarrao Naik (Minister of Revenue) | 4 March 1990 | 25 June 1991 | 1 year, 113 days | ||||
20 | - | Ramrao Adik (Minister of Finance) | 25 June 1991 | 22 February 1993 | 1 year, 242 days | |||
21 | ![]() | Shivajirao_Deshmukh (Minister of Public Works (Excluding Public Undertakings)) | 03 March 1993 | 14 March 1995 | 2 years, 8 days | |||
22 | Gopinath Munde (Deputy Chief Minister) | 14 March 1995 | 01 February 1999 | 3 years, 324 days |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
23 | Sudhir Joshi (Minister of Revenue) | 01 February 1999 | 17 October 1999 | 258 days | Shiv Sena | |||
24 | Patangrao Kadam (Minister of Industries) | 18 October 1999 | 16 January 2003 | 3 years, 92 days | Indian National Congress | |||
25 | ![]() | Ranjeet Deshmukh (Rural Development) | 18 January 2003 | 23 December 2003 | 1 year, 340 days | |||
26 | ![]() | Vijaysingh Mohite-Patil (Deputy Chief Minister) | 27 December 2003 | 19 October 2004 | 297 days |
| Nationalist Congress Party | |
27 | ![]() | R. R. Patil (Deputy Chief Minister) | 1 November 2004 | 4 December 2008 | 4 years, 33 days | |||
28 | Patangrao Kadam (Minister of Revenue) | 08 December 2008 | 07 November 2009 | 334 days | Indian National Congress | |||
29 | ![]() | Chhagan Bhujbal (Deputy Chief Minister) | 07 November 2009 | 10 November 2010 | 1 year, 3 days | Nationalist Congress Party | ||
30 | Ajit Pawar Deputy Chief Minister | 11 November 2010 | 25 September 2012 | 1 year, 319 days | ||||
31 | ![]() | R R Patil (Minister of Home Affairs) | 29 September 2012 | 26 September 2014 | 2 years, 6 days | |||
32 | Eknath Khadse (Revenue Minister) | 09 December 2014 | 07 July 2016 | 1 year, 211 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | |||
33 | ![]() | Chandrakant Bacchu Patil (Public Works (Excluding Public Undertakings) Minister) | 08 July 2016 | 08 November 2019 | 3 years, 123 days | |||
34 | ![]() | Subhash Desai (Industries Minister) | 16 December 2019 | 24 February 2020 | 70 days | Shiv Sena | ||
35 | Ajit Pawar Deputy Chief Minister | 24 February 2020 | 29 June 2022 | 4 years, 151 days | Nationalist Congress Party | |||
36 | ![]() | Devendra Fadnavis Deputy Chief Minister | 17 August 2022 | Incumbent | 1 year, 342 days |
| Bhartiya Janata Party | |
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