Prithviraj Chavan ministry
Ministry of Maharashtra
Prithviraj Chavan, Former Chief Minister of Maharashtra
Date formed	11 November 2010
Date dissolved	26 September 2014
People and organisations
Head of state	Governor Kateekal Sankaranarayanan (2010-14) Governor C. Vidyasagar Rao (2014)
Head of government	Prithviraj Chavan
No. of ministers	40
Member parties	Congress NCP Independents
Status in legislature	Coalition MA   INC (82)   NCP (62)   OTH (31) 175 / 288 (61%)
Opposition party	Bharatiya Janata Party Shiv Sena
Opposition leader	Eknath Khadse (Legislative Assembly) Pandurang Fundkar (Legislative Council) (2010-11) Vinod Tawde (Legislative Council) (2011-14)
History
Election(s)	2009
Outgoing election	2014
Legislature term(s)	5 years
Predecessor	Second Ashok Chavan ministry
Successor	First Fadnavis ministry

Prithviraj Chavan was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra on November 11, 2010.^[1] The following is his cabinet. The government consisted of Chavan's Congress party and the Nationalist Congress Party.^[1]

The two parties had secured a majority of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly seats in the 2009 election, and a government under Congress' Ashok Chavan (No relation to Prithviraj Chavan) was formed.^[2] However, following graft allegation related to Adarsh Housing Society scam, Chavan resigned as the Chief Minister in November 2010.^[3] Subsequently, Prithviraj Chavan, then a Rajya Sabha member from Maharashtra, and Minister of State for Prime Minister's Office under Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, was chosen by the Congress to lead the Maharashtra government. He was sworn in on November 11, 2010, and subsequently, formed his only cabinet till date. The reasons cited for Chavan's appointment included his relatively corruption-free "clean image" and his lack of allegiance to any of the state's intra-party factions.^[4][5][6]

Chavan made some changes in his predecessor's cabinet, by including some new ministers and reshuffling portfolios.^[7] He also replaced Ashok Chavan's Deputy Chief Minister Chhagan Bhujbal^[8] with Ajit Pawar, who has since served as deputy to two more Chief Ministers.

The Chavan ministry served until its defeat in the 2014 Legislative Assembly election by the BJP and Shiv Sena.

Head Leader

Council of Ministers

Prithviraj Chavan had never been a member of the state's Legislative Assembly. He had previously represented Karad in the Indian parliament's lower house from 1991 to 1999, and had been appointed to the upper house in 2002. A computer scientist by profession, Chavan had served as junior minister in the ministries of Science and Technology, Earth Sciences, Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Parliamentary Affairs and as Minister of State for Prime Minister's Office. On his appointment as the Chief Minister, Chavan was elected to the State's upper house, the Legislative Council in April 2011.^[9]

Chavan appointed coalition partner NCP's Ajit Pawar as his Deputy Chief Minister.^[10] Pawar has since intermittently served as Deputy Chief Minister under both the state's next two Chief Ministers - Devendra Fadnavis (2019), and Uddhav Thackeray (Since 2019).

The cabinet consisted of 40 members, 20 each from the two coalition parties.^[10] The parties occasionally included independent members, utilizing their ministerial quotas.

Cabinet Ministers

Sr. No.	Name	Constituency	Portfolio	Party		Term of office
						Took office	Left office	Duration
01	Prithviraj Chavan Chief Minister	Maharashtra Legislative Council	General Administration Information Technology Information and Public Relations Law and Judiciary Urban Development. State Excise Protocol Higher Education and Technical Education Relief and Rehabilitation Disaster Management Other departments not allocated to any Minister.		INC	11 November 2010	26 September 2014	3 years, 319 days
02	Ajit Pawar Deputy Chief Minister	Baramati	Finance Planning Energy		NCP	11 November 2010	25 September 2012	1 year, 319 days
						7 December 2012	26 September 2014	1 year, 293 days
03	R. R. Patil	Tasgaon-Kavathe Mahankal	Home Affairs Ex. Servicemen Welfare			11 November 2010	26 September 2014	3 years, 319 days
04	Balasaheb Thorat	Sangamner	Revenue Vimukta Jati Food, Civil Supplies Consumer Affairs State Border Defence (First)		INC	11 November 2010	26 September 2014	3 years, 319 days
05	Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil	Shirdi	Agriculture Food and Drug Administration Marathi Language Other Backward Classes Special Backward Classes Welfare			11 November 2010	26 September 2014	3 years, 319 days
06	Narayan Rane	Maharashtra Legislative Council	Industries. Co-operation Mining Department.			11 November 2010	26 September 2014	3 years, 319 days
07	Sunil Tatkare	Shrivardhan	Water Resources. Command Area Development. Earthquake Rehabilitation State Border Defence (Second)		NCP	11 November 2010	26 September 2014	3 years, 319 days
08	Jayant Patil	Islampur	Rural Development. Labour Ports Development			11 November 2010	26 September 2014	3 years, 319 days
09	Chhagan Bhujbal	Yevla	Public Works (excluding Public Undertakings) Public Works (Including Public Undertakings) Tourism.			11 November 2010	26 September 2014	3 years, 319 days
10	Patangrao Kadam	Palus-Kadegaon	Forests Department Social Justice Special Assistance Socially and Educationally Backward Classes		INC	11 November 2010	26 September 2014	3 years, 319 days
11	Rajendra Darda	Aurangabad East	School Education Skill Development And Entrepreneurship Sports and Youth Welfare			11 November 2010	26 September 2014	3 years, 319 days
12	Varsha Gaikwad	Dharavi	Woman and Child Development.			11 November 2010	26 September 2014	3 years, 319 days
13	Sanjay Deotale	Maharashtra Legislative Council	Environment and climate change. Cultural Affairs			11 November 2010	26 September 2014	3 years, 319 days
14	Suresh Shetty	Andheri East	Public Health and Family Welfare Khar land Development			11 November 2010	26 September 2014	3 years, 319 days
15	Naseem Khan (politician)	Paranda	Housing Textiles Minority Development and Aukaf Marketing			11 November 2010	26 September 2014	3 years, 319 days
17	Madhukarrao Chavan	Tuljapur	Animal Husbandry Dairy Development Fisheries Department (11 November 2010 - 07 June 2014) Transport. Majority Welfare Development (07 June 2014 - 26 September 2014)			11 November 2010	26 September 2014	3 years, 319 days
18	Harshvardhan Patil	Indapur	Parliamentary Affairs.			11 November 2010	26 September 2014	3 years, 319 days
19	Abdul Sattar	Sillod	Animal Husbandry Dairy Development Fisheries Department			7 June 2014	26 September 2014	111 days
20	Vijaykumar Gavit	Nandurbar	Medical Education Horticulture Employment Guarantee		NCP	11 November 2010	19 March 2014	0 days
21	Jitendra Awhad	Mumbra-Kalwa	Medical Education Horticulture Employment Guarantee			29 May 2014	26 September 2014	120 days
22	Ramraje Naik Nimbalkar	Maharashtra Legislative Council	Water Resources (Krishna Valley Development) Soil and Water Conservation			11 November 2010	7 June 2013	2 years, 208 days
22	Shashikant Shinde	Koregaon	Ministry of Water Resources (Krishna Valley Development) Soil and Water Conservation			11 June 2013	26 September 2014	1 year, 107 days
24	Babanrao Pachpute	Shrigonda	Tribal Development Nomadic Tribes Other Backward Bahujan Welfare			11 November 2010	7 June 2013	2 years, 208 days
25	Madhukar Pichad	Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha	Tribal Development Nomadic Tribes Other Backward Bahujan Welfare			11 June 2013	26 September 2014	1 year, 107 days
26	Laxman Dhobale	Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha	Water Supply Sanitation			11 November 2010	7 June 2013	2 years, 208 days
27	Dilip Gangadhar Sopal	Barshi	Water Supply Sanitation		IND	11 June 2013	26 September 2014	1 year, 107 days

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