The Ministry of Majority Welfare Development is a Ministry of the Government of Maharashtra State.
The Ministry is headed by a cabinet level Minister. Devendra Fadnavis is Minister of Majority Welfare Development and Chief Minister Government of Maharashtra.
Head office
Cabinet Ministers No.PortraitMinisterTerm of officePolitical party MinistryChief Minister From ToPeriod Minister of Majority Welfare01Yashwantrao Chavan (Chief Minister)19601962Indian National Congress Yashwantrao I Yashwantrao Chavan02Niramala Raje Bhosale 19621962Indian National Congress Yashwantrao II03Madhukarrao Dhanaji Chaudhari 19621963Indian National Congress Kannamwar lMarotrao Kannamwar04Parashuram Krishnaji Sawant (Interim Chief Minister)19621963Indian National Congress SawantParashuram Krishnaji Sawant05D. S. Palaspagar 19631967Indian National Congress Vasantrao IVasantrao Naik06Balasaheb Desai 19671969Indian National Congress Vasantrao II07Sheshrao Wankhede 19691972Indian National Congress08Vasantdada Patil 19721973Indian National Congress Vasantrao III09Hari Govindrao Vartak 19731974Indian National Congress10Anant Namjoshi 19741975Indian National Congress11Vasantdada Patil 19751977Indian National Congress Shankarrao I Shankarrao Chavan12Madhukarrao Dhanaji Chaudhari 19771978Indian National CongressVasantdada IVasantdada Patil13Sundarrao Solanke 19781978Indian National Congress (Indira)Vasantdada II14Sushilkumar Shinde 19781979Indian Congress (Socialist) Pawar ISharad Pawar15Bhagwantrao Gaikwad 19801982Indian National Congress Antulay Abdul Rahman Antulay16Babasaheb Bhosale (Chief Minister)19821983Indian National Congress Bhosale Babasaheb Bhosale17Ramrao Adik (Deputy Chief Minister)19831985Indian National Congress Vasantdada IIIVasantdada Patil18Sushilkumar Shinde 19851985Indian National Congress Vasantdada IV19Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar (Chief Minister)19851986Indian National Congress NilangekarShivajirao Patil Nilangekar20Vilasrao Deshmukh 19861988Indian National Congress Shankarrao II Shankarrao Chavan21Sharad Pawar (Chief Minister)19881990Indian National Congress Pawar II Sharad Pawar22Surupsingh Hirya Naik 19901991Indian National Congress Pawar III23Jawaharlal Darda 19911991Indian National Congress24Shankarrao Genuji Kolhe 19911991Indian National Congress Sudhakarrao Sudhakarrao Naik25Chhagan Bhujbal 19911993Indian National Congress26Shivajirao Deshmukh 19931994Indian National Congress Pawar IV Sharad Pawar27Babanrao Gholap 19951999Shiv Sena Joshi Manohar Joshi28Pramod Navalkar 19991999Shiv Sena Rane Narayan Rane29Leeladhar Dake 19991999Shiv Sena30 Chhagan Bhujbal (Deputy Chief Minister)19992003Nationalist Congress Party Deshmukh I Vilasrao Deshmukh31 R. R. Patil 20032004Nationalist Congress Party Sushilkumar Sushilkumar Shinde32 Vilasrao Deshmukh (Chief Minister)20042008Indian National Congress Deshmukh II Vilasrao Deshmukh33 R. R. Patil 20082009Nationalist Congress Party Ashok IAshok Chavan34 Patangrao Kadam 20092010Indian National Congress Ashok II35 Prithviraj Chavan (Chief Minister)20102014Indian National Congress Prithviraj Prithviraj Chavan36 Madhukarrao Chavan 20142014Indian National Congress37Devendra Fadnavis (Chief Minister)20142016Bharatiya Janata Party Fadnavis I Devendra Fadnavis38Subhash Desai 20162019Shiv Sena39 Devendra Fadnavis (Chief_Minister) In Charge20192019Bharatiya Janata Party Fadnavis II40Subhash Desai 20192019Shiv Sena Thackeray Uddhav Thackeray41 Vijay Namdevrao Wadettiwar 20192022Indian National Congress42 Eknath Shinde (Chief Minister)In Charge20222022Shiv Sena (2022–present) Eknath Eknath Shinde43Eknath Shinde (Chief Minister)20222024Shiv Sena (2022–present)44Devendra Fadnavis (Chief_Minister) In Charge2024IncumbentBharatiya Janata Party Fadnavis III Devendra Fadnavis
Ministers of State
No.PortraitDeputy MinisterTerm of officePolitical party MinistryMinisterChief Minister From ToPeriod Deputy Minister of Majority Welfare Development Vacant20192019NA Fadnavis IIDevendra Fadnavis Devendra Fadnavis01Omprakash Babarao Kadu 20192022Prahar Janshakti Party Supported Party Shiv Sena ThackerayVijay Namdevrao Wadettiwar Uddhav Thackeray02Dattatray Vithoba Bharne Additional_Charge20222022Nationalist Congress Party Vacant 20222024NA EknathEknath Shinde Eknath Shinde Vacant2024incumbentNA Fadnavis III Devendra Fadnavis(2024 – Present) Devendra Fadnavis
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