Leader of the House of the Maharashtra Legislative Council
सभागृह नेते महाराष्ट्र विधान परिषद
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Incumbent Devendra Fadnavis Deputy Chief Minister since 17 August 2022
Maharashtra Legislative Council
Style	The Honourable
Member of	Council of ministers Cabinet Maharashtra Legislature
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
1		Marotrao Kannamwar ( Minister of Public Works (Excluding Public Undertakings))	01 May 1960	08 March 1962	1 year, 311 days	Bhogilal Dhirajlal Lala Vitthal Sakharam Page	Indian National Congress
2		Balasaheb Desai ( Minister of Agriculture)	08 March 1962	19 November 1962	256 days	Vitthal Sakharam Page
3	-	P. K. Sawant ( Minister of Public Health)	20 November 1962	24 November 1963	1 year, 4 days	Vitthal Sakharam Page
4	-	S. K. Wankhede ( Minister of Industries)	25 November 1963	04 December 1963	9 days	Vitthal Sakharam Page
5		Shankarrao Chavan ( Minister of Energy)	05 December 1963	01 March 1967	3 years, 86 days	Vitthal Sakharam Page
6		Vasantrao Naik ( Chief Minister)	01 March 1967	13 March 1972	5 years, 12 days	Vitthal Sakharam Page
7		Pratibha Patil ( Minister of Social Justice)	13 March 1972	20 February 1975	2 years, 344 days	Vitthal Sakharam Page
8		A. R. Antulay ( Minister of Law and Judiciary)	21 February 1975	16 May 1977	2 years, 84 days	Vitthal Sakharam Page Vitthal Sakharam Page
9		Vasantdada Patil ( Chief Minister)	17 May 1977	5 March 1978	292 days	Vitthal Sakharam Page
10		Nashikrao Tirpude ( Deputy Chief Minister)	5 March 1978	18 July 1978	76 days	Vitthal Sakharam Page Ram Meghe Acting Chairperson R. S. Gavai
11		Sundarrao Solanke ( Deputy Chief Minister)	18 July 1978	18 February 1980	1 year, 215 days	R. S. Gavai	Indian Congress (Socialist)
12	-	Babasaheb Bhosale ( Minister of Law and Judiciary)	09 June 1980	12 January 1982	1 year, 217 days	R. S. Gavai	Indian National Congress
13	-	Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar ( Minister of Special Assistance)	13 January 1982	01 February 1983	1 year, 19 days	R. S. Gavai Jayant Shridhar Tilak
14		Ramrao Adik ( Deputy Chief Minister)	07 February 1983	05 March 1985	2 years, 26 days	Jayant Shridhar Tilak
15		Vasantdada Patil ( Chief Minister)	12 March 1985	01 June 1985	81 days	Jayant Shridhar Tilak
16	-	Surupsingh Hirya Naik ( Minister of Public Works (Excluding Public Undertakings))	04 June 1985	06 March 1986	275 days	Jayant Shridhar Tilak
17		Shankarrao Chavan ( Chief Minister)	12 March 1986	26 June 1988	2 years, 106 days	Jayant Shridhar Tilak
18		Sushilkumar Shinde ( Minister of Finance)	26 June 1988	3 March 1990	1 year, 222 days	Jayant Shridhar Tilak
19		Sudhakarrao Naik ( Minister of Revenue)	4 March 1990	25 June 1991	1 year, 113 days	Jayant Shridhar Tilak
20	-	Ramrao Adik ( Minister of Finance)	25 June 1991	22 February 1993	1 year, 242 days	Jayant Shridhar Tilak
21		Shivajirao_Deshmukh ( Minister of Public Works (Excluding Public Undertakings))	03 March 1993	14 March 1995	2 years, 8 days	Jayant Shridhar Tilak
22		Gopinath Munde ( Deputy Chief Minister)	14 March 1995	01 February 1999	3 years, 324 days	Jayant Shridhar Tilak Bhaurao Tulshiram Deshmukh Acting Chairperson N. S. Pharande	Bharatiya Janata Party
23		Sudhir Joshi ( Minister of Revenue)	01 February 1999	17 October 1999	258 days	N. S. Pharande	Shiv Sena
24		Patangrao Kadam ( Minister of Industries)	18 October 1999	16 January 2003	3 years, 92 days	N. S. Pharande	Indian National Congress
25		Ranjeet Deshmukh ( Rural Development)	18 January 2003	23 December 2003	1 year, 340 days	N. S. Pharande
26		Vijaysingh Mohite-Patil ( Deputy Chief Minister)	27 December 2003	19 October 2004	297 days	N. S. Pharande Vasant Davkhare Acting Chairperson Shivajirao Deshmukh	Nationalist Congress Party
27		R. R. Patil ( Deputy Chief Minister)	1 November 2004	4 December 2008	4 years, 33 days	Shivajirao_Deshmukh
28		Patangrao Kadam ( Minister of Revenue)	08 December 2008	07 November 2009	334 days	Shivajirao Deshmukh	Indian National Congress
29		Chhagan Bhujbal ( Deputy Chief Minister)	07 November 2009	10 November 2010	1 year, 3 days	Shivajirao Deshmukh	Nationalist Congress Party
30		Ajit Pawar Deputy Chief Minister	11 November 2010	25 September 2012	1 year, 319 days	Shivajirao Deshmukh
31		R R Patil ( Minister of Home Affairs)	29 September 2012	26 September 2014	2 years, 6 days	Shivajirao Deshmukh
32		Eknath Khadse ( Revenue Minister)	09 December 2014	07 July 2016	1 year, 211 days	Shivajirao Deshmukh Ramraje Naik Nimbalkar	Bharatiya Janata Party
33		Chandrakant Bacchu Patil ( Public Works (Excluding Public Undertakings) Minister)	08 July 2016	08 November 2019	3 years, 123 days	Ramraje Naik Nimbalkar
34		Subhash Desai ( Industries Minister)	16 December 2019	24 February 2020	70 days	Ramraje Naik Nimbalkar	Shiv Sena
35		Ajit Pawar Deputy Chief Minister	24 February 2020	29 June 2022	4 years, 160 days	Ramraje Naik Nimbalkar	Nationalist Congress Party
36		Devendra Fadnavis Deputy Chief Minister	17 August 2022	Incumbent	1 year, 351 days	Neelam Gorhe Acting Chairperson	Bhartiya Janata Party

№	Portrait	Name	Party		Term of office			Chairman of Council	Leader of Council	Ministry	Chief Minister
01		Ranjeet Deshmukh रणजीत देशमुख ( Cabinet Minister of Rural Development , Panchayat Raj, Employment Guarantee Scheme, and Ex-Servicemen Welfare)	Indian National Congress		06 March 1993	18 November 1994	1 year, 257 days	Jayant Shridhar Tilak	Shivajirao Deshmukh	Pawar IV	Sharad Pawar
02		Sudhir Joshi सुधीर जोशी ( Cabinet Minister of Revenue, Khar Land Development, Relief and Rehabilitation, and School Education)	Shiv Sena		14 March 1995	01 February 1999	3 years, 324 days	Jayant Shridhar Tilak (Ending - 1998) Bhaurao Tulshiram Deshmukh (1998 - 1998) Additional Charge Narayana Sadashiv Pharande (Starting - 1998)	Gopinath Munde	Joshi	Manohar Joshi
03		Nitin Gadkari नितीन गडकरी ( Cabinet Minister of Public Works (Excluding Public Undertakings), Public Works (Including Public Undertakings), and Energy and Industries)	Bhartiya Janata Party		01 February 1999	17 October 1999	258 days	Narayana Sadashiv Pharande	Sudhir Joshi	Rane	Narayan Rane
04		Husain Dalwai हुसेन दलवाई ( Cabinet Minister of Labour, Minority Development and Aukaf, and Ports)	Indian National Congress		19 October 1999	17 January 2003	3 years, 90 days	Narayana Sadashiv Pharande	Patangrao Kadam	Deshmukh I	Vilasrao Deshmukh
05		Vasant Chavan वसंत चव्हाण ( Cabinet Minister of Food and Drug Administration and Mining)	Nationalist Congress Party		18 January 2003	23 December 2003	346 days	Narayana Sadashiv Pharande	Ranjeet Deshmukh	Sushilkumar	Sushilkumar Shinde
06		Shivajirao Moghe शिवाजीराव मोघे ( Cabinet Minister of Tourism, Employment Guarantee, and Water Resources (Krishna Valley Development) and (Konkan Valley Development))	Indian National Congress		27 December 2003	01 November 2004	310 days	Narayana Sadashiv Pharande (Ending - 2004) Vasant Davkhare (2004 - 2004) Additional Charge Shivajirao Deshmukh (Starting - 2004)	Vijaysingh Mohite-Patil
07		Suresh Jain सुरेश जैन ( Cabinet Minister of Higher and Technical Education)	Indian National Congress		01 November 2004	01 December 2008	4 years, 30 days	Shivajirao Deshmukh	R. R. Patil	Deshmukh II	Vilasrao Deshmukh
08		Ramraje Naik Nimbalkar रामराजे नाईक निंबाळकर ( Cabinet Minister of Irrigation (Krishna Valley Corporation), Disaster Management and Relief & Rehabilitation)	Nationalist Congress Party		08 December 2008	06 November 2009	333 days	Shivajirao Deshmukh	Patangrao Kadam	Ashok I	Ashok Chavan
09		Balasaheb Thorat बाळासाहेब थोरात ( Cabinet Minister of Agriculture, Soil and Water Conservation, School Education and Marathi Language)	Indian National Congress		07 November 2009	10 November 2010	1 year, 3 days	Shivajirao Deshmukh	Chhagan Bhujbal	Ashok II
10		Rajendra Darda राजेंद्र दर्डा ( Cabinet Minister of School Education, Skill Development And Entrepreneurship, Sports and Youth Welfare)	Indian National Congress		11 November 2010	26 September 2014	3 years, 319 days	Shivajirao Deshmukh	Ajit Pawar (2010 - 2012) R. R. Patil (2012 - 2014)	Prithviraj	Prithviraj Chavan
11		Chandrakant Bacchu Patil चंद्रकांत बच्चू पाटील ( Cabinet Minister of Public Works (Excluding Public Undertakings), Co-operation, Marketing, and Textiles)	Bhartiya Janata Party		31 October 2014	04 June 2016	1 year, 217 days	Shivajirao Deshmukh (Ending - 2015 ) Ramraje Naik Nimbalkar (Starting - 2015)	Eknath Khadse	Fadnavis I	Devendra Fadnavis
12		Pankaja Munde पंकजा मुंडे ( Cabinet Minister of Rural Development, Panchayat Raj and Women and Child Development.)	Bhartiya Janata Party		08 July 2016	12 November 2019	3 years, 127 days	Ramraje Naik Nimbalkar	Chandrakant Bacchu Patil
13		Vacant रिकामे	Independent		23 November 2019	28 November 2019	5 days	Ramraje Naik Nimbalkar	Devendra Fadnavis In charge	Fadnavis II
14 (In charge)		Nitin Raut ( Cabinet Minister of Public Works (Excluding Public Undertakings), Tribal Development and Women and Child Development)	Indian National Congress		16 December 2019	24 February 2020	70 days	Ramraje Naik Nimbalkar	Subhash Desai In charge	Thackeray	Uddhav Thackeray
15		Subhash Desai सुभाष देसाई ( Cabinet Minister of Industries, Mining Department and Marathi Language)	Shiv Sena		24 February 2020	29 June 2022	2 years, 125 days	Ramraje Naik Nimbalkar	Ajit Pawar
16		Uday Samant उदय सामंत ( Cabinet Minister of Industries)	Shiv Sena (Shinde Group)		17 August 2022	Incumbent	1 year, 351 days	Neelam Gorhe Additional Charge	Devendra Fadnavis	Eknath	Eknath Shinde

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