First Ashok Chavan ministry

First Ashok Chavan ministry
First Ashok Chavan ministry
Ministry of Maharashtra
Date formed	8 December 2008
Date dissolved	6 November 2009
People and organisations
Head of state	Governor S. C. Jamir
Head of government	Ashok Chavan
No. of ministers	26; Congress (7); NCP (16); Independents (3)
Member parties	Congress; NCP
Status in legislature	Coalition 155 / 288 (54%)
Opposition party	BJP; Shiv Sena
Opposition leader	Legislative Assembly:; Ramdas Kadam (Shiv Sena) Legislative Council:; Pandurang Fundkar (BJP)
History
Election	2009
Legislature term	5 years
Predecessor	Second Deshmukh ministry
Successor	Second Ashok Chavan ministry

Ashok Chavan was sworn in as Chief Minister of Maharashtra for the first time in 2008, after his predecessor, Vilasrao Deshmukh resigned the office in the aftermath of 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks.^[1] The first Chavan ministry governed until the 2009 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election, which resulted in a victory for Chavan-led Congress-NCP alliance and Chavan forming his second ministry.^[2]^[3]

List of ministers

The initial Chavan cabinet consisted of 26 cabinet members,^[4]^[5] including Chavan and his deputy, Chhagan Bhujbal, as well as the following cabinet ministers:^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]


Portfolio	Minister	Took office	Left office
Chief Minister General Administration Information and Publicity Information Technology Urban Development Industry Mining Department Law and Judiciary Housing Departments or portfolios not allocated to any minister.	Ashok Chavan	8 December 2008	6 November 2009	INC
Deputy Chief Minister Public Works (Excluding Public Undertakings) Tourism Other Backward Classes	Chhagan Bhujbal	8 December 2008	6 November 2009	NCP
Cabinet Minister Rural Development Panchayat Raj Skill Development Entrepreneurship Majority Welfare Development State Border Defence (First)	R. R. Patil	8 December 2008	6 November 2009	NCP
Cabinet Minister Finance Planning Ex. Servicemen Welfare	Dilip Walse-Patil	8 December 2008	6 November 2009	NCP
Cabinet Minister Revenue Sports and Youth Welfare	Patangrao Kadam	8 December 2008	6 November 2009	INC
Cabinet Minister School Education State Border Defence (Second)	Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil	8 December 2008	6 November 2009	INC
Cabinet Minister Home Affairs	Jayant Patil	8 December 2008	6 November 2009	NCP
Cabinet Minister Water Resources Water Supply Sanitation Command Area Development	Ajit Pawar	8 December 2008	6 November 2009	NCP
Cabinet Minister Agriculture Protocol Soil and Water Conservation Employment and Self-employment	Balasaheb Thorat	8 December 2008	6 November 2009	INC
Cabinet Minister Environment Excise Special Backward Classes Welfare	Ganesh Naik	8 December 2008	6 November 2009	NCP
Cabinet Minister Public Works (Including Public Undertakings) Socially Educationally Backward Classes	Vimal Mundada	8 December 2008	6 November 2009	NCP
Cabinet Minister Public Health and Family Welfare Vimukta Jati	Rajendra Shingne	8 December 2008	6 November 2009	NCP
Cabinet Minister Transport Nomadic Tribes Development Other Backward Bahujan Welfare	Surupsingh Hirya Naik	8 December 2008	6 November 2009	INC
Cabinet Minister Cooperation Cultural Affairs	Harshvardhan Patil	8 December 2008	6 November 2009	Independent
Cabinet Minister Textiles Minority Development Parliamentary Affairs	Anees Ahmed	8 December 2008	6 November 2009	INC
Cabinet Minister Social Justice	Chandrakant Handore	8 December 2008	6 November 2009	INC
Cabinet Minister Food and Civil Supplies	Ramesh Bang	8 December 2008	6 November 2009	NCP
Cabinet Minister Food and Drugs Administration	Manohar Naik	8 December 2008	6 November 2009	NCP
Cabinet Minister Higher and Technical Education Medical Education	Rajesh Tope	8 December 2008	6 November 2009	NCP
Cabinet Minister Labour Special Assistance	Nawab Malik	8 December 2008	6 November 2009	NCP
Cabinet Minister Tribal Development Marathi Language	Vijaykumar Gavit	8 December 2008	6 November 2009	NCP
Cabinet Minister Energy	Sunil Tatkare	8 December 2008	6 November 2009	NCP
Cabinet Minister Irrigation (Krishna Valley Corporation) Disaster Management Relief & Rehabilitation	Ramraje Naik Nimbalkar	8 December 2008	6 November 2009	NCP
Cabinet Minister Forests Earthquake Rehabilitation	Babanrao Pachpute	8 December 2008	6 November 2009	NCP
Cabinet Minister Non-conventional Energy Horticulture Employment Guarantee	Vinay Kore	8 December 2008	6 November 2009	Jan Surajya Shakti
Cabinet Minister Animal Husbandry Dairy Development Fisheries Ports Khar Land Development	Ravisheth Patil	8 December 2008	6 November 2009	INC
Cabinet Minister Forests	Babanrao Pachpute	8 December 2008	6 November 2009	NCP
Cabinet Minister Marketing Women and Child Development	Madan Patil	8 December 2008	6 November 2009	Independent

Guardian Ministers

Sr No.	District	Guardian_Minister	Party
01	Ahmednagar	Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil	United Progressive Alliance
02	Akola	Surupsingh Hirya Naik
03	Amravati	Chandrakant Handore
04	Aurangabad	Rajesh Tope
05	Beed	Vimal Mundada
06	Bhandara	Ramesh Bang
07	Buldhana	Rajendra Shingne
08	Chandrapur	Nawab Malik
09	Dhule	Surupsingh Hirya Naik
10	Gadchiroli	R. R. Patil
11	Gondiya	Chhagan Bhujbal Deputy Chief Minister
12	Hingoli	Vinay Kore
13	Jalgaon	Babanrao Pachpute
14	Jalna	Jayant Patil
15	Kolhapur	Balasaheb Thorat
16	Latur	R. R. Patil
17	Mumbai City	Jayant Patil
18	Mumbai Suburban	Anees Ahmed
19	Nagpur	Balasaheb Thorat
20	Nanded	Anees Ahmed
21	Nandurbar	Vijaykumar Gavit
22	Nashik	Chhagan Bhujbal Deputy Chief Minister
23	Osmanabad	Ravisheth Patil
24	Palghar	Nawab Malik
25	Parbhani	Madan Patil
26	Pune	Ajit Pawar
27	Raigad	Sunil Tatkare
28	Ratnagiri	Ganesh Naik
29	Sangli	Patangrao Kadam
30	Satara	Ramraje Naik Nimbalkar
31	Sindhudurg	Harshvardhan Patil
32	Solapur	Dilip Walse-Patil
33	Thane	Ganesh Naik
34	Wardha	Surupsingh Hirya Naik
35	Washim	Patangrao Kadam
36	Yavatmal	Manohar Naik

References

^ "Deshmukh sworn in Chief Minister of Maharashtra". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 2 November 2004. Archived from the original on 2 November 2004. Retrieved 6 February 2010.
^ "Congress-NCP will form govt: Bhujbal". India Today. 22 October 2009. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
^ "Second-time lucky Chavan to be Maharashtra chief minister". India Today. 25 October 2009. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
^ "Chavan, Bhujbal sworn in as Maharashtra CM, deputy CM". The Times of India. 9 December 2008. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
^ "39 member Ashok Chavan Ministry sworn in". The Economic Times. 8 December 2008. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
^ "List of Ministers, General Administration Department, Government of Maharashtra" (PDF) (Press release). Government of Maharashtra. General Administration Department. 10 December 2008. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
^ "Portfolios in Ashok Chavan ministry in Maha announced". The Hindustan Times. 10 December 2008. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
^ Shiv Kumar (10 December 2008). "Patil gets Home in Chavan govt". The Tribune. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
^ Ravikiran Deshmukh (11 December 2008). "Rane supporters on a desertion spree". Mumbai Mirror. Retrieved 23 April 2021.

[1] "Deshmukh sworn in Chief Minister of Maharashtra". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 2 November 2004. Archived from the original on 2 November 2004. Retrieved 6 February 2010.

[2] "Congress-NCP will form govt: Bhujbal". India Today. 22 October 2009. Retrieved 9 April 2021.

[3] "Second-time lucky Chavan to be Maharashtra chief minister". India Today. 25 October 2009. Retrieved 7 April 2021.

[4] "Chavan, Bhujbal sworn in as Maharashtra CM, deputy CM". The Times of India. 9 December 2008. Retrieved 23 April 2021.

[5] "39 member Ashok Chavan Ministry sworn in". The Economic Times. 8 December 2008. Retrieved 25 April 2021.

[6] "List of Ministers, General Administration Department, Government of Maharashtra" (PDF) (Press release). Government of Maharashtra. General Administration Department. 10 December 2008. Retrieved 24 April 2021.

[7] "Portfolios in Ashok Chavan ministry in Maha announced". The Hindustan Times. 10 December 2008. Retrieved 23 April 2021.

[8] Shiv Kumar (10 December 2008). "Patil gets Home in Chavan govt". The Tribune. Retrieved 23 April 2021.

[9] Ravikiran Deshmukh (11 December 2008). "Rane supporters on a desertion spree". Mumbai Mirror. Retrieved 23 April 2021.

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