# List of leaders of the house in the Maharashtra Legislative Council

Eknath Shinde is the current Leader of the House of the Maharashtra Legislative Council since 09 December 2024 .

## Leader of the House

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.
| № | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Chairman of the House | Party |
| 1 | | Marotrao Kannamwar (Minister of Public Works (Excluding Public Undertakings)) | 1 May 1960 | 8 March 1962 | 1 year, 311 days | Bhogilal Dhirajlal Lala Vitthal Sakharam Page | Indian National Congress |
| 2 | | Balasaheb Desai (Minister of Agriculture) | 8 March 1962 | 19 November 1962 | 256 days | Vitthal Sakharam Page | Indian National Congress |
| 3 | - | P. K. Sawant (Minister of Public Health) | 20 November 1962 | 24 November 1963 | 1 year, 4 days | Vitthal Sakharam Page | Indian National Congress |
| 4 | - | S. K. Wankhede (Minister of Industries) | 25 November 1963 | 4 December 1963 | 9 days | Vitthal Sakharam Page | Indian National Congress |
| 5 | | Shankarrao Chavan (Minister of Energy) | 5 December 1963 | 1 March 1967 | 3 years, 86 days | Vitthal Sakharam Page | Indian National Congress |
| 6 | | Vasantrao Naik (Chief Minister) | 1 March 1967 | 13 March 1972 | 5 years, 12 days | Vitthal Sakharam Page | Indian National Congress |
| 7 | | Pratibha Patil (Minister of Social Justice) | 13 March 1972 | 20 February 1975 | 2 years, 344 days | Vitthal Sakharam Page | Indian National Congress |
| 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 | Indian National Congress |
| 9 | | Vasantdada Patil (Chief Minister) | 17 May 1977 | 5 March 1978 | 292 days | Vitthal Sakharam Page | Indian National Congress |
| 10 | | Nashikrao Tirpude (Deputy Chief Minister) | 5 March 1978 | 18 July 1978 | 76 days | Vitthal Sakharam Page Ram Meghe Acting Chairperson R. S. Gavai | Indian National Congress |
| 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) | 9 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 | 1 February 1983 | 1 year, 19 days | R. S. Gavai Jayant Shridhar Tilak | Indian National Congress |
| 14 | | Ramrao Adik (Deputy Chief Minister) | 7 February 1983 | 5 March 1985 | 2 years, 26 days | Jayant Shridhar Tilak | Indian National Congress |
| 15 | | Vasantdada Patil (Chief Minister) | 12 March 1985 | 1 June 1985 | 81 days | Jayant Shridhar Tilak | Indian National Congress |
| 16 | - | Surupsingh Hirya Naik (Minister of Public Works (Excluding Public Undertakings)) | 4 June 1985 | 6 March 1986 | 275 days | Jayant Shridhar Tilak | Indian National Congress |
| 17 | | Shankarrao Chavan (Chief Minister) | 12 March 1986 | 26 June 1988 | 2 years, 106 days | Jayant Shridhar Tilak | Indian National Congress |
| 18 | | Sushilkumar Shinde (Minister of Finance) | 26 June 1988 | 3 March 1990 | 1 year, 222 days | Jayant Shridhar Tilak | Indian National Congress |
| 19 | | Sudhakarrao Naik (Minister of Revenue) | 4 March 1990 | 25 June 1991 | 1 year, 113 days | Jayant Shridhar Tilak | Indian National Congress |
| 20 | - | Ramrao Adik (Minister of Finance) | 25 June 1991 | 22 February 1993 | 1 year, 242 days | Jayant Shridhar Tilak | Indian National Congress |
| 21 | | Shivajirao_Deshmukh (Minister of Public Works (Excluding Public Undertakings)) | 3 March 1993 | 14 March 1995 | 2 years, 8 days | Jayant Shridhar Tilak | Indian National Congress |
| 22 | | Gopinath Munde (Deputy Chief Minister) | 14 March 1995 | 1 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) | 1 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 | Indian National Congress |
| 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 | Nationalist Congress Party |
| 28 | | Patangrao Kadam (Minister of Revenue) | 8 December 2008 | 7 November 2009 | 334 days | Shivajirao Deshmukh | Indian National Congress |
| 29 | | Chhagan Bhujbal (Deputy Chief Minister) | 7 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 | Nationalist Congress Party |
| 31 | | R R Patil (Minister of Home Affairs) | 29 September 2012 | 26 September 2014 | 2 years, 6 days | Shivajirao Deshmukh | Nationalist Congress Party |
| 32 | | Eknath Khadse (Revenue Minister) | 9 December 2014 | 7 July 2016 | 1 year, 211 days | Shivajirao Deshmukh Ramraje Naik Nimbalkar | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 33 | | Chandrakant Bacchu Patil (Public Works (Excluding Public Undertakings) Minister) | 8 July 2016 | 8 November 2019 | 3 years, 123 days | Ramraje Naik Nimbalkar | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 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 | 2 years, 125 days | Ramraje Naik Nimbalkar | Nationalist Congress Party |
| 36 | | Devendra Fadnavis Deputy Chief Minister | 17 August 2022 | 26 November 2024 | 2 years, 101 days | Neelam Gorhe Acting Chairperson | Bhartiya Janata Party |
| 37 | | Eknath Shinde Deputy Chief Minister | 9 December 2024 | Incumbent | 44 days | Ram Shinde | Shiv Sena |

## Deputy Leader of The House

| № | Name | Party | Term of office | Term of office | 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 | Sushilkumar | Sushilkumar Shinde |
| 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 | Ashok Chavan |
| 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 | Fadnavis I | Devendra Fadnavis |
| 13 | Vacant रिकामे | Independent | 23 November 2019 | 28 November 2019 | 5 days | Ramraje Naik Nimbalkar | Devendra Fadnavis In charge | Fadnavis II | Devendra Fadnavis |
| 14 (In charge) | Nitin Raut नितीन राऊत (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 | Thackeray | Uddhav Thackeray |
| 16 | Uday Samant उदय सामंत (Cabinet Minister of Industries) | Shiv Sena (Shinde Group) | 17 August 2022 | 26 November 2024 | 2 years, 101 days | Neelam Gorhe Additional Charge | Devendra Fadnavis | Eknath | Eknath Shinde |
| 17 | Pankaja Munde पंकजा मुंडे (Cabinet Minister of Environment and Climate Change and Animal Husbandry.) | Bhartiya Janata Party | 21 December 2024 | Incumbent | 32 days | Ram Shinde | Eknath Shinde | Fadnavis III | Devendra Fadnavis |