# Second Pawar ministry

On resignation of Shankarrao Chavan on 26 June 1988, Sharad Pawar was appointed Chief Minister of Maharashtra for the second time. Pawar formed his second ministry, which continued in office until legislative elections in 1990.

## Government formation

Pawar had been the State's youngest chief minister from 1978 to 1980, but had since quit Congress to from a separate party. The Pawar-led Indian Congress (Socialist) secured 54 seats in the 1985 legislative elections but his former party maintained its majority. In December 1986, Pawar re-joined Congress, hoping to be made the chief minister. When the incumbent chief minister Shankarrao Chavan was made India's minister of finance, Pawar replaced him.

## List of ministers

The following is a list of ministers in Pawar's cabinet:
| Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office | Party |
| Chief Minister General Administration Information and Public Relations Home Affairs Information Technology Water Resources (Krishna Valley Development) and (Konkan Valley Development) Water supply Sanitation Majority Welfare Development Soil and Water Conservation Departments or portfolios not allocated to any minister. | Sharad Pawar | 26 June 1988 | 3 March 1990 | INC |
| Cabinet Minister Industries Labour Law and Judiciary Marketing Mining Department | Ramrao Adik | 26 June 1988 | 3 March 1990 | INC |
| Cabinet Minister Revenue Cultural Affairs Food and Drug Administration Disaster Management | Prabha Rau | 26 June 1988 | 3 March 1990 | INC |
| Cabinet Minister Finance Planning Employment Guarantee Scheme Skill Development, Entrepreneurship Protocol Socially And Educationally Backward Classes Ex. Servicemen Welfare | Sushilkumar Shinde | 26 June 1988 | 3 March 1990 | INC |
| Cabinet Minister Public Health and Family Welfare Medical Education Other Backward Classes | Jawaharlal Darda | 26 June 1988 | 3 March 1990 | INC |
| Cabinet Minister Agriculture Horticulture Command Area Development Tourism Woman and Child Development Vimukta Jati | Vilasrao Deshmukh | 26 June 1988 | 3 March 1990 | INC |
| Cabinet Minister Social Welfare (26 June 1988 – 02 January 1989) Energy Parliamentary Affairs Rural Development Cultural Affairs Special Backward Classes Welfare | Sudhakarrao Naik | 26 June 1988 | 3 March 1990 | INC |
| Cabinet Minister Irrigation Home Affairs (Jails) Sports and Youth Welfare Earthquake Rehabilitation | Padamsinh Patil | 26 June 1988 | 3 March 1990 | INC |
| Cabinet Minister Tribal Welfare Transport Nomadic Tribes | Surupsingh Hirya Naik | 26 June 1988 | 3 March 1990 | INC |
| Cabinet Minister Forest Social Forestry Prohibition Excise Other Backward Bahujan Welfare | Chhedilal Gupta, | 26 June 1988 | 3 March 1990 | INC |
| Cabinet Minister Cooperation Environment and Climate Change Khar Land Development | Abhaysinh Raje Bhosale | 26 June 1988 | 3 March 1990 | INC |
| Cabinet Minister Urban Development Minority Development and Aukaf | Ishaq Jamkhanawala | 26 June 1988 | 3 March 1990 | INC |
| Cabinet Minister Housing Textiles Ports Development | W. R. Sherekar | 26 June 1988 | 3 March 1990 | INC |
| Cabinet Minister Public Works (Excluding Public Undertakings) Public Works (Including Public Undertakings) Relief & Rehabilitation | Vijaysinh Mohite-Patil | 26 June 1988 | 3 March 1990 | INC |
| Cabinet Minister Food and Civil Supplies Animal Husbandry Fisheries Dairy Development | Datta Meghe | 26 June 1988 | 3 March 1990 | INC |
| Cabinet Minister School Education Higher and Technical Education Panchayat Raj | Kamal Kishore Kadam | 26 June 1988 | 3 March 1990 | INC |
| Cabinet Minister Social Justice (02 January 1989 – 03 March 1990) Special Assistance Marathi Language Employment | N. M. Kamble | 2 November 1989 | 3 March 1990 | INC |