Post: | Leader of the House |
Body: | the Maharashtra Legislative Council |
Native Name: | सभागृह नेते महाराष्ट्र विधान परिषद |
Flag: | Flag of India.svg |
Flagsize: | 110px |
Flagborder: | yes |
Flagcaption: | Flag of India |
Insignia: | Seal of Maharashtra.svg |
Insigniasize: | 150 |
Insigniacaption: | Seal of Maharashtra |
Department: | Maharashtra Legislative Council |
Incumbent: | Devendra Fadnavis |
Incumbentsince: | 17 August 2022 |
Style: | The Honourable |
Appointer: | Chief Minister of Maharashtra & Cabinet |
Constituting Instrument: | - |
Termlength: | During the life of the vidhan Sabha (five years maximum) |
Residence: | Mumbai, India |
Seat: | Maharashtra Legislature |
Inaugural: | Marotrao Kannamwar |
Formation: | 1 May 1960 |
Deputy: | Uday Samant Actingsince 17 August 2022 |
Precursor: | Leader of the House of The Bombay Legislative Council (1947-60) |
Salary: | ₹ - approximately |
Website: | - |
Member Of: | |
Reports To: | Government of Maharashtra |
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 | |||
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1 | Marotrao Kannamwar | 01 May 1960 | 08 March 1962 |
| Indian National Congress | |||
2 | Balasaheb Desai | 08 March 1962 | 19 November 1962 |
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3 | - | P. K. Sawant | 20 November 1962 | 24 November 1963 |
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4 | - | S. K. Wankhede | 25 November 1963 | 04 December 1963 |
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5 | Shankarrao Chavan | 05 December 1963 | 01 March 1967 |
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6 | Vasantrao Naik | 01 March 1967 | 13 March 1972 |
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7 | Pratibha Patil | 13 March 1972 | 20 February 1975 |
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8 | A. R. Antulay | 21 February 1975 | 16 May 1977 |
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9 | Vasantdada Patil | 17 May 1977 | 5 March 1978 |
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10 | Nashikrao Tirpude | 5 March 1978 | 18 July 1978 |
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11 | Sundarrao Solanke | 18 July 1978 | 18 February 1980 | Indian Congress (Socialist) | ||||
12 | - | Babasaheb Bhosale | 09 June 1980 | 12 January 1982 | Indian National Congress | |||
13 | - | Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar | 13 January 1982 | 01 February 1983 | ||||
14 | Ramrao Adik | 07 February 1983 | 05 March 1985 | |||||
15 | Vasantdada Patil | 12 March 1985 | 01 June 1985 | |||||
16 | - | Surupsingh Hirya Naik | 04 June 1985 | 06 March 1986 | ||||
17 | Shankarrao Chavan | 12 March 1986 | 26 June 1988 | |||||
18 | Sushilkumar Shinde | 26 June 1988 | 3 March 1990 | |||||
19 | Sudhakarrao Naik | 4 March 1990 | 25 June 1991 | |||||
20 | - | Ramrao Adik | 25 June 1991 | 22 February 1993 | ||||
21 | Shivajirao_Deshmukh | 03 March 1993 | 14 March 1995 | |||||
22 | Gopinath Munde | 14 March 1995 | 01 February 1999 |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | |||
23 | Sudhir Joshi | 01 February 1999 | 17 October 1999 | Shiv Sena | ||||
24 | Patangrao Kadam | 18 October 1999 | 16 January 2003 | Indian National Congress | ||||
25 | Ranjeet Deshmukh | 18 January 2003 | 23 December 2003 | |||||
26 | Vijaysingh Mohite-Patil | 27 December 2003 | 19 October 2004 |
| Nationalist Congress Party | |||
27 | R. R. Patil | 1 November 2004 | 4 December 2008 |
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28 | Patangrao Kadam | 08 December 2008 | 07 November 2009 | Indian National Congress | ||||
29 | Chhagan Bhujbal | 07 November 2009 | 10 November 2010 | Nationalist Congress Party | ||||
30 | Ajit Pawar | 11 November 2010 | 25 September 2012 | |||||
31 | R R Patil | 29 September 2012 | 26 September 2014 | |||||
32 | Eknath Khadse | 09 December 2014 | 07 July 2016 | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||||
33 | Chandrakant Bacchu Patil | 08 July 2016 | 08 November 2019 | |||||
34 | Subhash Desai | 16 December 2019 | 24 February 2020 | Shiv Sena | ||||
35 | Ajit Pawar | 24 February 2020 | 29 June 2022 | Nationalist Congress Party | ||||
36 | Devendra Fadnavis | 17 August 2022 | Incumbent |
| Bhartiya Janata Party | |||