The Ministry of Protocol is a ministry of the Government of Maharashtra. It is responsible for preparing annual plans for the development of Maharashtra state.
The Ministry is headed by a cabinet level Minister. Jayakumar Jitendrasinh Rawal is Current Minister of Protocol Government of Maharashtra. In October 2025, Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer Rajesh Gawande was appointed as the state's new Secretary for Protocol, FDI, Diaspora Affairs and International Outreach.
Head office
Cabinet Ministers No.PortraitMinisterTerm of officePolitical party MinistryChief Minister From ToPeriod Minister of Protocol01Marotrao Kannamwar 19601962Indian National Congress Yashwantrao I Yashwantrao Chavan02Sheshrao Krishnarao Wankhede 19621962Indian National Congress Yashwantrao II03Balasaheb Desai 19621963Indian National Congress Kannamwar lMarotrao Kannamwar04Parashuram Krishnaji Sawant (Interim Chief Minister)19621963Indian National Congress SawantParashuram Krishnaji Sawant05Vasantrao Naik (Chief Minister)19631967Indian National Congress Vasantrao IVasantrao Naik06Gopalrao Bajirao Khedkar 19671969Indian National Congress Vasantrao II07D. S. Palaspagar 19691972Indian National Congress08Abdul Rahman Antulay 19721973Indian National Congress Vasantrao III09Vasantrao Patil 19731974Indian National Congress10Shankarrao Chavan 19741975Indian National Congress11Rafiq Zakaria 19751977Indian National Congress Shankarrao I Shankarrao Chavan12Husain Dalwai 19771978Indian National CongressVasantdada IVasantdada Patil13Nashikrao Tirpude (Deputy Chief Minister)19781978Indian National Congress (Indira)Vasantdada II14Ganpatrao Deshmukh 19781980Peasants and Workers Party of India Pawar ISharad Pawar15Nanabhau Yembadwar 19801982Indian National Congress Antulay Abdul Rahman Antulay16Narendra Mahipati Tidke 19821983Indian National Congress Bhosale Babasaheb Bhosale17 Narendra Marutrao Kamble 19831985Indian National Congress Vasantdada IIIVasantdada Patil18Vasantdada Patil (Chief Minister)19851985Indian National Congress Vasantdada IV19Sudhakarrao Naik 19851986Indian National Congress NilangekarShivajirao Patil Nilangekar20Shankarrao Chavan (Chief Minister)19861988Indian National Congress Shankarrao II Shankarrao Chavan21Sushilkumar Shinde 19881990Indian National Congress Pawar II Sharad Pawar22Sharad Pawar (Chief Minister)19901991Indian National Congress Pawar III23Jawaharlal Darda 19911991Indian National Congress24Sudhakarrao Naik (Chief Minister)19911993Indian National Congress Sudhakarrao Sudhakarrao Naik25Padamsinh Bajirao Patil 19931994Indian National Congress Pawar IV Sharad Pawar26Dinkar Patil 19951999Bharatiya Janata Party Joshi Manohar Joshi27Narayan Rane (Chief Minister)19991999Shiv Sena Rane Narayan Rane28Gopinath Munde (Deputy Chief Minister)19991999Bharatiya Janata Party29 Ashok Chavan 19992003Indian National Congress Deshmukh I Vilasrao Deshmukh30 Ashok Chavan 20032004Indian National Congress Sushilkumar Sushilkumar Shinde31 Vilasrao Deshmukh (Chief Minister)20042004Indian National Congress Deshmukh II Vilasrao Deshmukh32 Balasaheb Thorat 20042008Indian National Congress33 Balasaheb Thorat 20082009Indian National Congress Ashok IAshok Chavan34 Ashok Chavan (Chief Minister)20092010Indian National Congress Ashok II35 Suresh Shetty 20102014Indian National Congress Prithviraj Prithviraj Chavan36Devendra Fadnavis (Chief Minister)20142019Bharatiya Janata Party Fadnavis I Devendra Fadnavis37Jayakumar Jitendrasinh Rawal 20192019Bharatiya Janata Party38 Devendra Fadnavis (Chief_Minister) In Charge20192019Bharatiya Janata Party Fadnavis II39Subhash Desai 20192019Shiv Sena Thackeray Uddhav Thackeray40 Aaditya Thackeray 20192022Shiv Sena41 Eknath Shinde (Chief Minister)In Charge20222022Shiv Sena (2022–present) Eknath Eknath Shinde42Devendra Fadnavis (Deputy Chief Minister)20222024Bharatiya Janata Party43Devendra Fadnavis (Chief_Minister) In Charge20242024Bharatiya Janata Party Fadnavis III Devendra Fadnavis44Jayakumar Jitendrasinh Rawal 2024IncumbentBharatiya Janata Party
Ministers of State
No.PortraitDeputy MinisterTerm of officePolitical party MinistryMinisterChief Minister From ToPeriod Deputy Minister of Protocol Vacant20192019NA Fadnavis IIDevendra Fadnavis Devendra Fadnavis01Aditi Tatkare 20192022Nationalist Congress Party Thackeray Aaditya Thackeray Uddhav Thackeray Vacant 20222024NA EknathEknath Shinde(2022 - 2022) Devendra Fadnavis (2022 –2024) Eknath Shinde Vacant2024incumbentNA Fadnavis IIIJayakumar Jitendrasinh Rawal (2024 – Present) Devendra Fadnavis
List of principal secretaries Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) Manisha Mhaiskar was Chief Protocol Officer till October 2025. Later, an IFS officer who was working as Passport Officer, Rajesh Gawande, was for the first time made as CPO from October 2025.
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