The Ministry of Minority Development and Aukaf is a Ministry of the Government of Maharashtra. It looks after the affairs of the developoment of minorities which include Muslims, Sikhs, Christians, Buddhists, Zoroastrians (Parsis) and Jains. These sections are notified as minority communities in the Gazette of India under Section 2(c) of the National Commission for Minorities Act, 1992. for the development of Maharashtra state.
The Ministry is headed by a cabinet level Minister. Sunetra Ajit Pawar is Current Deputy Chief Minister and Minister of Minority Development and Aukaf Government of Maharashtra.
Head office
Cabinet Ministers No.PortraitMinisterTerm of officePolitical party MinistryChief Minister From ToPeriod Minister of Minority Development and Aukaf01Sultan. G. Kazi 19601962Indian National Congress Yashwantrao I Yashwantrao Chavan02Abdul Kader Salebhoy 19621962Indian National Congress Yashwantrao II03Abdul Kader Salebhoy 19621963Indian National Congress Kannamwar lMarotrao Kannamwar04P. K. Sawant (Interim Chief Minister)19621963Indian National Congress SawantP. K. Sawant05 Balasaheb Desai 19631967Indian National Congress Vasantrao IVasantrao Naik06Shankarrao Chavan 19671969Indian National Congress Vasantrao II07Pratibha Patil 19691972Indian National Congress08Abdul Rahman Antulay 19721973Indian National Congress Vasantrao III09Rafique Zakaria 19731974Indian National Congress10Abdul Rahman Antulay 19741975Indian National Congress11Rafiq Zakaria 19751976Indian National Congress Shankarrao I Shankarrao Chavan12Prabha Rau 19761977Indian National Congress13Pratibha Patil 19771978Indian National CongressVasantdada IVasantdada Patil14Baburao Kale 19781978Indian National CongressVasantdada II15Nihal Ahmed Maulavi Mohammed Usman 19781980Janata Party Pawar ISharad Pawar16Abdul Rahman Antulay (Chief Minister)19801982Indian National Congress Antulay Abdul Rahman Antulay17S. M. I. Aseer 19821983Indian National Congress Bhosale Babasaheb Bhosale18S. M. I. Aseer 19831985Indian National Congress Vasantdada IIIVasantdada Patil19Narendra Mahipati Tidke 19851985Indian National Congress Vasantdada IV20Sushilkumar Shinde 19851986Indian National Congress NilangekarShivajirao Patil Nilangekar21V. Subramanian 19861988Indian National Congress Shankarrao II Shankarrao Chavan22Ishaq Jamkhanawala 19881990Indian National Congress Pawar II Sharad Pawar23Javed Iqbal Khan 19901991Indian National Congress Pawar III24Padamsinh Bajirao Patil 19911993Indian National Congress Sudhakarrao Sudhakarrao Naik25Sarawan Parate 19931995Indian National Congress Pawar IV Sharad Pawar26Sabir Shaikh 19951999Shiv Sena Joshi Manohar Joshi27Sabir Shaikh 19991999Shiv Sena Rane Narayan Rane28 Husain Dalwai 19992003Indian National Congress Deshmukh I Vilasrao Deshmukh29 Husain Dalwai 20032004Indian National Congress Sushilkumar Sushilkumar Shinde30 Vilasrao Deshmukh (Chief Minister)20042004Indian National Congress Deshmukh II Vilasrao Deshmukh31 Anees Ahmed 20042008Indian National Congress32 Anees Ahmed 20082009Indian National Congress Ashok IAshok Chavan33 Mohammad Naseem Khan 20092010Indian National Congress Ashok II34 Mohammad Naseem Khan 20102014Indian National Congress Prithviraj Prithviraj Chavan35 Eknath Khadse 20142016Bharatiya Janata Party Fadnavis I Devendra Fadnavis36 Devendra Fadnavis (Chief Minister) 20162016Bharatiya Janata Party37 Vinod Tawde 20162019Bharatiya Janata Party38 Devendra Fadnavis (Chief Minister) (In Charge)20192019Bharatiya Janata Party Fadnavis II39 Jayant Patil 20192019Nationalist Congress Party Thackeray Uddhav Thackeray40 Nawab Malik 20192022Nationalist Congress Party41 Jitendra Awhad 20222022Nationalist Congress Party42 Eknath Shinde (Chief Minister) (In Charge)20222022Shiv Sena (2022–present) Eknath Eknath Shinde43 Eknath Shinde (Chief Minister) 20222023Shiv Sena (2022–present) 44 Abdul Sattar Abdul Nabi 20232024Shiv Sena (2022–present) 45Devendra Fadnavis (Chief_Minister) In Charge20242024Bharatiya Janata Party Fadnavis III Devendra Fadnavis46 Dattatray Vithoba Bharne 20242025Nationalist Congress Party 47 Manikrao Kokate 20252025Nationalist Congress Party 48 Ajit Pawar (Deputy Chief Minister) Additional Charge20252026Nationalist Congress Party 49 Devendra Fadnavis (Chief Minister) Additional Charge20262026Bharatiya Janata Party50 Sunetra Ajit Pawar (Deputy Chief Minister)2026IncumbentNationalist Congress Party
Ministers of State
No.PortraitDeputy MinisterTerm of officePolitical party MinistryMinisterChief Minister From ToPeriod Deputy Minister of Minority Development and Aukaf Vacant20192019NA Fadnavis IIDevendra Fadnavis Devendra Fadnavis01Vishwajeet Kadam 20192022Indian National Congress Thackeray Nawab Malik(2019 - 2021) Jitendra Awhad(2021 - 2022) Uddhav Thackeray Vacant 20222024NA EknathEknath Shinde(2022 - 2023) Abdul Sattar Abdul Nabi (2023 - 2024) Eknath Shinde02Madhuri Misal 2024incumbentBharatiya Janata Party Fadnavis IIIDattatray Vithoba Bharne (2024 – 2025) Manikrao Kokate (2025 – 2025) Ajit Pawar Additional Charge(2025 – 2026) Devendra Fadnavis Additional Charge(2026 – 2026) Sunetra Pawar (2026 – Present) Devendra Fadnavis
Sub department Maharashtra State Board of Waqfs
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