The Ministry of Ex. Servicemen Welfare is a Ministry of the Government of Maharashtra.
The Ministry is headed by a cabinet level Minister. Shambhuraj Desai is Current Minister of Ex. Servicemen Welfare Government of Maharashtra. He is also the Tourism minister.
Head office
Cabinet Ministers No.PortraitMinisterTerm of officePolitical party MinistryChief Minister From ToPeriod Minister of Ex. Servicemen Welfare01Marotrao Kannamwar 19601962Indian National Congress Yashwantrao I Yashwantrao Chavan02Shankarrao Chavan 19621962Indian National Congress Yashwantrao II03Parashuram Krishnaji Sawant 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 Naik06Vasantrao Naik (Chief Minister)19671969Indian National Congress Vasantrao II07Shankarrao Chavan 19691972Indian National Congress08Yashwantrao Mohite 19721973Indian National Congress Vasantrao III09Hari Govindrao Vartak 19731974Indian National Congress10Vasantdada Patil 19741975Indian National Congress11Abdul Rahman Antulay 19751977Indian National Congress Shankarrao I Shankarrao Chavan12Nashikrao Tirpude 19771978Indian National CongressVasantdada IVasantdada Patil13Baliram Waman Hiray 19781978Indian National Congress (Indira)Vasantdada II14Jagannathrao Jadhav 19781979Janata Party Pawar ISharad Pawar15Surupsingh Hirya Naik 19801982Indian National Congress Antulay Abdul Rahman Antulay16Babasaheb Bhosale (Chief Minister)19821982Indian National Congress Bhosale Babasaheb Bhosale17Pratibha Patil 19821983Indian National Congress18Ramrao Adik (Deputy Chief Minister)19831985Indian National Congress Vasantdada IIIVasantdada Patil19Vasantdada Patil (Chief Minister)19851985Indian National Congress Vasantdada IV20Vijaysinh Mohite-Patil 19851986Indian National Congress NilangekarShivajirao Patil Nilangekar21V. Subramanian 19861988Indian National Congress Shankarrao II Shankarrao Chavan22Sushilkumar Shinde 19881990Indian National Congress Pawar II Sharad Pawar23Narendra Marutrao Kamble 19901991Indian National Congress Pawar III24Jawaharlal Darda 19911991Indian National Congress25Shivajirao Deshmukh 19911993Indian National Congress Sudhakarrao Sudhakarrao Naik26 Ranjeet Deshmukh 19931994Indian National Congress Pawar IV Sharad Pawar27Anna Dange 19951999Bharatiya Janata Party Joshi Manohar Joshi28Narayan Rane (Chief Minister)19991999Shiv Sena Rane Narayan Rane29Gopinath Munde (Deputy Chief Minister)19991999Bharatiya Janata Party30 Vilasrao Deshmukh (Chief Minister)19991999Indian National Congress Deshmukh I Vilasrao Deshmukh31 Vilasrao Balkrishna Patil 19992003Indian National Congress32 Ramkrishna More 20032004Indian National Congress Sushilkumar Sushilkumar Shinde33 Vilasrao Deshmukh (Chief Minister)20042004Indian National Congress Deshmukh II Vilasrao Deshmukh34 Ashok Chavan 20042008Indian National Congress 35 Dilip Walse-Patil 20082009Nationalist Congress Party Ashok IAshok Chavan36 Mohammed Arif Naseem Khan 20092010Indian National Congress Ashok II37 R. R. Patil 20102014Nationalist Congress Party Prithviraj Prithviraj Chavan38Devendra Fadnavis (Chief Minister)20142019Bharatiya Janata Party Fadnavis I Devendra Fadnavis39Sambhaji Patil Nilangekar 20192019Bharatiya Janata Party40 Devendra Fadnavis (Chief_Minister) In Charge20192019Bharatiya Janata Party Fadnavis II41Eknath Shinde 20192019Shiv Sena Thackeray Uddhav Thackeray42 Dadaji Bhuse 20192022Shiv Sena43 Shankarrao Gadakh Additional Charge20222022Shiv Sena44 Eknath Shinde (Chief Minister)In Charge20222022Shiv Sena (2022–present) Eknath Eknath Shinde45Eknath Shinde (Chief Minister)20222024Shiv Sena (2022–present) 46Devendra Fadnavis (Chief_Minister) In Charge20242024Bharatiya Janata Party Fadnavis III Devendra Fadnavis47Shambhuraj Desai 2024IncumbentShiv Sena (2022–present)
Ministers of State
No.PortraitDeputy MinisterTerm of officePolitical party MinistryMinisterChief Minister From ToPeriod Deputy Minister of Ex. Servicemen Welfare Vacant20192019NA Fadnavis IIDevendra Fadnavis Devendra Fadnavis01Satej Patil 20192022Indian National Congress Thackeray Dadaji Bhuse(2019 - 2022) Shankarrao Gadakh(2022 - 2022) Uddhav Thackeray Vacant 20222024NA EknathEknath Shinde Eknath Shinde Vacant2024IncumbentNA Fadnavis III Shambhuraj Desai(2024 – Present) Devendra Fadnavis
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