The following individuals have served as Chief Minister of the Indian state of Maharashtra since its establishment in 1960:
| Key: | INC Indian National Congress |
SHS Shiv Sena |
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| # | Name | Portrait | Took Office | Left Office | Political Party |
| 1 | Yashwantrao Chavan | 1 May 1960 | 19 November 1962 | INC | |
| 2 | Marotrao Kannamwar | 20 November 1962 | 24 November 1963 | INC | |
| 2 | P K Sawant | 25 November 1963 | 4 December 1963 | INC | |
| 3 | Vasantrao Naik | 5 December 1963 | 1 March 1967 | INC | |
| 3 | Vasantrao Naik | 1 March 1967 | 13 March 1972 | INC | |
| 3 | Vasantrao Naik | 13 March 1972 | 20 February 1975 | INC | |
| 4 | Shankarrao Chavan | 21 February 1975 | 16 April 1977 | INC | |
| 5 | Vasantdada Patil | 17 April 1977 | 2 March 1978 | INC | |
| 5 | Vasantdada Patil | 7 March 1978 | 18 July 1978 | INC | |
| 6 | Sharad Pawar | 18 July 1978 | 17 February 1980 | Progressive Democratic Front | |
| President's Rule | 17 February 1980 | 8 June 1980 | |||
| 7 | Abdul Rehman Antulay | 9 June 1980 | 12 January 1982 | INC | |
| 8 | Babasaheb Bhosale | 21 January 1982 | 1 February 1983 | INC | |
| 9 | Vasantdada Patil | 2 February 1983 | 1 June 1985 | INC | |
| 10 | Shivajirao Nilangekar Patil | 3 June 1985 | 6 March 1986 | INC | |
| 11 | Shankarrao Chavan | 12 March 1986 | 26 June 1988 | INC | |
| 12 | Sharad Pawar | 26 June 1988 | 25 June 1991 | INC | |
| 13 | Sudhakarrao Naik | 25 June 1991 | 22 February 1993 | INC | |
| 14 | Sharad Pawar | 6 March 1993 | 14 March 1995 | INC | |
| 15 | Manohar Joshi | 14 March 1995 | 31 January 1999 | Shiv Sena | |
| 16 | Narayan Rane | 1 February 1999 | 17 October 1999 | Shiv Sena | |
| 17 | Vilasrao Deshmukh | 18 October 1999 | 16 January 2003 | INC | |
| 18 | Sushil Kumar Shinde | 18 January 2003 | 30 October 2004 | INC | |
| 19 | Vilasrao Deshmukh | 1 November 2004 | 4 December 2008 | INC | |
| 20 | Ashok Chavan | 8 December 2008 | 15 October 2009 | INC | |
| 21 | Ashok Chavan | 7 November 2009 | 9 November 2010 | INC | |
| 22 | Prithviraj Chavan | 11 November 2010 | incumbent | INC |
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