Ashok Chavan Ashok Shankarrao Chavan (born 28 October 1958) is an Indian politician from Maharashtra. He is the son of the late former Maharashtra Chief Minister Shankarrao Chavan. He was one of the most influential leaders of Indian National Congress in Ma ...

was sworn in as

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for the first time in 2008, after his predecessor,

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resigned the office in the aftermath of

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. The first Chavan ministry governed until the

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, which resulted in a victory for Chavan-led

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- NCP alliance and Chavan forming his second ministry.

List of ministers

The initial Chavan cabinet consisted of 26 cabinet members, including Chavan and his

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, as well as the following cabinet ministers:

Guardian Ministers

References

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