Chhagan Bhujbal

Chhagan Bhujbal
Chhagan Bhujbal
Cabinet Minister; Government of Maharashtra
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 20 May 2025
Minister	Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection
Governor	C. P. Radhakrishnan; Acharya Devvrat (additional charge)
Cabinet	Third Fadnavis ministry
Chief Minister	Devendra Fadnavis
Deputy CM	Eknath Shinde; Ajit Pawar (till his demise in 2026); Sunetra Pawar (from 2026);
	In office; 2 July 2023 – 26 November 2024
Minister	Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection;
Cabinet	Eknath Shinde ministry
Chief Minister	Eknath Shinde
Deputy CM	Devendra Fadnavis (first); Ajit Pawar (second)
Preceded by	Ravindra Chavan
Succeeded by	Dhananjay Munde
	In office; 30 December 2019 – 29 June 2022
Minister	Food and Civil Supply; Consumer Affairs; State Border Defence
Cabinet	Thackeray ministry
Chief Minister	Uddhav Thackeray
Deputy CM	Ajit Pawar
Guardian Minister	Nashik District
Preceded by	Jayant Patil (acting); Food, Civil Supplies Ministry; Consumer Protection Ministry; CM Uddhav Thackeray; State Border Defence Ministry;
Succeeded by	Ravindra Chavan; Food, Civil Supplies Ministry; Consumer Protection Ministry; CM Eknath Shinde; State Border Defence Ministry;
	In office; 11 November 2010 – 26 September 2014
Minister	Public Works; (excl. Public Undertakings); Public Works; (incl. Public Undertakings); Tourism;
Cabinet	Prithviraj Chavan ministry
Chief Minister	Prithviraj Chavan
Deputy CM	Ajit Pawar
Guardian Minister	Nashik District
Preceded by	Himself; Public Works (excl. Public Undertakings); Jaydattaji Kshirsagar; Public Works (incl. Public Undertakings); Vijaykumar Krishnarao Gavit; Tourism Ministry;
Succeeded by	Eknath Khadse; Public Works (excl. Public Undertakings); Public Works (incl. Public Undertakings); Jayakumar Jitendrasinh Rawal; Tourism Ministry;
5th Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra
	In office; 7 November 2009 – 10 November 2010
Minister	Public Works (excl. Public Undertakings); Special Assistance;
Cabinet	Second Ashok Chavan ministry
Chief Minister	Ashok Chavan
Maharashtra Legislature	Leader of the House; (Maharashtra Legislative Council); Deputy Leader of the House (Maharashtra Legislative Assembly)
Guardian Minister	Amaravati District; Nashik District
Preceded by	Himself; Deputy Chief Minister; Public Works (excl. Public Undertakings); Nawab Malik; Special Assistance Ministry;
Succeeded by	Ajit Pawar; Deputy Chief Minister; Himself; Public Works (excl. Public Undertakings); Patangrao Kadam; Special Assistance Ministry;
	In office; 18 January 2003 – 23 December 2003
Minister	Ports Development Ministry; Social Justice Ministry
Cabinet	Sushilkumar Shinde ministry
Chief Minister	Sushilkumar Shinde
Maharashtra Legislature	Deputy Leader of the House (Maharashtra Legislative Assembly)
Guardian Minister	Nashik District
Preceded by	Himself; Deputy Chief Minister;
Succeeded by	Vijaysingh Mohite-Patil; Deputy Chief Minister;
	In office; 18 October 1999 – 16 January 2003
Minister	Home Affairs; Social Justice Ministry; Special Assistance Ministry; Majority Welfare Development
Cabinet	First Deshmukh ministry
Chief Minister	Vilasrao Deshmukh
Maharashtra Legislature	Deputy Leader of the House (Maharashtra Legislative Assembly)
Guardian Minister	Nashik District
Preceded by	Gopinath Munde; Deputy Chief Minister; Home Affairs Ministry; Social Justice Ministry; Special Assistance Ministry; Eknath Khadse; Majority Welfare Development;
Succeeded by	Himself; Deputy Chief Minister; Social Justice Ministry; R. R. Patil; Home Affairs Ministry; Sushilkumar Shinde CM; Special Assistance Ministry; Satish Chaturvedi; Majority Welfare Development;
Cabinet Minister; Government of Maharashtra
	In office; 6 March 1993 – 14 March 1995
Minister	Housing; Other Backward Classes; Special Backward Classes Welfare
Cabinet	Fourth Pawar ministry
Chief Minister	Sharad Pawar
Preceded by	Javed Iqbal Khan; Housing Ministry; Ramrao Adik; Other Backward Classes; Sushilkumar Shinde; Special Backward Classes Welfare;
Succeeded by	Chandrakant Khaire; Housing Ministry; Gopinath Munde; Other Backward Classes; Special Backward Classes Welfare;
	In office; 26 December 1991 – 22 February 1993
Minister	Revenue; Khar Land Development; Majority Welfare Development
Cabinet	Sudhakarrao Naik ministry
Chief Minister	Sudhakarrao Naik
Preceded by	Shankarrao Kolhe; Revenue Ministry; Khar Land Development Ministry; Majority Welfare Development;
Succeeded by	Vilasrao Deshmukh; Revenue Ministry; Prabhakar Dharkar; Khar Land Development Ministry; Shivajirao Deshmukh; Majority Welfare Development;
Minister	In office; 28 November 2019 – 30 December 2019
Acting Minister
	In office; 28 November 2019 – 30 December 2019
Minister	Rural Development; Water Resources; Command Area Development; Social Justice Ministry; Special Assistance Ministry; State Excise; Skill Development and Entrepreneurship; Food and Drug Administration;
Cabinet	Thackeray ministry
Chief Minister	Uddhav Thackeray
Preceded by	Pankaja Munde; Rural Development Ministry; Girish Mahajan; Water Resources Ministry; Command Area Development; Suresh Khade; Social Justice Ministry; Ram Shinde; Special Assistance Ministry; Chandrashekhar Bawankule; State Excise Ministry; Sambhaji Patil Nilangekar; Skill Development and Entrepreneurship; Jayakumar Jitendrasinh Rawal; Food and Drug Administration;
Succeeded by	Hasan Mushrif; Rural Development Ministry; Jayant Patil; Water Resources Ministry; Command Area Development; Dhananjay Munde; Social Justice Ministry; Special Assistance Ministry; Dilip Walse-Patil; State Excise Ministry; Nawab Malik; Skill Development and Entrepreneurship; Rajendra Shingne; Food and Drug Administration;
	In office; 8 December 2008 – 6 November 2009
Minister	Public Works (excl. Public Undertakings); Tourism; Other Backward Classes;
Governor	S. C. Jamir
Cabinet	First Ashok Chavan ministry
Chief Minister	Ashok Chavan
Maharashtra Legislature	Deputy Leader of the House (Maharashtra Legislative Assembly)
Guardian Minister	Nashik District
Preceded by	R. R. Patil; Deputy Chief Minister; Himself; Public Works (excl. Public Undertakings); Vijaysinh Mohite-Patil; Tourism Ministry; Dilip Walse-Patil; Other Backward Classes;
Succeeded by	Himself; Deputy Chief Minister; Public Works (excl. Public Undertakings); Vijaykumar Krishnarao Gavit; Tourism Ministry; Shivajirao Moghe; Other Backward Classes;
Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
	In office; 1 November 2004 – 4 December 2008
Minister	Public Works (excl. Public Undertakings);
Governor	Mohammed Fazal; S. M. Krishna; S. C. Jamir
Cabinet	Second Deshmukh ministry
Chief Minister	Vilasrao Deshmukh
Deputy CM	R. R. Patil
Preceded by	Sushilkumar Shinde CM
Succeeded by	Himself
Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 2004
Preceded by	Patil Kalyanrao Jayawantrao
Constituency	Yevla
	In office; 1996–2004
Constituency	Elected by MLAs
	In office; 1986–1995
Preceded by	Atmaram Tukaram Bhosale Alias Bhai Bhosale
Succeeded by	Bala Nandgaonkar
Constituency	Mazgaon
Leader of the Opposition; Maharashtra Legislative Council
	In office; 10 July 1996 – 17 October 1999
Chief Minister	Manohar Joshi; Narayan Rane
Preceded by	Sharad Pawar
Succeeded by	Nitin Gadkari
Mayor of Mumbai
	In office; 1990–1991
Preceded by	Sharad N. Acharya
Succeeded by	Diwakar Raote
Personal details
Born	15 October 1947; Nashik, Bombay Province, India
Party	NCP (since 1999)
Other political; affiliations	INC (1991–1999); Shiv Sena (1966–1991)

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Chhagan Bhujbal (born 15 October 1947) is an Indian politician from Maharashtra, who is the member of current Government of Maharashtra, headed by Devendra Fadnavis. Currently he is a member of 15th Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra from Yeola Assembly. He also served as the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra from 2009–2010 and 1999–2003. He earlier also served as Minister of Public Works Department and Minister of Home Affairs in Government of Maharashtra.