<Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> CMO Maharashtra </Td> </Tr> <P> The Chief Minister of Maharashtra is the head of the Government of the western Indian state of Maharashtra . Following elections to the Legislative Assembly, the Governor invites the party (or coalition) with a majority of seats to form the government and appoints the Chief Minister (CM). If the appointee is not a member of either the Legislative Assembly or the Legislative Council of Maharashtra, then the Constitution stipulates that they need to be elected within six months of being sworn - in . The office of the CM is coterminous with the concurrent Assembly provided the CM commands confidence in the house and hence does not exceed five years . However, it is subject to no term limits . </P> <P> Maharashtra was formed by dissolution of Bombay State on 1 May 1960 . Yashwantrao Chavan, who was serving as the third CM of Bombay State since 1956, became the first CM of Maharashtra . He belonged to the Indian National Congress and held the office until the 1962 Assembly elections . Marotrao Kannanwar succeeded him and was the only CM to die while in office . Vasantrao Naik, who was in office from December 1963 to February 1975 for more than 11 years, has by far been the longest serving CM . He also was the first and only CM to complete his full term of five years (1967 - 1972). With the exceptions of Manohar Joshi (Shiv Sena), Narayan Rane (Shiv Sena) and Devendra Fadnavis (Bharatiya Janata Party), all other CMs have been from the Congress or its breakaway parties . So far, President's rule has been imposed twice in the state: first from February to June 1980 and again from September to October 2014 . Devendra Fadnavis is the incumbent CM since 31 October 2014, the first from the BJP and is the longest - serving non-Congress CM. . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> No </Th> <Th> Name <P> (birth - death) </P> </Th> <Th> Portrait </Th> <Th_colspan="2"> Party </Th> <Th_colspan="3"> Term of office </Th> <Th> Assembly constituency </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Took office </Th> <Th> Left office </Th> <Th> Duration </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="9"> Chief Ministers of Bombay State </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> B.G. Kher (1888 - 1957) </Td> <Td> - </Td> <Td> Indian National Congress </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 15 August 1947 </Td> <Td> 21 April 1952 </Td> <Td> 4 years, 250 days </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Morarji Desai (1896 - 1995) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 21 April 1952 </Td> <Td> 31 October 1956 </Td> <Td> 4 years, 193 days </Td> <Td> Bulsar Chikhli </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="9"> Chief Ministers of Bombay State (after the States Reorganisation Act, 1956) </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Yashwantrao Chavan (1913 - 1984) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Indian National Congress </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1 November 1956 </Td> <Td> 5 April 1957 </Td> <Td> 3 years, 181 days </Td> <Td> Karad North </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 5 April 1957 </Td> <Td> 30 April 1960 </Td> </Tr> </Table>

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