On resignation of Shankarrao Chavan on 26 June 1988, Sharad Pawar was appointed Chief Minister of Maharashtra for the second time. Pawar formed his second ministry, which continued in office until legislative elections in 1990.

Government formation

Pawar had been the State's youngest chief minister from 1978 to 1980, but had since quit Congress to from a separate party. The Pawar-led Indian Congress (Socialist) secured 54 seats in the 1985 legislative elections but his former party maintained its majority. In December 1986, Pawar re-joined Congress, hoping to be made the chief minister. When the incumbent chief minister Shankarrao Chavan was made India's minister of finance, Pawar replaced him.

List of ministers

The following is a list of ministers in Pawar's cabinet:

Cabinet members
PortfolioMinisterTook officeLeft officeParty
Chief Minister General Administration Information and Public Relations Home Affairs Information Technology Water Resources (Krishna Valley Development) and (Konkan Valley Development) Water supply Sanitation Majority Welfare Development Soil and Water Conservation Departments or portfolios not allocated to any minister.Sharad Pawar26 June 19883 March 1990INC
Cabinet Minister Industries Labour Law and Judiciary Marketing Mining DepartmentRamrao Adik26 June 19883 March 1990INC
Cabinet Minister Revenue Cultural Affairs Food and Drug Administration Disaster ManagementPrabha Rau26 June 19883 March 1990INC
Cabinet Minister Finance Planning Employment Guarantee Scheme Skill Development, Entrepreneurship Protocol Socially And Educationally Backward Classes Ex. Servicemen WelfareSushilkumar Shinde26 June 19883 March 1990INC
Cabinet Minister Public Health and Family Welfare Medical Education Other Backward ClassesJawaharlal Darda26 June 19883 March 1990INC
Cabinet Minister Agriculture Horticulture Command Area Development Tourism Woman and Child Development Vimukta JatiVilasrao Deshmukh26 June 19883 March 1990INC
Cabinet Minister Social Welfare (26 June 1988 – 02 January 1989) Energy Parliamentary Affairs Rural Development Cultural Affairs Special Backward Classes WelfareSudhakarrao Naik26 June 19883 March 1990INC
Cabinet Minister Irrigation Home Affairs (Jails) Sports and Youth Welfare Earthquake RehabilitationPadamsinh Patil26 June 19883 March 1990INC
Cabinet Minister Tribal Welfare Transport Nomadic TribesSurupsingh Hirya Naik26 June 19883 March 1990INC
Cabinet Minister Forest Social Forestry Prohibition Excise Other Backward Bahujan WelfareChhedilal Gupta,26 June 19883 March 1990INC
Cabinet Minister Cooperation Environment and Climate Change Khar Land DevelopmentAbhaysinh Raje Bhosale26 June 19883 March 1990INC
Cabinet Minister Urban Development Minority Development and AukafIshaq Jamkhanawala26 June 19883 March 1990INC
Cabinet Minister Housing Textiles Ports DevelopmentW. R. Sherekar26 June 19883 March 1990INC
Cabinet Minister Public Works (Excluding Public Undertakings) Public Works (Including Public Undertakings) Relief & RehabilitationVijaysinh Mohite-Patil26 June 19883 March 1990INC
Cabinet Minister Food and Civil Supplies Animal Husbandry Fisheries Dairy DevelopmentDatta Meghe26 June 19883 March 1990INC
Cabinet Minister School Education Higher and Technical Education Panchayat RajKamal Kishore Kadam26 June 19883 March 1990INC
Cabinet Minister Social Justice (02 January 1989 – 03 March 1990) Special Assistance Marathi Language EmploymentN. M. Kamble2 November 19893 March 1990INC