Chandrakant Patil
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Chandrakant Patil | |
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| Minister of Higher & Technical Education Government of Maharashtra | |
| Assumed office 9 August 2022 | |
| Chief Minister | Eknath Shinde |
| Preceded by | Uday Samant |
| Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Government of Maharashtra | |
| Assumed office 9 August 2022 | |
| Chief Minister | Eknath Shinde |
| Preceded by | Anil Parab |
| Minister of Textiles Government of Maharashtra | |
| Assumed office 9 August 2022 | |
| Chief Minister | Eknath Shinde |
| Preceded by | Aslam Shaikh |
| In office 31 October 2014 – 8 July 2016 | |
| Chief Minister | Eknath Shinde |
| Succeeded by | Subhash Deshmukh |
| President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Maharashtra | |
| In office 16 July 2019 – 12 August 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Raosaheb Danve |
| Succeeded by | Chandrashekhar Bawankule |
| Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office 25 October 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Medha Kulkarni |
| Constituency | Kothrud |
| Minister of Revenue Government of Maharashtra | |
| In office 4 June 2016 – 8 November 2019 | |
| Chief Minister | Devendra Fadnavis |
| Preceded by | Eknath Khadse |
| Succeeded by | Balasaheb Thorat |
| Minister of Public Works Department Government of Maharashtra | |
| In office 31 October 2014 – 8 November 2019 | |
| Chief Minister | Devendra Fadnavis |
| Preceded by | Chhagan Bhujbal |
| Succeeded by | Ashok Chavan |
| Minister of Co-operation Government of Maharashtra | |
| In office 31 October 2014 – 8 July 2016 | |
| Chief Minister | Devendra Fadnavis |
| Succeeded by | Subhash Deshmukh |
| Member of Maharashtra Legislative Council | |
| In office 20 July 2008 – 25 October 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Sharad Patil |
| Succeeded by | Arun Lad |
| Constituency | Pune Graduates |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 June 1959 Bombay, Bombay State, India |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Residence(s) | Kolhapur, Maharshtra |
| Website | chandrakantdadapatil |
Chandrakant Bacchu Patil is an Indian politician who was the Maharashtra state President of Bharatiya Janata Party from 2019 to 2022.[1] He is currently serving as a cabinet minister in Maharashtra state. He was also the Cabinet Minister in Maharashtra state, for Revenue and Public Works Department excluding Public Undertakings as well as Guardian Minister for Kolhapur, Sangli & Pune district, until 12 November 2019.[2]
Currently he is a member of the legislative assembly of Maharashtra, representing Kothrud.
Early life and education
Patil was born on 10 June 1959 in the Jamnadas Prabhudas Chawl in Parel, Mumbai. His father, Bacchu Patil, used to serve tea to mill workers. He completed schooling from the Raja Shivaji Vidyalaya (formerly King George High School) in Dadar. He graduated from Siddharth College in Fort in 1985.[3][non-primary source needed]
Political career
He was introduced to the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad at the age of 18. In 1980, he started working as a full-time activist for the ABVP. In 1982, he was appointed the 'Pradesh Mantri'. In 1985, Patil was elected as 'Kshetriya Sangathan Mantri' of the ABVP where he focused on the problems of the youth and student issues. In 1990, Dada Patil was elected as the Akhil Bharatiya Mantri of ABVP. At this time, he traveled to different districts of India to make people aware of social issues and addressed problems related to the education sector and the youth. In 2004, he joined the Bharatiya Janata Party and was elected as its Vice President in 2013. In June 2014, he was appointed a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Council. In October 2014, he was elected as Cabinet Minister of Maharashtra. He has been holding the Cabinet Minister's office since July 2016 and handling the revenue, relief & rehabilitation, and Public Works department.[4][5][6][7][8][9]
References
- ^ "Ahead of Maharashtra elections, BJP appoints minister Chandrakant Patil new state chief". India Today. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
- ^ "The low-profile RSS apparatchik is the new face of power in the NDA". India Today. December 2014. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
- ^ "About Chandrakant Patil". Retrieved 14 May 2021.
- ^ "निर्देशिका - महाराष्ट्र शासनाचे अधिकृत संकेतस्थळ, भारत". Maharashtra.gov.in. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
- ^ "Ministers - Maharashtra BJP". bjp.org. Archived from the original on 2 September 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
- ^ "Sarkaritel.com, : Maharashtra Government, Council of Ministers". www.sarkaritel.com. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
- ^ "Welcome to Collector Office Kolhapur". kolhapur.nic.in. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
- ^ "पुण्याच्या पालकमंत्री पदी चंद्रकांत पाटलांची न". 7 June 2019.
- ^ "Chandrakant Patil likely to replace Girish Bapat as next guardian minister of Pune". indianexpress.com. 7 June 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
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