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<span class="vector-toc-numb">2.4</span> <span>1998 – First election in Mandal (as an education minister)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1998_–_First_election_in_Mandal_(as_an_education_minister)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Second_and_third_election_from_Patan_(2002–2012)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Second_and_third_election_from_Patan_(2002–2012)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.5</span> <span>Second and third election from Patan (2002–2012)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Second_and_third_election_from_Patan_(2002–2012)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2012_–_fourth_term_from_Ghatlodiya" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2012_–_fourth_term_from_Ghatlodiya"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.6</span> <span>2012 – fourth term from Ghatlodiya</span> </div> </a> <ul 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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>অসমীয়া</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anandiben_Patel" title="Anandiben Patel – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Anandiben Patel" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anandiben_Patel" title="Anandiben Patel – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Anandiben Patel" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gu mw-list-item"><a href="https://gu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AA%86%E0%AA%A8%E0%AA%82%E0%AA%A6%E0%AB%80%E0%AA%AC%E0%AB%87%E0%AA%A8_%E0%AA%AA%E0%AA%9F%E0%AB%87%E0%AA%B2" title="આનંદીબેન પટેલ – Gujarati" lang="gu" hreflang="gu" data-title="આનંદીબેન પટેલ" data-language-autonym="ગુજરાતી" data-language-local-name="Gujarati" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ગુજરાતી</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%86%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B2" title="आनंदीबेन पटेल – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="आनंदीबेन पटेल" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anandiben_Patel" title="Anandiben Patel – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Anandiben Patel" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%86%E0%B2%A8%E0%B2%82%E0%B2%A6%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%AC%E0%B3%86%E0%B2%A8%E0%B3%8D_%E0%B2%AA%E0%B2%9F%E0%B3%87%E0%B2%B2%E0%B3%8D" title="ಆನಂದಿಬೆನ್ ಪಟೇಲ್ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಆನಂದಿಬೆನ್ ಪಟೇಲ್" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mai mw-list-item"><a href="https://mai.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%86%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B2" title="आनन्दीबेन पटेल – Maithili" lang="mai" hreflang="mai" data-title="आनन्दीबेन पटेल" data-language-autonym="मैथिली" data-language-local-name="Maithili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मैथिली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%86%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A6%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AC%E0%B5%86%E0%B5%BB_%E0%B4%AA%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%87%E0%B5%BD" title="ആനന്ദിബെൻ പട്ടേൽ – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ആനന്ദിബെൻ പട്ടേൽ" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%86%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B2" title="आनंदीबेन पटेल – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="आनंदीबेन पटेल" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%86%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B2" title="आनन्दीबेन पटेल – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="आनन्दीबेन पटेल" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%86%E0%A8%A8%E0%A9%B0%E0%A8%A6%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%AC%E0%A9%87%E0%A8%A8_%E0%A8%AA%E0%A8%9F%E0%A9%87%E0%A8%B2" title="ਆਨੰਦੀਬੇਨ ਪਟੇਲ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਆਨੰਦੀਬੇਨ ਪਟੇਲ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D9%86%D9%86%D8%AF%DB%8C_%D8%A8%DB%8C%D9%86_%D9%BE%D9%B9%DB%8C%D9%84" title="آنندی بین پٹیل – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="آنندی بین پٹیل" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sa mw-list-item"><a href="https://sa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%86%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B2" title="आनन्दीबेन पटेल – Sanskrit" lang="sa" hreflang="sa" data-title="आनन्दीबेन पटेल" data-language-autonym="संस्कृतम्" data-language-local-name="Sanskrit" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>संस्कृतम्</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sat mw-list-item"><a href="https://sat.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%B1%9F%E1%B1%B1%E1%B1%9A%E1%B1%B1%E1%B1%AB%E1%B1%A4%E1%B1%B5%E1%B1%AE%E1%B1%B1_%E1%B1%AF%E1%B1%9A%E1%B1%B4%E1%B1%AE%E1%B1%9E" title="ᱟᱱᱚᱱᱫᱤᱵᱮᱱ ᱯᱚᱴᱮᱞ – Santali" lang="sat" hreflang="sat" data-title="ᱟᱱᱚᱱᱫᱤᱵᱮᱱ ᱯᱚᱴᱮᱞ" data-language-autonym="ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ" data-language-local-name="Santali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anandiben_Patel" title="Anandiben Patel – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Anandiben Patel" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anandiben_Patel" title="Anandiben Patel – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Anandiben Patel" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a 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Chief Minister</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Brajesh_Pathak" title="Brajesh Pathak">Brajesh Pathak</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Keshav_Prasad_Maurya" title="Keshav Prasad Maurya">Keshav Prasad Maurya</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ram_Naik" title="Ram Naik">Ram Naik</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">17th <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Madhya_Pradesh" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Madhya Pradesh">Governor of Madhya Pradesh</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><div class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="width:100%; margin:0; color: black; background-color: lavender"><b>Additional Charge</b></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1 July 2020 – 8 July 2021</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Chief_Ministers_of_Madhya_Pradesh" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Chief Ministers of Madhya Pradesh">Chief Minister</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Shivraj_Singh_Chouhan" title="Shivraj Singh Chouhan">Shivraj Singh Chouhan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Lalji Tandon</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mangubhai_C._Patel" title="Mangubhai C. Patel">Mangubhai C. Patel</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />23 January 2018 – 28 July 2019</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Chief_Ministers_of_Madhya_Pradesh" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Chief Ministers of Madhya Pradesh">Chief Minister</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Shivraj_Singh_Chouhan" title="Shivraj Singh Chouhan">Shivraj Singh Chouhan</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Kamal_Nath" title="Kamal Nath">Kamal Nath</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Om_Prakash_Kohli" title="Om Prakash Kohli">Om Prakash Kohli</a><br />(additional charge)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Lalji_Tandon" title="Lalji Tandon">Lalji Tandon</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Chhattisgarh" title="List of governors of Chhattisgarh">Governor of Chhattisgarh</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><div class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="width:100%; margin:0; color: black; background-color: lavender"><b>Additional Charge</b></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />15 August 2018 – 28 July 2019</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Chief_Ministers_of_Chhattisgarh" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Chief Ministers of Chhattisgarh">Chief Minister</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Raman_Singh" title="Raman Singh">Prof. Raman Singh</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Bhupesh_Baghel" title="Bhupesh Baghel">Bhupesh Baghel</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Balram_Das_Tandon" title="Balram Das Tandon">Balram Das Tandon</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Anusuiya_Uikey" title="Anusuiya Uikey">Anusuiya Uikey</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">15th <a href="/wiki/Chief_Minister_of_Gujarat" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Minister of Gujarat">Chief Minister of Gujarat</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />22 May 2014 – 7 August 2016</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Narendra_Modi" title="Narendra Modi">Narendra Modi</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Vijay_Rupani" title="Vijay Rupani">Vijay Rupani</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_Legislative_Assembly_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of Legislative Assembly (India)">Member</a> of <a href="/wiki/Gujarat_Legislative_Assembly" title="Gujarat Legislative Assembly">Gujarat Legislative Assembly</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />24 May 2012 – 13 July 2016</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ghatlodiya_(Vidhan_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ghatlodiya (Vidhan Sabha constituency)">Ghatlodiya</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />26 May 2002 – 22 June 2012</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Patan_(Gujarat_Vidhan_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Patan (Gujarat Vidhan Sabha constituency)">Patan</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />21 June 1998 – 22 May 2002</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mandal" class="mw-redirect" title="Mandal">Mandal</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(India)" title="Member of Parliament (India)">Member of Parliament</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rajya_Sabha" title="Rajya Sabha">Rajya Sabha</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1994–1998</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Rajya_Sabha_members_from_Gujarat" title="List of Rajya Sabha members from Gujarat">Gujarat</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1941-11-21</span>) </span>21 November 1941<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 83)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Kharod,_Gujarat" title="Kharod, Gujarat">Kharod</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bombay_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="Bombay Province">Bombay Province</a>, <a href="/wiki/British_India" class="mw-redirect" title="British India">British India</a><br />(present-day <a href="/wiki/Gujarat" title="Gujarat">Gujarat</a>, India)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;">Mafatlal Patel</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1962)<wbr /></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">2</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Residence(s)</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Raj_Bhavan,_Lucknow" title="Raj Bhavan, Lucknow">Raj Bhavan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lucknow" title="Lucknow">Lucknow</a>, <a href="/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh" title="Uttar Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a>, India</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data">Politician</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Anandiben Mafatbhai Patel</b> (born 21 November 1941)<sup id="cite_ref-Governor_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Governor-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is an Indian politician serving as the 20th and current <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Uttar_Pradesh" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Uttar Pradesh">governor of Uttar Pradesh</a> since 2019. She also served as the 17th <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Madhya_Pradesh" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Madhya Pradesh">governor of Madhya Pradesh</a> from 2020 to 2021 and as <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Chhattisgarh" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Chhattisgarh">Governor of Chhattisgarh</a> from 2018 to 2019. She has served as the first and to date, the only female <a href="/wiki/Chief_Minister_of_Gujarat" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Minister of Gujarat">Chief Minister</a> of <a href="/wiki/Gujarat" title="Gujarat">Gujarat</a>. She is also the second female <a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Uttar_Pradesh" title="List of governors of Uttar Pradesh">Governor of Uttar Pradesh</a> after <a href="/wiki/Sarojini_Naidu" title="Sarojini Naidu">Sarojini Naidu</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She is a member of the <a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> (BJP) since 1987. She was the Cabinet Minister for Education from 2002 to 2007. </p><p>She was the cabinet Minister of Road and Building, Revenue, Urban development and Urban Housing, Disaster Management and Capital Projects in the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Gujarat" title="Government of Gujarat">Government of Gujarat</a> from 2007 to 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-noharassment_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-noharassment-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 19 January 2018, she became the <a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Madhya_Pradesh" title="List of governors of Madhya Pradesh">Governor of Madhya Pradesh</a> replacing <a href="/wiki/Om_Prakash_Kohli" title="Om Prakash Kohli">Om Prakash Kohli</a> who was holding additional charge since September 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anandiben_Patel&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Birth">Birth</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anandiben_Patel&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Birth"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Anandiben Patel was born on 21 November 1941, in present-day <a href="/wiki/Kharod,_Gujarat" title="Kharod, Gujarat">Kharod</a> village of <a href="/wiki/Vijapur" title="Vijapur">Vijapur</a> taluka of <a href="/wiki/Mehsana_district" title="Mehsana district">Mehsana district</a>, Gujarat,<sup id="cite_ref-Governor_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Governor-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> where her father, Jethabhai, was a teacher.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Education">Education</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anandiben_Patel&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="School">School</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anandiben_Patel&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: School"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>She moved to N.M. High School for her high school studies which had only three girl students. As a student she was an athlete and remained a district level champion for three consecutive years. She joined college for studying BSc (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Science" title="Bachelor of Science">Bachelor of Science</a>) in 1960. She has excelled throughout as a student in her studies. She was awarded "Veer Bala" award in Mehsana for her outstanding achievement in athletics.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Teacher">Teacher</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anandiben_Patel&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Teacher"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Anandiben Patel was not keen on becoming a teacher. She took the job of a teacher to support the family financially, responding to an advertisement in the newspaper. In her interview as a teacher, she chose to teach the most difficult problem of Mathematics. Patel worked as the teacher at Mohiniba Kanya Vidyalaya, Ahmedabad in 1967 or 1970, where she taught science and mathematics to higher secondary students. Later, she became the school's principal.<sup id="cite_ref-website_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-website-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_career">Political career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anandiben_Patel&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Political career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bravery">Bravery</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anandiben_Patel&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Bravery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444" /><table class="box-POV plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-POV" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span class="skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><span><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Unbalanced_scales.svg/45px-Unbalanced_scales.svg.png" decoding="async" width="45" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Unbalanced_scales.svg/68px-Unbalanced_scales.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Unbalanced_scales.svg/90px-Unbalanced_scales.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="354" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">The <b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view" title="Wikipedia:Neutral point of view">neutrality</a> of this section is <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NPOV_dispute" title="Wikipedia:NPOV dispute">disputed</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Relevant discussion may be found on the <a href="/wiki/Talk:Anandiben_Patel" title="Talk:Anandiben Patel">talk page</a>. Please do not remove this message until <a href="/wiki/Template:POV#When_to_remove" title="Template:POV">conditions to do so are met</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">January 2021</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Patel's entry into politics began with an accident during a school picnic in 1987, when she jumped in the Sardar Sarovar reservoir to save two girls who were drowning during a school picnic, for which she received a president's bravery award.<sup id="cite_ref-article_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-article-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Impressed by Patel's heroism, BJP top cadre suggested Anandiben Patel to join the party. At first, she was hesitant in joining the party, but on persuasion by <a href="/wiki/Keshubhai_Patel" title="Keshubhai Patel">Keshubhai Patel</a> and <a href="/wiki/Narendra_Modi" title="Narendra Modi">Narendra Modi</a>, she joined BJP as the Gujarat Pradesh Mahila Morcha President in 1987.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bird_flu_and_service">Bird flu and service</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anandiben_Patel&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Bird flu and service"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1992, she participated in <a href="/wiki/Ekta_Yatra" title="Ekta Yatra">Ekta Yatra</a> from <a href="/wiki/Kanyakumari" title="Kanyakumari">Kanyakumari</a> to <a href="/wiki/Srinagar" title="Srinagar">Srinagar</a> with BJP leader <a href="/wiki/Murli_Manohar_Joshi" title="Murli Manohar Joshi">Murli Manohar Joshi</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-PTIlag2016_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PTIlag2016-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="As_a_member_of_Parliament">As a member of Parliament</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anandiben_Patel&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: As a member of Parliament"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Patel was elected to <a href="/wiki/Rajya_Sabha" title="Rajya Sabha">Rajya Sabha</a> from Gujarat in 1994.<sup id="cite_ref-PTIlag2016_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PTIlag2016-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1998_–_First_election_in_Mandal_(as_an_education_minister)"><span id="1998_.E2.80.93_First_election_in_Mandal_.28as_an_education_minister.29"></span>1998 – First election in Mandal (as an education minister)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anandiben_Patel&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: 1998 – First election in Mandal (as an education minister)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Patel resigned from Rajyasabha in 1998 and contested her first assembly election from <a href="/wiki/Mandal,_Gujarat" title="Mandal, Gujarat">Mandal</a> assembly constituency. She won and became the cabinet minister for education under the Chief Minister <a href="/wiki/Keshubhai_Patel" title="Keshubhai Patel">Keshubhai Patel</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-PTIlag2016_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PTIlag2016-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In her first term as Education Minister, Patel started "Lokdarbar" to address issues related to schools and education. It was under her leadership that the state Government first launched "Shala Praveshotsav" to increase enrolment in schools, which is still the flagship program of the Education department. Her efforts resulted in a 100% increase in enrolment.<sup id="cite_ref-website_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-website-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Second_and_third_election_from_Patan_(2002–2012)"><span id="Second_and_third_election_from_Patan_.282002.E2.80.932012.29"></span>Second and third election from Patan (2002–2012)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anandiben_Patel&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Second and third election from Patan (2002–2012)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Patel contested her second and third assembly elections in 2002 and 2007 from <a href="/wiki/Patan_(Gujarat_Vidhan_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Patan (Gujarat Vidhan Sabha constituency)">Patan assembly constituency</a> and was elected. She continued as a cabinet minister for education in her second term and was assigned to Roads & Building and Revenue in her third term.<sup id="cite_ref-PTIlag2016_12-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PTIlag2016-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2012_–_fourth_term_from_Ghatlodiya"><span id="2012_.E2.80.93_fourth_term_from_Ghatlodiya"></span>2012 – fourth term from Ghatlodiya</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anandiben_Patel&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: 2012 – fourth term from Ghatlodiya"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Patel contested and won from <a href="/wiki/Ghatlodiya_(Vidhan_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ghatlodiya (Vidhan Sabha constituency)">Ghatlodiya constituency</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2012_Gujarat_legislative_assembly_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2012 Gujarat legislative assembly election">2012 elections</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-PTIlag2016_12-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PTIlag2016-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She won the election with a margin of more than 175,000 votes, the highest in the election.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She continued as the cabinet minister of Road and Building, Revenue, Urban Development, and Urban Housing, Disaster Management and Capital Projects.<sup id="cite_ref-PTIlag2016_12-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PTIlag2016-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2014_–_2016_Chief_Minister_of_Gujarat"><span id="2014_.E2.80.93_2016_Chief_Minister_of_Gujarat"></span>2014 – 2016 Chief Minister of Gujarat</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anandiben_Patel&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: 2014 – 2016 Chief Minister of Gujarat"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 22 May 2014, Patel took oath as the 15th Chief Minister of Gujarat succeeding <a href="/wiki/Narendra_Modi" title="Narendra Modi">Narendra Modi</a>, after the latter was elected as <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_India" title="Prime Minister of India">Prime Minister of India</a> following the victory of BJP in the <a href="/wiki/2014_Indian_general_election" title="2014 Indian general election">2014 Indian general election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-PTIlag2016_12-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PTIlag2016-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Patel was the first female Chief Minister of Gujarat.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She expressed her desire to resign on 1 August 2016 as she was turning 75 years old in November 2016. She submitted her resignation to the Governor <a href="/wiki/O._P._Kohli" class="mw-redirect" title="O. P. Kohli">O. P. Kohli</a> on 4 August 2016 which was accepted. She continued to hold the office until her successor <a href="/wiki/Vijay_Rupani" title="Vijay Rupani">Vijay Rupani</a> took over on 7 August 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-Umarji_2016_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Umarji_2016-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-TOI1_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TOI1-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Governorships_(2018–)"><span id="Governorships_.282018.E2.80.93.29"></span>Governorships (2018–)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anandiben_Patel&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Governorships (2018–)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In January 2018, she became the <a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Madhya_Pradesh" title="List of governors of Madhya Pradesh">Governor of Madhya Pradesh</a> replacing <a href="/wiki/Om_Prakash_Kohli" title="Om Prakash Kohli">Om Prakash Kohli</a>, who was an additional charge governor.<sup id="cite_ref-itjan18_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-itjan18-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later in August 2018, she took additional charge as the <a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Chhattisgarh" title="List of governors of Chhattisgarh">Governor of Chhattisgarh</a> due to sudden demise of then governor <a href="/wiki/Balram_Das_Tandon" title="Balram Das Tandon">Balram Das Tandon</a>. On 20 July 2019, she became <a href="/wiki/List_of_Governors_of_Uttar_Pradesh" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Governors of Uttar Pradesh">Governor of Uttar Pradesh</a> on end of term of <a href="/wiki/Ram_Naik" title="Ram Naik">Ram Naik</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-upgovernor_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-upgovernor-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anandiben_Patel&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 29 May 1962, Anandiben and Mafatlal Patel married; Mafatlal was 28 years old. After living in <a href="/wiki/Mehsana_district" title="Mehsana district">Mehsana district</a> for four years, the couple moved to Ahmedabad. Mafatlal was a professor of psychology at the Saraspur Art and Commerce College, and Anandiben taught mathematics and science, and later became principal, at Mohiniba Kanya Vidyalaya on Ashram Road, Ahmedabad. They did not legally separate, but they began living apart in 1985.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Patel voluntarily retired from teaching after 31 years. The couple have two children, Sanjay and Anar. Sanjay is married to Hina and they have one son, Dharm. Anar is married to Jayesh, and they have one daughter Sanskruti.<sup id="cite_ref-mf_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mf-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Recognition">Recognition</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anandiben_Patel&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Recognition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Indian Express has listed her in top 100 most influential people of India for the year 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-mostinfluentialpeople_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mostinfluentialpeople-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Felicitated with Governor's Award for best teacher in Gujarat (1988)</li> <li>Felicitated with the President's Award for the best teacher (1989)</li> <li>Felicitated with 'Sardar Patel' Award by Patel Jagruti Mandal, Mumbai (1999)</li> <li>Felicitated with the 'Vidya Gaurav' Award by Shri Tapodhan Brahman Vikas Mandal (2000)</li> <li>Felicitated with 'Patidar Shiromani' Award by the Patel community (2005)</li> <li>Special honour bestowed by Dharati Vikas Mandal for Women's Upliftment Campaign.</li> <li>'Veerbala' award for ranking first in Mahesana District school sports event.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallantry_awards">Gallantry awards</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anandiben_Patel&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Gallantry awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Gallantry Award for rescuing two girls of Mohinaba Girls' school from drowning at Navagam reservoir in Narmada.<sup id="cite_ref-admin_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-admin-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Winner of Charumati Yoddha Award (Jyotisangh), Ahmedabad.<sup id="cite_ref-admin_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-admin-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Winner of Ambubhai Purani Vyayam Vidyalay Award (Rajpipala).<sup id="cite_ref-admin_22-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-admin-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anandiben_Patel&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anandiben_Patel_ministry" title="Anandiben Patel ministry">Anandiben Patel 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Sharma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kizhekethil_Chandy" class="mw-redirect" title="Kizhekethil Chandy">Kizhekethil Chandy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narayan_Dutta_Ojha" title="Narayan Dutta Ojha">Narayan Dutta Ojha</a> (acting)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kizhekethil_Chandy" class="mw-redirect" title="Kizhekethil Chandy">Kizhekethil Chandy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarla_Grewal" title="Sarla Grewal">Sarla Grewal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._A._Khan" title="M. A. Khan">M. A. Khan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Shafi_Qureshi" title="Mohammad Shafi Qureshi">Mohammad Shafi Qureshi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhai_Mahavir" title="Bhai Mahavir">Bhai Mahavir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ram_Prakash_Gupta" title="Ram Prakash Gupta">Ram Prakash Gupta</a></li> <li>Lt. Gen. <a href="/wiki/K._M._Seth" class="mw-redirect" title="K. M. Seth">K. M. Seth </a> (acting)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krishna_Mohan_Seth" title="Krishna Mohan Seth">Krishna Mohan Seth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balram_Jakhar" title="Balram Jakhar">Balram Jakhar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rameshwar_Thakur" title="Rameshwar Thakur">Rameshwar Thakur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ram_Naresh_Yadav" title="Ram Naresh Yadav">Ram Naresh Yadav</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Om_Prakash_Kohli" title="Om Prakash Kohli">Om Prakash Kohli </a> (acting)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Anandiben Patel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lalji_Tandon" title="Lalji Tandon">Lalji Tandon</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Anandiben Patel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mangubhai_C._Patel" title="Mangubhai C. Patel">Mangubhai C. 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Abdullakutty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laxmikant_Bajpai" title="Laxmikant Bajpai">Laxmikant Bajpai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lata_Usendi" title="Lata Usendi">Lata Usendi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tariq_Mansoor" title="Tariq Mansoor">Tariq Mansoor</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="color:black;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_India" title="List of prime ministers of India">Prime ministers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee" title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee">Atal Bihari Vajpayee</a> (1996; 1998–2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narendra_Modi" title="Narendra Modi">Narendra Modi</a> (2014–present)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="color:black;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Deputy_Prime_Minister_of_India" title="Deputy Prime Minister of India">Deputy prime ministers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/L._K._Advani" title="L. K. Advani">L. K. Advani</a> (2002–2004)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="color:black;;width:1%">Other prominent leaders</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arun_Jaitley" title="Arun Jaitley">Arun Jaitley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhavurao_Deshpande" title="Bhavurao Deshpande">Bhavurao Deshpande</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nirmala_Sitharaman" title="Nirmala Sitharaman">Nirmala Sitharaman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piyush_Goyal" title="Piyush Goyal">Piyush Goyal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalyan_Singh" title="Kalyan Singh">Kalyan Singh</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Anandiben Patel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smriti_Irani" title="Smriti Irani">Smriti Irani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ravi_Shankar_Prasad" title="Ravi Shankar Prasad">Ravi Shankar Prasad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mukhtar_Abbas_Naqvi" title="Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi">Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sushil_Kumar_Modi" title="Sushil Kumar Modi">Sushil Kumar Modi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ram_Naik" title="Ram Naik">Ram Naik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suvendu_Adhikari" title="Suvendu Adhikari">Suvendu Adhikari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarbananda_Sonowal" title="Sarbananda Sonowal">Sarbananda Sonowal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandrakant_Bacchu_Patil" class="mw-redirect" title="Chandrakant Bacchu Patil">Chandrakant Bacchu Patil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dilip_Ghosh_(politician)" title="Dilip Ghosh (politician)">Dilip Ghosh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamyang_Tsering_Namgyal" title="Jamyang Tsering Namgyal">Jamyang Tsering Namgyal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madan_Lal_Khurana" title="Madan Lal Khurana">Madan Lal Khurana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sahib_Singh_Verma" title="Sahib Singh Verma">Sahib Singh Verma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sushma_Swaraj" title="Sushma Swaraj">Sushma Swaraj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manohar_Parrikar" title="Manohar Parrikar">Manohar Parrikar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keshubhai_Patel" title="Keshubhai Patel">Keshubhai Patel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shanta_Kumar" title="Shanta Kumar">Shanta Kumar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prem_Kumar_Dhumal" title="Prem Kumar Dhumal">Prem Kumar Dhumal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Babulal_Marandi" title="Babulal Marandi">Babulal Marandi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arjun_Munda" title="Arjun Munda">Arjun Munda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D._V._Sadananda_Gowda" class="mw-redirect" title="D. V. Sadananda Gowda">D. V. Sadananda Gowda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jagadish_Shettar" title="Jagadish Shettar">Jagadish Shettar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunder_Lal_Patwa" title="Sunder Lal Patwa">Sunder Lal Patwa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uma_Bharti" title="Uma Bharti">Uma Bharti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Babulal_Gaur" title="Babulal Gaur">Babulal Gaur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Devendra_Fadnavis" title="Devendra Fadnavis">Devendra Fadnavis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhairon_Singh_Shekhawat" title="Bhairon Singh Shekhawat">Bhairon Singh Shekhawat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ram_Prakash_Gupta" title="Ram Prakash Gupta">Ram Prakash Gupta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jagdambika_Pal" title="Jagdambika Pal">Jagdambika Pal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nityanand_Swami_(politician)" title="Nityanand Swami (politician)">Nityanand Swami</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhagat_Singh_Koshyari" title="Bhagat Singh Koshyari">Bhagat Singh Koshyari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B._C._Khanduri" title="B. C. Khanduri">B. C. Khanduri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramesh_Pokhriyal" title="Ramesh Pokhriyal">Ramesh Pokhriyal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trivendra_Singh_Rawat" title="Trivendra Singh Rawat">Trivendra Singh Rawat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulab_Chand_Kataria" title="Gulab Chand Kataria">Gulab Chand Kataria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hriday_Narayan_Dikshit" title="Hriday Narayan Dikshit">Hriday Narayan Dikshit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Biswabhusan_Harichandan" title="Biswabhusan Harichandan">Biswabhusan Harichandan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bandaru_Dattatreya" title="Bandaru Dattatreya">Bandaru Dattatreya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Draupadi_Murmu" class="mw-redirect" title="Draupadi Murmu">Draupadi Murmu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vajubhai_Vala" title="Vajubhai Vala">Vajubhai Vala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalraj_Mishra" title="Kalraj Mishra">Kalraj Mishra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banwarilal_Purohit" title="Banwarilal Purohit">Banwarilal Purohit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamilisai_Soundararajan" title="Tamilisai Soundararajan">Tamilisai Soundararajan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manoj_Sinha" title="Manoj Sinha">Manoj Sinha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suresh_Prabhu" title="Suresh Prabhu">Suresh Prabhu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B._S._Yediyurappa" title="B. S. Yediyurappa">B. S. Yediyurappa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yogi_Adityanath" title="Yogi Adityanath">Yogi Adityanath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Himanta_Biswa_Sarma" title="Himanta Biswa Sarma">Himanta Biswa Sarma</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="color:black;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_chief_ministers_from_the_Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="List of chief ministers from the Bharatiya Janata Party">Current chief ministers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Devendra_Fadnavis" title="Devendra Fadnavis">Devendra Fadnavis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pema_Khandu" title="Pema Khandu">Pema Khandu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Himanta_Biswa_Sarma" title="Himanta Biswa Sarma">Himanta Biswa Sarma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vishnu_Deo_Sai" title="Vishnu Deo Sai">Vishnu Deo Sai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pramod_Sawant" title="Pramod Sawant">Pramod Sawant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhupendrabhai_Patel" title="Bhupendrabhai Patel">Bhupendrabhai Patel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nayab_Singh_Saini" title="Nayab Singh Saini">Nayab Singh Saini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohan_Yadav" title="Mohan Yadav">Mohan Yadav</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohan_Charan_Majhi" title="Mohan Charan Majhi">Mohan Charan Majhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhajan_Lal_Sharma" title="Bhajan Lal Sharma">Bhajan Lal Sharma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/N._Biren_Singh" title="N. Biren Singh">N. Biren Singh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yogi_Adityanath" title="Yogi Adityanath">Yogi Adityanath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manik_Saha" title="Manik Saha">Manik Saha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pushkar_Singh_Dhami" title="Pushkar Singh Dhami">Pushkar Singh Dhami</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="color:black;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_current_Indian_deputy_chief_ministers" title="List of current Indian deputy chief ministers">Current<br />deputy chief ministers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chowna_Mein" title="Chowna Mein">Chowna Mein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yanthungo_Patton" title="Yanthungo Patton">Yanthungo Patton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brajesh_Pathak" title="Brajesh Pathak">Brajesh Pathak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keshav_Prasad_Maurya" title="Keshav Prasad Maurya">Keshav Prasad Maurya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samrat_Chaudhary" class="mw-redirect" title="Samrat Chaudhary">Samrat Chaudhary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vijay_Kumar_Sinha" title="Vijay Kumar Sinha">Vijay Kumar Sinha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arun_Sao" title="Arun Sao">Arun Sao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vijay_Sharma_(politician)" title="Vijay Sharma (politician)">Vijay Sharma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajendra_Shukla_(politician)" title="Rajendra Shukla (politician)">Rajendra Shukla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jagdish_Devda" title="Jagdish Devda">Jagdish Devda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diya_Kumari" title="Diya Kumari">Diya Kumari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prem_Chand_Bairwa" title="Prem Chand Bairwa">Prem Chand Bairwa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanak_Vardhan_Singh_Deo" title="Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo">Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pravati_Parida" title="Pravati Parida">Pravati Parida</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="color:black;;width:1%">Current<br />national spokespersons</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anil_Baluni" title="Anil Baluni">Anil Baluni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanjay_Mayukh" title="Sanjay Mayukh">Sanjay Mayukh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sambit_Patra" title="Sambit Patra">Sambit Patra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sudhanshu_Trivedi" title="Sudhanshu Trivedi">Sudhanshu Trivedi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syed_Shahnawaz_Hussain" title="Syed Shahnawaz Hussain">Syed Shahnawaz Hussain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajiv_Pratap_Rudy" title="Rajiv Pratap Rudy">Rajiv Pratap Rudy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nalin_Kohli" title="Nalin Kohli">Nalin Kohli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajeev_Chandrasekhar" title="Rajeev Chandrasekhar">Rajeev Chandrasekhar</a></li> <li>Gaurav Bhatia</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syed_Zafar_Islam" title="Syed Zafar Islam">Syed Zafar Islam</a></li> <li>Tom Vadakkan</li> <li>Sanju Verma</li> <li>Gopal Krishna Agarwal</li> <li>Iqbal Singh Lalpura</li> <li><a href="/wiki/R._P._Singh_(politician)" title="R. P. Singh (politician)">R. P. Singh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajyavardhan_Singh_Rathore" title="Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore">Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aparajita_Sarangi" title="Aparajita Sarangi">Aparajita Sarangi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heena_Gavit" title="Heena Gavit">Heena Gavit</a></li> <li>Guruprakash</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mmhonlumo_Kikon" class="mw-redirect" title="Mmhonlumo Kikon">Mmhonlumo Kikon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raju_Bista" title="Raju Bista">Raju Bista</a></li> <li>K. K. Sharma</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="color:black;;width:1%">Current<br />general secretaries</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arun_Singh_(Indian_politician)" title="Arun Singh (Indian politician)">Arun Singh</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dushyant_Kumar_Gautam" title="Dushyant Kumar Gautam">Dushyant Kumar Gautam</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tarun_Chugh&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tarun Chugh (page does not exist)">Tarun Chugh</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vinod_Tawde" title="Vinod Tawde">Vinod Tawde</a></li> <li>Dr. <a href="/wiki/Radha_Mohan_Das_Agarwal" title="Radha Mohan Das Agarwal">Radha Mohan Das Agarwal</a></li></ul> <ul><li>B. L. Santhosh (Organisation)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shiv_Prakash" title="Shiv Prakash">Shiv Prakash</a> (Organisation)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="color:black;;width:1%">Current<br />national secretaries</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vijaya_Rahatkar&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vijaya Rahatkar (page does not exist)">Vijaya Rahatkar</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Arvind_Menon&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Arvind Menon (page does not exist)">Arvind Menon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pankaja_Munde" title="Pankaja Munde">Pankaja Munde</a></li> <li>Dr. <a href="/wiki/Narendra_Singh" class="mw-redirect" title="Narendra Singh">Narendra Singh</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alka_Gujar&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Alka Gujar (page does not exist)">Alka Gujar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Om_Prakash_Dhurve" title="Om Prakash Dhurve">Om Prakash Dhurve</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rituraj_Sinha&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rituraj Sinha (page does not exist)">Rituraj Sinha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamakhya_Prasad_Tasa" title="Kamakhya Prasad Tasa">Kamakhya Prasad Tasa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surendra_Singh_Nagar" title="Surendra Singh Nagar">Surendra Singh Nagar</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anil_Antony&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Anil Antony (page does not exist)">Anil Antony</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manjinder_Singh_Sirsa" title="Manjinder Singh Sirsa">Manjinder Singh Sirsa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Om_Prakash_Dhankar" title="Om Prakash Dhankar">Om Prakash Dhankar</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="color:black;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Organisation_of_the_Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Organisation of the Bharatiya Janata Party">Political wings</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Executive_of_the_Bharatiya_Janata_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="National Executive of the Bharatiya Janata Party">National Executive Committee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Yuva_Morcha" title="Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha">Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BJP_Mahila_Morcha" title="BJP Mahila Morcha">BJP Mahila Morcha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BJP_IT_Cell" title="BJP IT Cell">BJP IT Cell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/State_units_of_the_Bharatiya_Janata_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="State units of the Bharatiya Janata Party">State Units</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_state_presidents_of_the_Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="List of state presidents of the Bharatiya Janata Party">State Presidents</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="color:black;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Sangh_Parivar" title="Sangh Parivar">Related organisations</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Akhil_Bharatiya_Vidyarthi_Parishad" title="Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad">Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rashtriya_Swayamsevak_Sangh" title="Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh">Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Jana_Sangh" title="Bharatiya Jana Sangh">Bharatiya Jana Sangh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Janata_Party" title="Janata Party">Janata Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Mazdoor_Sangh" title="Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh">Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Kisan_Sangh" title="Bharatiya Kisan Sangh">Bharatiya Kisan Sangh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swadeshi_Jagaran_Manch" class="mw-redirect" title="Swadeshi Jagaran Manch">Swadeshi Jagaran Manch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vishva_Hindu_Parishad" title="Vishva Hindu Parishad">Vishva Hindu Parishad</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="color:black;;width:1%">Others</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hindutva" title="Hindutva">Hindutva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hindu_nationalism" title="Hindu nationalism">Hindu nationalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Integral_humanism_(India)" title="Integral humanism (India)">Integral humanism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electoral_history_of_the_Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Electoral history of the Bharatiya Janata Party">Electoral history</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Bharatiya_Janata_Party_in_the_Parliament_of_India" title="Leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party in the Parliament of India">Party leaders in the Parliament</a></li> <li><a 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