Jayant Patil

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Jayant Patil
State President of the NCP (Sharad Pawar) of Maharashtra
Incumbent
Assumed office 8 February 2024
National President NCP(SP)	Sharad Pawar
Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 2009
Governor	S. C. Jamir K. Sankaranarayanan Om Prakash Kohli (additional charge) C. Vidyasagar Rao Bhagat Singh Koshyari Ramesh Bais
Speaker of the House	Babasaheb Kupekar Dilip Walse-Patil Haribhau Bagade Nana Patole Zirwal Narhari Sitaram (Acting) Rahul Narwekar
Preceded by	Walva Assembly constituency
Parliamentary group	Nationalist Congress Party
Constituency	Islampur
In office 1990–2009
Governor	Chidambaram Subramaniam P.C. Alexander Mohammed Fazal S.M. Krishna
Speaker of the House	Arun Gujarathi Babasaheb Kupekar
Preceded by	Nagnath Nayakvadi
Succeeded by	Islampur, Maharashtra Assembly constituency
Constituency	Walva
Cabinet Minister Government of Maharashtra
In office 30 December 2019 – 29 June 2022
Minister	Water Resources Command Area Development
Governor	Bhagat Singh Koshyari
Cabinet	Thackeray ministry
Chief Minister	Uddhav Thackeray
Deputy CM	Ajit Pawar
Guardian Minister	Sangli District
Preceded by	Girish Mahajan
Succeeded by	Devendra Fadnavis
Acting
In office 28 November 2019 – 30 December 2019
Minister	Finance Planning Housing Public Health and Family Welfare Co-operation Marketing Labour Food, Civil Supplies Consumer Protection Minority Development and Aukaf
Governor	Bhagat Singh Koshyari
Cabinet	Thackeray ministry
Chief Minister	Uddhav Thackeray
Preceded by	Sudhir Mungantiwar (Finance Ministry) Sudhir Mungantiwar (Planning Ministry) Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil (Housing Ministry) Eknath Shinde (Public Health and Family Welfare Ministry) Subhash Sureshchandra Deshmukh (Co-operation Ministry) Ram Shinde (Marketing Ministry) Sambhaji Patil Nilangekar (Food, Civil Supplies Ministry) Sambhaji Patil Nilangekar (Consumer Protection Ministry) Vinod Tawde (Minority Development and Aukaf Ministry)
Succeeded by	Ajit Pawar (Finance Ministry) Ajit Pawar (Planning Ministry) Jitendra Awhad (Housing Ministry) Rajesh Tope (Public Health and Family Welfare Ministry) Shamrao Pandurang Patil (Co-operation Ministry) Shamrao Pandurang Patil (Marketing Ministry) Chhagan Bhujbal (Food, Civil Supplies Ministry) Chhagan Bhujbal (Consumer Protection Ministry) Nawab Malik (Minority Development and Aukaf Ministry)
Deputy Leader of the Opposition Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
In office 23 December 2014 – 20 April 2018
Governor	C. Vidyasagar Rao Ramesh Bais
Chief Minister	Devendra Fadnavis
Leader of the Opposition	Radhakrishna Vikhe-Patil
Speaker of the House	Haribhau Bagade
Succeeded by	Shashikant Shinde
Leader of NCP Legislative Party Maharashtra Legislature
Incumbent
Assumed office 24 November 2019
National President Nationalist Congress Party	Sharad Pawar
Preceded by	Ajit Pawar
Parliamentary group	Nationalist Congress Party
Cabinet Minister Government of Maharashtra
In office 11 November 2010 – 26 September 2014
Minister	Rural Development. Labour Ports Development
Governor	Kateekal Sankaranarayanan Om Prakash Kohli (additional charge) C. Vidyasagar Rao
Cabinet	Prithviraj Chavan ministry
Chief Minister	Prithviraj Chavan
Deputy CM	Ajit Pawar
Guardian Minister	Sangli District Akola District
Preceded by	Himself (Rural Development Ministry) Ramraje Naik Nimbalkar (Labour Ministry) Radhakrishna Vikhe-Patil (Ports Development Ministry)
Succeeded by	Pankaja Munde (Rural Development Ministry) Sanjay Kute (Labour Ministry) Devendra Fadnavis CM (Ports Development Ministry)
In office 07 November 2009 – 09 November 2010
Minister	Rural Development. Environment and climate change. Ministry of State Border Defence (Maharashtra) (Second)
Governor	S. C. Jamir K. Sankaranarayanan
Cabinet	Second Ashok Chavan ministry
Chief Minister	Ashok Chavan
Deputy CM	Chhagan Bhujbal
Guardian Minister	Mumbai City District
Preceded by	R. R. Patil (Rural Development Ministry) Ganesh Naik (Environment and Climate Change Ministry) Radhakrishna Vikhe-Patil (Ministry of State Border Defence (Maharashtra)
Succeeded by	Himself (Rural Development Ministry) Sanjay Deotale (Environment and Climate Change Ministry) Sunil Tatkare (Ministry of State Border Defence (Maharashtra)
In office 08 December 2008 – 06 November 2009
Minister	Home Affairs
Governor	S. C. Jamir
Cabinet	First Ashok Chavan ministry
Chief Minister	Ashok Chavan
Deputy CM	Chhagan Bhujbal
Preceded by	R. R. Patil DCM
Succeeded by	R. R. Patil
In office 01 November 2004 – 04 December 2008
Minister	Finance Special Assistance Special Backward Classes Welfare
Governor	Mohammed Fazal S. M. Krishna S. C. Jamir
Cabinet	Second Deshmukh ministry
Chief Minister	Vilasrao Deshmukh
Deputy CM	R. R. Patil
Preceded by	Himself (Finance Ministry) Sushilkumar Shinde CM (Special Assistance Ministry) Surupsingh Hirya Naik (Special Backward Classes Welfare Ministry)
Succeeded by	Dilip Walse-Patil (Finance Ministry) Nawab Malik (Special Assistance Ministry) Ganesh Naik (Special Backward Classes Welfare Ministry)
In office 18 January 2003 – 04 November 2004
Minister	Finance
Governor	Mohammed Fazal
Cabinet	Sushilkumar Shinde ministry
Chief Minister	Sushilkumar Shinde
Deputy CM	Chhagan Bhujbal (2003) Vijaysingh Mohite-Patil (2003-04)
Preceded by	Himself
Succeeded by	Himself
In office 18 October 1999 – 16 January 2003
Minister	Finance Planning
Governor	P. C. Alexander Mohammed Fazal
Cabinet	First Deshmukh ministry
Chief Minister	Vilasrao Deshmukh
Deputy CM	Chhagan Bhujbal
Preceded by	Eknath Khadse (Finance Ministry) Eknath Khadse (Planning Ministry)
Succeeded by	Himself (Finance Ministry) Sushilkumar Shinde CM (Planning Ministry)
Personal details
Born	(1962-02-16) 16 February 1962 (age 62)
Political party	Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) (2024-present)
Other political affiliations	Indian National Congress (Before 1999)
Spouse	Shailaja Patil
Children	Prateek, Rajwardhan
Parent(s)	Rajarambapu Patil and Kusumtai Patil
Alma mater	Balmohan Vidyamandir Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute (B.Tech)
Occupation	Politician
Website	https://www.jayantpatil.com/

Jayant Rajaram Patil (born 16 February 1962) is an Indian politician from the state of Maharashtra. He has been representing Islampur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly for more than 3 decades. He was the Cabinet Minister of the Water Resources Department in Uddhav Thackeray ministry. Previously he has been the Rural Development Minister (2009 to 2014), the Finance Minister (1999 to 2008) and the Home Minister (2008 to 2009) of Maharashtra.^[1]