Chandrakant Patil

Chandrakant Patil
Cabinet Minister Government of Maharashtra
Incumbent
Assumed office 14 August 2022
Minister	Higher Education and Technical Education Textiles Parliamentary Affairs. State Border Defence (First)
Governor	Bhagat Singh Koshyari Ramesh Bais *C. P. Radhakrishnan
Chief Minister	Eknath Shinde
Deputy CM	Devendra Fadnavis Ajit Pawar
Guardian Minister	Amarvati, Solapur
Preceded by	Aaditya Thackeray Additional charge (higher and Technical Education Ministry) Aslam Shaikh (Textiles Ministry) Anil Parab (Parliamentary Affairs Ministry) Eknath Shinde Additional Charge (State Border Defence Ministry) Ajit Pawar (Pune District)
Cabinet Minister Government of Maharashtra
In office 31 October 2014 – 12 November 2019
Governor	C. Vidyasagar Rao Bhagat Singh Koshyari
31 October 2014 - 12 November 2019	Public Works (Excluding Public Undertakings) Ministry
Chief Minister	Devendra Fadnavis
Guardian Minister	NA
08 July 2016 - 12 November 2019	Revenue Ministry
06 July 2018 - 16 June 2019	Agriculture Ministry
31 October 2014 – 07 July 2016	Co-operation Ministry
31 October 2014 – 07 July 2016	Marketing Ministry
31 October 2014 – 07 July 2016	Textiles Ministry
Leader of The House Maharashtra Legislative Council
In office 08 July 2016 – 08 November 2019
Chief Minister	Devendra Fadnavis
Chairman of the House	Ramraje Naik Nimbalkar
Deputy Leader	Pankaja Munde
Preceded by	Eknath Khadse
Succeeded by	Subhash Desai Acting
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
Incumbent
Assumed office 25 October 2019
Preceded by	Medha Kulkarni
Constituency	Kothrud
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	(1959-06-10) 10 June 1959 (age 65) Bombay, Bombay State, India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Residence(s)	Kolhapur, Maharshtra
Alma mater	Siddharth College
Website	chandrakantdadapatil.in

Chandrakant Bacchu Patil is an Indian politician and the Higher and technical education minister of Maharashtra state in the present Government of Maharashtra.^[1] Chandrakant Patil was the Maharashtra state President of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from 2019 to 2022.^[2]

He is a member of the legislative assembly of Maharashtra and represents Kothrud Assembly constituency. Previously he was minister with portfolio of Revenue and Public Works Department and worked as the Guardian Minister of Kolhapur district, Sangli district and Pune district till 12 November 2019. ^{[citation needed]}.