Keshubhai Patel

Keshubhai Patel
10th Chief Minister of Gujarat
In office 4 March 1998 – 6 October 2001
Preceded by	Dilip Parikh
Succeeded by	Narendra Modi
In office 14 March 1995 – 21 October 1995
Preceded by	Chhabildas Mehta
Succeeded by	Suresh Mehta
3rd Deputy Chief Minister of Gujarat
In office 4 March 1990 – 25 October 1990
Chief Minister	Chimanbhai Patel
Preceded by	Kantilal Ghia
Succeeded by	Narhari Amin
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 1977–1980
Preceded by	Ghanshyambhai Oza
Succeeded by	Ramjibhai Mavani
Constituency	Rajkot, Gujarat
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office 10 April 2002 – 9 April 2008
Constituency	Gujarat
Irrigation Minister, Government of Gujarat
In office 1978–1980
Constituency	Rajkot
Member of Gujarat Legislative Assembly
In office 1990–1995
Preceded by	constituency established
Succeeded by	Mohanbhai Kundariya
Constituency	Tankara, Rajkot
Personal details
Born	(1928-07-24)24 July 1928 Visavadar, Junagadh State, British India
Died	29 October 2020(2020-10-29) (aged 92) Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
Political party	Bharatiya Jana Sangh (1951–1977) Janata Party (1977–1980) Bharatiya Janata Party (1980–2012, 2014–2020) Gujarat Parivartan Party (2012 – 2014)
Spouse	Leela Patel (m. ?-2006)
Children	6
Awards	Padma Bhushan (2021; posthumously)

Keshubhai Patel (24 July 1928 – 29 October 2020) was an Indian politician who was the Chief Minister of Gujarat in 1995 and again from 1998 to 2001. He was a six-time member of Gujarat Legislative Assembly.^[1] He was a member of RSS since 1940s, of Bharatiya Jana Sangh in 1960s, Janata Party in 1970s, and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from 1980. He left the BJP in 2012 and formed the Gujarat Parivartan Party. He was elected from Visavadar in the 2012 state assembly election but resigned in 2014 due to ill health and merged his party with BJP. He was awarded India's third highest civilian award the Padma Bhushan posthumously in 2021.^[2][3]