Pratapsingh Rane

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Pratapsingh Rane
Rane in 2005
1st Chief Minister of Goa
In office 7 June 2005 – 8 June 2007
Preceded by	President's rule
Succeeded by	Digambar Kamat
In office 2 February 2005 – 4 March 2005
Preceded by	Manohar Parrikar
Succeeded by	President's rule
In office 16 December 1994 – 29 July 1998
Preceded by	Wilfred de Souza
Succeeded by	Wilfred de Souza
In office 30 May 1987 – 27 March 1990
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Churchill Alemao
3rd Chief Minister of Goa, Daman and Diu
In office 16 January 1980 – 30 May 1987
Preceded by	President's rule
Succeeded by	Office abolished
Member of the Goa Legislative Assembly
In office 1989–2022
Preceded by	constituency established
Succeeded by	Deviya Rane
Constituency	Poriem
In office 1972–1989
Preceded by	K.G. Appa
Succeeded by	constituency delimited
Constituency	Sattari
Speaker of the Goa Legislative Assembly
In office 2007–2012
Preceded by	Francisco Sardinha
Succeeded by	Rajendra Arlekar
In office 1999–2002
Preceded by	Tomazinho Cardozo
Succeeded by	Vishwas Satarkar
Personal details
Born	(1939-01-28) 28 January 1939 (age 86) Sanquelim, Goa, Portuguese India
Nationality	Portuguese (until 1961) Indian (from 1961)
Political party	Indian National Congress
Children	Vishwajit Rane (son)
Relatives	Deviya Rane (daughter-in-law)
Residence(s)	Golden Acres, Kulan, Sanquelim, Goa, India
Source: Government of Goa

‘’‘Pratapsingh Raoji Rane’’’ (born 28 January 1939) is an Indian politician who has served as the Chief Minister of Goa a record seven times and was also the former Leader Of Opposition in the Goa Legislative Assembly. He has been a Member of Legislative Assembly, Goa for over 50 years. Rane is the longest-serving Chief Minister in the history of Goa and also holds the record for the longest continuous tenure as Chief Minister in the state. In 2022, the Pramod Sawant led Government conferred life long cabinet status on Rane."Goa govt to confer 'lifelong cabinet status' on Cong leader Pratapsingh Rane". Hindustan Times. 7 January 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2022.</ref>

Rane has been a member of the Indian National Congress since the mid-1970s, and was earlier a prominent figure in the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party. In the MGP, he was minister for law and also held other portfolios, in the term beginning 1972.