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Born 15 July 1962
Age 62
Birth Place Ahmedabad, Gujarat India
Profession Politician, Engineer, Builder
Political Party Bharatiya Janata Party
Residence Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India

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Bhupendra Patel BIOGRAPHY

Last Updated : 02 Feb 2025

Bhupendra Patel is the second time Gujarat Chief Minister. He was sworn in for a second term on December 12, 2022. Following the BJP’s seventh consecutive victory in the state’s Legislative Assembly elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and other senior ministers... were present at the ceremony. Patel, 60, first took the oath in September 2021 as the CM. More recently, he was elected as the leader of the BJP legislative party on Saturday, following which he met the governor and staked the claim to form the next government. He won the Ghatlodia seat, part of the Gandhinagar Lok Sabha constituency, with the highest margin of 1.92 lakh votes in the elections. Here are five things to know about the leader at the top leader of Gujarat. A low-profile BJP leader and the first from the Kadva Patidar sub-group to become CM, Patel, who was then a first-time MLA, replaced Vijay Rupani in September 2021 in a surprise move. This was seen as part of the party’s larger plan to carry out institutional changes across the different levels of leadership in the state before the 2022 elections. The Patidar community, which forms BJP’s core vote bank, was seen as drifting away from it over the last few years. The 2015 Patidar agitation, which led to Hardik Patel becoming a significant leader, was also seen as a sign of the community’s dissatisfaction with the BJP. Bhupendra Patel hence became the fifth Patidar leader to become CM, after Anandiben Patel, Keshubhai Patel, Babubhai Patel and Chimanbhai Patel. Holding a diploma in civil engineering, Patel was in the real-estate business for around the last 25 years. His son-in-law runs a construction company. Patel started out by running a shop selling firecrackers in Dariapur in Ahmedabad’s walled city area and won elections from the Memnagar Nagarpalika in the 1990s, the area now a part of Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation limits. He rose through the ranks to become the first chief minister from Ahmedabad – Gujarat’s business capital and its largest city. He fought his first major election in 2010 as a corporator from the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) and went on to become the standing committee chairperson. In 2017, his first Assembly election, Patel defeated Congress candidate Shashikant Patel by a huge margin of over one lakh votes. In part, his selection for the CM post was also given he has not been embroiled in any major controversy in his career.

Bhupendra Patel PERSONAL LIFE

POSITIONS HELD BY Bhupendra Patel

Position	Tenure
Chief Minister of Gujarat	12 September 2021 - Present
Member of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly	2017 - Present

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BHUPENDRA PATEL NEWS

Gujarat CM, Gujarat evacuation plans, Gujarat emergency preparedness

Gujarat CM reviews border preparedness — orders activation of evacuation plans, emergency services

May 09, 2025 3:16 pm

During a high-level meeting, CM Bhupendra Patel instructed all district control rooms and emergency operation centres to remain operational 24/7.

Gujarat Harni boat tragedy, CM interrupted

Police question parents of 2 victims of Harni boat tragedy for ‘disrupting’ Gujarat CM’s inauguration of development works

May 02, 2025 3:59 pm

The mothers of Roshni Shinde and Vishwa Nizama — two of the 12 students who died in the boat capsize on January 18, 2024 — were given an audience with the CM later

Bhupendra Patel BIOGRAPHY

Bhupendra Patel PERSONAL LIFE

POSITIONS HELD BY Bhupendra Patel

BHUPENDRA PATEL NEWS

Gujarat CM reviews border preparedness — orders activation of evacuation plans, emergency services

Police question parents of 2 victims of Harni boat tragedy for ‘disrupting’ Gujarat CM’s inauguration of development works

'Start work at 9.30 am, make websites user-friendly': Admin reforms commission's suggestions to Gujarat govt

At 2.63%, Gujarat's retail inflation rate significantly lower than national average: State govt

Goa CM compliments Gujarat on its 'unique' growth model

Mass weddings promote harmony, social inclusiveness, add momentum to development of state and nation: CM Bhupendra Patel

CM Patel to inaugurate five-day Madhavpur fair on April 6, state govt plans expansion to other parts of Gujarat

Gujarat being developed as sporting hub to host Olympics, says Sanghavi

‘Reconstitute UCC panel’: Minority community members write to Gujarat CM

Gujarat: Phase 2 of Kharikat Canal redevelopment gets CM nod, works worth over Rs 1,000 cr to get underway