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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 meets diamond polishers hit by slump, assures ‘all possible help’, action plan for the sector

March 12, 2025 1:31 am

The development comes a day after the Surat unit of DWUG handed over a memorandum to Surat District Collector and sought a salary hike

International Women’s Day: Govt has set target to make 3 crore Lakhpati Didis in five years, says Modi in Gujarat

March 08, 2025 11:32 pm

Respect for women is the first step in the development of society and the country, the PM addresses event in Navsari

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Gujarat announces administrative reforms panel to improve efficiency of services

February 21, 2025 3:27 am

Announcement made during state budget 2025-2026; Hasmukh Adhia, Principal Advisor to Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, to head the body

Gujarat’s debt-to-GSDP ratio fell by 4.5%, highest among 21 states in 10 yrs: Report

February 18, 2025 5:54 am

The think tank focussed on 21 largest states that collectively accounted for 96 % of total population and 95% of national GDP

Former Gujarat CM Mehta alleges state accounts not in order

February 18, 2025 5:25 am

A former BJP leader, Mehta claimed the state budget seems to be moving away from the ground reality over the years and the financial situation of the state seems to be gradually deteriorating

Gujarat’s annual castor seed production likely to witness 6% drop, says SEA report

February 18, 2025 5:19 am

Gujarat, a large castor-producing state with the total castor cultivation for 2023-24 spread over 7.24 lakh hectares, saw an estimated 11% fall in acreage

Gujarat Hardlook: Work in progress as nine municipal corporations undergo urban makeover

February 17, 2025 12:26 am

The nine new municipal corporations announced by the Gujarat government during the 2024-25 budget have been carved out and the state is trying to send them to the election by next year. These new civic bodies take the state’s urban population to over 50 per cent from the current 42 per cent. As the civic bodies find their feet, Parimal Dabhi, Kamaal Saiyed, Aditi Raja and Brendan Dabhi... take a look at the path ahead