Anandiben Patel

Anandiben Patel
Patel c. 2022
20th Governor of Uttar Pradesh
Assumed office
29 July 2019
Chief MinisterYogi Adityanath
Dy. Chief MinisterBrajesh Pathak
Keshav Prasad Maurya
Preceded byRam Naik
17th Governor of Madhya Pradesh
Additional Charge
In office
1 July 2020 – 8 July 2021
Chief MinisterShivraj Singh Chouhan
Preceded byLalji Tandon
Succeeded byMangubhai C. Patel
In office
23 January 2018 – 28 July 2019
Chief MinisterShivraj Singh Chouhan
Kamal Nath
Preceded byOm Prakash Kohli
(additional charge)
Succeeded byLalji Tandon
Governor of Chhattisgarh
Additional Charge
In office
15 August 2018 – 28 July 2019
Chief MinisterProf. Raman Singh
Bhupesh Baghel
Preceded byBalram Das Tandon
Succeeded byAnusuiya Uikey
15th Chief Minister of Gujarat
In office
22 May 2014 – 7 August 2016
Preceded byNarendra Modi
Succeeded byVijay Rupani
Member of Gujarat Legislative Assembly
In office
24 May 2012 – 13 July 2016
ConstituencyGhatlodiya
In office
26 May 2002 – 22 June 2012
ConstituencyPatan
In office
21 June 1998 – 22 May 2002
ConstituencyMandal
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office
1994–1998
ConstituencyGujarat
Personal details
Born (1941-11-21) 21 November 1941
Kharod, Bombay Province, British India
(present-day Gujarat, India)
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Spouse(s)
Mafatlal Patel
​
(m. 1962)​
Children2
ResidenceRaj Bhavan, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
OccupationPolitician

Anandiben Patel (born 21 November 1941)[1] is an Indian politician who has been the Governor of Uttar Pradesh since 2019. She was the former Chief Minister of Gujarat. She was the first female chief minister of the state.[2] She was a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) since 1987. She was the Cabinet Minister for Education from 2002 to 2007.

In 19 January 2018, she became the Governor of Madhya Pradesh replacing Om Prakash Kohli who was holding additional charge since September 2016.[3]

In July 2020, she became Governor of Madhya Pradesh again.

References

  1. ↑ "Anandiben homepage". Archived from the original on 26 June 2014. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
  2. ↑ "Anandiben Patel Resigned". Indian Express. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
  3. ↑ Former Gujarat CM Anandiben Patel to be up's governor
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