Praful Khoda Patel

Praful Khoda Patel
Patel in January 2024
1st Administrator of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
Assumed office
26 January 2020 (2020-01-26)
President
Preceded byPosition established
Administrator of Lakshadweep
Additional Charge
Assumed office
5 December 2020 (2020-12-05)
Appointed byRam Nath Kovind
Preceded byDineshwar Sharma
16th Administrator of Daman and Diu
In office
29 August 2016 – 26 January 2020
President
Preceded byVikram Dev Dutt
Succeeded byPosition abolished
29th Administrator of Dadra and Nagar Haveli
In office
30 December 2016 – 26 January 2020
President
  • Pranab Mukherjee
  • Ram Nath Kovind
Preceded byMadhup Vyas
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Member of Gujarat Legislative Assembly
In office
2007 (2007)–2012 (2012)
Preceded byChavada Ranjitsinh Narsinh
Succeeded byRajendrasinh Chavda
ConstituencyHimatnagar
Minister of State for Home Affairs, Government of Gujarat
In office
21 August 2010 (2010-08-21) – 17 December 2012 (2012-12-17)
Chief MinisterNarendra Modi
Personal details
Born (1957-08-28) 28 August 1957
Unava, Gujarat, India
NationalityIndian
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
ResidenceDaman
EducationCivil engineering
OccupationPolitician

Praful Khoda Patel is a former Member of Legislative assembly from Himatnagar constituency in Gujarat for its 12th legislative assembly (2007–12). He also was MoS Home Minister of Gujarat. He has been the Administrator of Daman and Diu and as the Administrator of Dadra and Nagar Haveli. [1]

In December 2020, he became Administrator of Lakshadweep following the death of Dineshwar Sharma.

References

  1. "Twelfth Gujarat Legislative Assembly". Gujarat Assembly. Archived from the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 8 June 2012.