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{{Short description|Current Home Minister of Maharashtra}}
{{more footnotes|date=July 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| native_name = दिलीप वळसे-पाटील
| image       =
| office             = [[Uddhav Thackeray ministry|Cabinet Minister]]<br>[[Government of Maharashtra]] 
| term_start = 5 April 2021
| term_end    =
| 1blankname         = [[Uddhav Thackeray ministry|Ministry and Departments]]
| 1namedata          = *[[Ministry of Home Affairs Government of Maharashtra|Home Affairs]] 
| 2blankname          = Governor
| 2namedata           = *[[Bhagat Singh Koshyari]]
| 3blankname          = Chief Minister
| 3namedata           = *[[Uddhav Thackeray]]
| predecessor = *[[Anil Deshmukh]]
| successor   =

| term_start1 = 30 December 2019 
| term_end1    = 5 April 2021
| 1blankname1         = [[Uddhav Thackeray ministry|Ministry and Departments]]
| 1namedata1          = * [[Ministry of State Excise (Maharashtra)|State Excise]] 
* [[Ministry of Labour (Maharashtra)|Labour]] 
| 2blankname1          = Governor
| 2namedata1           = *[[Bhagat Singh Koshyari]]
| 3blankname1          = Chief Minister
| 3namedata1           = *[[Uddhav Thackeray]]
| predecessor1 =
*[[Chandrashekhar Bawankule]]<br /> {{small|[[Ministry of State Excise (Maharashtra)|(State Excise Ministry)]]}}
*[[Sanjay Shriram Kute|Dr.Sanjay Kute]]<br /> {{small|([[Ministry of Labour (Maharashtra)|Labour Ministry)]]}}
| successor1   = 
*[[Ajit Pawar]] <br /> {{small|([[Ministry of State Excise (Maharashtra)|State Excise Ministry)]]}}
*[[Hasan Mushrif]] <br /> {{small|([[Ministry of Labour (Maharashtra)|Labour Ministry)]]}}

| office2              = 16th [[List of speakers of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly|Speaker of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly]]
| 1blankname2         = [[Chief Minister]]
| 1namedata2          = *[[Ashok Chavan]]
*[[Prithviraj Chavan]]
| governor2           = *[[Kateekal Sankaranarayanan]] 
*[[C. Vidyasagar Rao]]
| term_start2           = 19 November 2009
| term_end2             = 30 September 2014
| predecessor2          = Babasaheb Kupekar
| successor2            = [[Haribhau Bagade]]
| office3      = [[Government of Maharashtra|Cabinet Minister
Government of Maharashtra]]
| 1blankname3          = Chief Minister
| 1namedata3             = [[Ashok Chavan]]
| governor3              =*[[S. C. Jamir]]
| minister3              = *Finance
*Planning
| term_start3           = 8 December 2008
| term_end3             = 6 November 2009
| predecessor3          = [[Jayant Patil]]
| successor3            = [[Sunil Tatkare]]
| 1blankname4          = Chief Minister
| 1namedata4             =[[Vilasrao Deshmukh]]
| governor4              = *[[Mohammed Fazal]]
* [[S. M. Krishna]]
*[[S. C. Jamir]]
| minister4             =*Medical Education
*Energy 
| term_start4           = 9 November 2004 
| term_end4             = 1 December 2008 
| predecessor4          = Digvijay Khanvilkar
| successor4            = [[Sunil Tatkare]]
| 1blankname5          = Chief Minister
| 1namedata5             = [[Vilasrao Deshmukh]]
| governor5              = * [[P.C. Alexander]]
* [[Mohammed Fazal]]
| minister5             = *Higher Education
*Technical Education
| term_start5           = 27 October 1999
| term_end5             = 16 January 2003
| predecessor5          = 
| successor5            = [[Suresh Jain]]

| office6      = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of Legislative Assembly]]<br>[[Government of Maharashtra]]
| term_start6 = 1990
| term_end6    = 
| majority6    = 
| predecessor6 = 
| successor6   = 
| constituency6 = [[Ambegaon (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Ambegaon]], Maharashtra
| birth_date    = {{birth date and age|1956|10|30|df=y}}
| birth_place   = [[Ambegaon]], [[Bombay State]], [[India]]
| occupation   = [[Politician]]
| children      = Purva
| party         = [[Nationalist Congress Party]]
| alma_mater    = [[Government Law College, Mumbai]] (LL.M)
| profession    = Politician and Social Worker
| nationality  = Indian
| sibling       = Pratap Walse-Patil 
| website       =
}}

'''Dilip Datta Walse''' (born 30 October 1956) is an Indian politician,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/who-is-dilip-walse-patil-maharashtras-new-home-minister/articleshow/81916499.cms | title=Who is Dilip Walse Patil, Maharashtra's new home minister | work=[[The Times of India]] | date=5 April 2021 | accessdate=5 April 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://theprint.in/india/governance/ncp-leader-dilip-walse-patil-is-maharashtras-new-home-minister/634711/ | title=NCP leader Dilip Walse Patil is Maharashtra's new home minister | publisher=[[ThePrint]] | date=5 April 2021 | accessdate=5 April 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/dilip-walse-patil-becomes-new-home-minister-of-maharashtra-1787459-2021-04-05 | title=Dilip Walse Patil becomes new home minister of Maharashtra | publisher=India Today | date=5 April 2021 | accessdate=5 April 2021}}</ref> from [[Ambegaon (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Ambegaon]], [[Maharashtra]], and a seven-time Member of the [[Maharashtra Legislative Assembly]] from [[Nationalist Congress Party]] (NCP). He currently serves as the Minister of Home Affairs in the [[Government of Maharashtra]]. He formerly headed the Ministry of Finance and Planning, Energy Ministry, Higher and Technical Education Ministry, and Medical Education Ministry, all as a Cabinet Minister from 1999 to 2009.

He also serves as the President of National Federation of Cooperative Sugar Factories Limited (NFCSF).

He became Maharashtra's Home Minister on 5 April 2021 succeeding Anil Deshmukh who resigned<ref>{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/maharashtra-home-minister-anil-deshmukh-resigns-top-developments/articleshow/81913016.cms | title=Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh resigns: Top developments | work=[[The Times of India]] | date=5 April 2021 | accessdate=5 April 2021}}</ref> due to graft charges.

==Career==
Walse-Patil is a member of the [[Nationalist Congress Party]], and known to be a close associate of party President [[Sharad Pawar]]. Walse-Patil earlier served in the [[Government of Maharashtra]] as a minister with different portfolios such as Finance and Planning, Energy, Higher and Technical Education, and Medical Education.

Walse-Patil comes from a political family. He started his political career as a PA to [[Sharad Pawar]], former [[Chief Minister of Maharashtra]]. He defeated Kisanrao Bankhele in [[Ambegaon (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Ambegaon]] in 1990 to become a [[Member of Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] for the first time.  At present he is still representing the same constituency for sixth consecutive term.

Apart from the energy portfolio, Walse Patil also held the education portfolio in the Maharashtra cabinet.

Changes to make the admission procedure for medical seats more transparent were made during his tenure.{{citation needed|date=April 2021}} He also encouraged the setup of new engineering colleges by easing the approval process. [[Maharashtra Knowledge Corporation]] (MKCL) is his creation, which has more than 5000 MSCIT centers all over Maharashtra. He played a key role in the establishment of Government College of Engineering as well as Polytechnic and engineering in 2009 at Avsari (K).

He took charge of the Ministry of Home Affairs replacing [[Anil Deshmukh]] in the [[Thackeray ministry]] after the latter resigned due to graft charges, on 5 April 2021.

==References==
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  before=[[Babasaheb Kupekar]]|
  title=[[Speaker of Maharashtra Assembly]]|
  years=11 November 2009 &ndash; 10 November 2014|
  after=[[Haribhau Bagde]]
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  before=[[Jayant Patil]]|
  title=[[Minister of Finance]]|
  years=8 December 2008 &ndash; |
  after=[[Sunil Tatkare]]
}}
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