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{{for|Kapil Moreshwar Patil, '''Union Minister, Minister of State in the Ministry of Panchayati Raj''', President Lok Bharati & MLC |Kapil Patil (Lok Bharati)}}
{{short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2014}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2014}}

{{Infobox officeholder
| name             = Kapil Patil
| native_name      =
| native_name_lang = Marathi
| image =
| Occupation= LLB
| caption = 
| birth_date       = {{Birth date and age|1961|03|5|df=y}}
| birth_place = Anjoor Dive, [[Thane district]], [[Maharashtra]]
| nationality = {{flag|India}}
| residence = Anjur-Dive, [[Bhiwandi]], [[Thane district]], Maharashtra
| death_date =
| death_place =


| office             = [[Ministry of Panchayati Raj|Minister of State for Panchayati Raj]]
| term_start          = 7 July 2021
| predecessor         = 
| successor =
| minister = [[Giriraj Singh]]
| primeminister       = [[Narendra Modi]]

| office1 = [[Member of Parliament]], [[Lok Sabha]]
| constituency1 = [[Bhiwandi  (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bhiwandi]]
| term_start1   =23 May 2014
| predecessor1  = [[Suresh Kashinath Taware]]
| successor1 =
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP)
| spouse =
| children = 2
| profession = Politician
| website = 
| footnotes = 
| date =  16 October
| year =  2015
| source =  
}}

'''Kapil Moreshwar Patil''' (born March 5, 1961) is politician from [[Bhiwandi]] in [[Maharashtra]], India. He became the Union Minister of State in the [[Ministry of Panchayati Raj]] during Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]]'s ministry reshuffle on July 7, 2021. He belong to [[Koli people|Koli]] community of Maharashtra.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-11-15|title=Mumbai : आगरी-कोली समाज के पहले केंद्रीय मंत्री कपिल पाटिल का सत्कार समारोह संपन्न ‣ India ground report|url=https://indiagroundreport.com/the-first-union-minister-of-agri-koli-society-kapil-patil-was-honored/|access-date=2021-12-07|language=hi-IN}}</ref>

==Education==
Patil completed his graduation in B.A. in year 1984-85 from [[Mumbai University]].<ref name=myneta>{{cite web|title=Kapil Moreshwar Patil|url=http://myneta.info/ls2014/candidate.php?candidate_id=5185|website=MyNeta.info|access-date=16 October 2015}}</ref>

==Political career==
Patil contested [[2014 Lok Sabha elections]] from [[Bhiwandi (Lok Sabha constituency)]] as BJP /NDA candidate.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bjp.org/know-your-candidate/candidate/shri-kapil-patil |title=Profile on BJP Web page}}</ref>

He was sworn-in as a union minister in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ministry reshuffle on July 7, 2021. He is the Minister of State in the [[Ministry of Panchayati Raj]].<ref>{{cite web |title= Kapil Patil set to take oath as minister|url= https://www.news18.com/news/politics/bjps-obc-face-from-maharashtra-kapil-patil-set-to-take-oath-as-minister-3936254.html}}</ref>

===Positions held===
He was Chairman of [[Thane]] District Co-operative Bank. He also worked as President of Thane Zilla Parishad. He moved from [[Nationalist Congress Party]] to Bharatiya Janata Party in March 2014.<ref>{{cite web |title=BJP nets Kapil Patil; Vijaykumar Gavit likely to desert NCP |date= 19 March 2014|url= http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-bjp-nets-kapil-patil-vijaykumar-gavit-likely-to-desert-ncp-1970334}}</ref>

May, 2014 : Elected to [[16th Lok Sabha]]
1 Sep. 2014 onwards : Member, Standing Committee on Urban Development.<ref name=india-gov>{{cite web|title=Kapi Moreshwar Patil|url=http://india.gov.in/my-government/indian-parliament/kapil-moreshwar-patil|publisher=Government of India|access-date=16 October 2015}}</ref>

==References==
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{{16th LS members from Maharashtra}}
{{17th LS members from Maharashtra}}
{{Bharatiya Janata Party}}
{{Second Narendra Modi Cabinet|state=collapsed}}
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[[Category:People from Thane district]]
[[Category:Koli people]]
[[Category:1961 births]]
[[Category:Marathi politicians]]
[[Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Maharashtra]]
[[Category:16th Lok Sabha members]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Lok Sabha members from Maharashtra]]
[[Category:Maharashtra district councillors]]
[[Category:Politics of Thane district]]
[[Category:People from Bhiwandi]]
[[Category:17th Lok Sabha members]]
[[Category:Narendra Modi ministry]]

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