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{{Short description|Indian politician (born 1959)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| image = The Guardian Minister, Maharashtra, Shri Chandrakantdada Patil addressing at the inauguration of the Public Information Campaign, at Gadhinglaj, Dist. Kolhapur, Maharashtra on November 06, 2015.jpg
| imagesize = 250px
| name = Chandrakant Patil
| office = [[Ministry of Higher and Technical Education (Maharashtra)|Minister of Higher and Technical Education]] [[Government of Maharashtra]]
| term_start = 9 August 2022
| 1blankname = [[Chief Minister of Maharashtra|Chief Minister]]
| 1namedata = [[Eknath Shinde]] [[Devendra Fadnavis]]
| predecessor = [[Uday Samant]]
| office1 = [[Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs (Maharashtra)|Minister of Parliamentary Affairs]] [[Government of Maharashtra]]
| term_start1 = 9 August 2022
| 1blankname1 = [[Chief Minister of Maharashtra|Chief Minister]]
| 1namedata1 = [[Eknath Shinde]] [[Devendra Fadnavis]]
| predecessor1 = [[Anil Parab]]
| office2 = [[Ministry of Textiles (Maharashtra)|Minister of Textiles]] [[Government of Maharashtra]]
| term_start2 = 9 August 2022
| term_end2 = 26 November 2024
| 1blankname2 = [[Chief Minister of Maharashtra|Chief Minister]]
| 1namedata2 = [[Eknath Shinde]]
| predecessor2 = [[Aslam Shaikh]]
| successor2 = [[Sanjay Savkare]]
| term_start3 = 31 October 2014
| term_end3 = 8 July 2016
| 1blankname3 = [[Chief Minister of Maharashtra|Chief Minister]]
| 1namedata3 = [[Eknath Shinde]]
| predecessor3 = [[Naseem Khan (politician)|Naseem Khan]]
| successor3 = [[Subhash Deshmukh]]
| office4 = [[Ministry of Agriculture (Maharashtra)|Minister of Agriculture]] [[Government of Maharashtra]]
| term_start4 = 1 June 2018
| term_end4 = 16 June 2019
| 1blankname4 = [[Chief Minister of Maharashtra|Chief Minister]]
| 1namedata4 = [[Devendra Fadnavis]]
| predecessor4 = [[Pandurang Fundkar]]
| successor4 = [[Anil Bonde]]
| office5 = [[Ministry of Revenue (Maharashtra)|Minister of Revenue]] [[Government of Maharashtra]]
| term_start5 = 8 July 2016
| term_end5 = 12 November 2019
| 1blankname5 = [[Chief Minister of Maharashtra|Chief Minister]]
| 1namedata5 = [[Devendra Fadnavis]]
| predecessor5 = [[Eknath Khadse]]
| successor5 = [[Balasaheb Thorat]]
| office6 = [[Ministry of Co-operation (Maharashtra)|Minister of Co-operation]] [[Government of Maharashtra]]
| term_start6 = 31 October 2014
| term_end6 = 8 July 2016
| 1blankname6 = [[Chief Minister of Maharashtra|Chief Minister]]
| 1namedata6 = [[Devendra Fadnavis]]
| predecessor6 = [[Harshvardhan Patil]]
| successor6 = [[Subhash Deshmukh]]
| office7 = [[Ministry of Public Works (Excluding Public Undertakings) (Maharashtra)|Minister of Public Works Department]] [[Government of Maharashtra]]
| term_start7 = 31 October 2014
| term_end7 = 12 November 2019
| 1blankname7 = [[Chief Minister of Maharashtra|Chief Minister]]
| 1namedata7 = [[Devendra Fadnavis]]
| predecessor7 = [[Chhagan Bhujbal]]
| successor7 = [[Ashok Chavan]]
| office9 = President of [[Bharatiya Janata Party, Maharashtra]]
| term_start9 = 16 July 2019
| term_end9 = 12 August 2022
| predecessor9 = [[Raosaheb Danve]]
| successor9 = [[Chandrashekhar Bawankule]]
| office10 = Member of [[Maharashtra Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start10 = 2019
| predecessor10 = [[Medha Vishram Kulkarni|Medha Kulkarni]]
| constituency10 = [[Kothrud Assembly constituency|Kothrud]]
| office11 = Member of [[Maharashtra Legislative Council]]
| term_start11 = 20 July 2008
| term_end11 = 25 October 2019
| predecessor11 = Sharad Patil
| successor11 = [[Arun Lad]]
| constituency11 = Pune Graduates
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1959|06|10|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Bombay]], [[Bombay State]], [[India]]
| alma_mater = [[Siddharth College of Arts, Science and Commerce|Siddharth College]]
| nationality = [[Indian people|Indian]]
| residence = Pune, Maharashtra
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| spouse =
| children =
| website = {{URL|https://chandrakantdadapatil.in}}
}}

'''Chandrakant Bacchu Patil''' is an Indian politician and the Higher and technical education minister of [[Maharashtra state]] in the present [[Government of Maharashtra]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Maharashtra minister Chandrakant Patil... |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/maharashtra-minister-chandrakant-patil-to-head-panel-on-maratha-quota/article65913413.ece |website=The Hindu|date=20 September 2022 }}</ref> Chandrakant Patil was the [[Maharashtra]] state President of [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP)
from 2019 to 2022.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/maharashtra-bjp-chief-chandrakant-patil-1570060-2019-07-16|title=Ahead of Maharashtra elections, BJP appoints minister Chandrakant Patil new state chief
|website=India Today|accessdate=3 April 2021}}</ref>

He is a member of the [[Maharashtra Legislative Assembly|legislative assembly of Maharashtra]] and represents the [[Kothrud Assembly constituency]]. Previously, he was a minister with portfolio of Revenue and [[Public works|Public Works Department]] and worked as the ''Guardian Minister'' of [[Kolhapur district]], [[Sangli district]] and [[Pune district]] till 12 November 2019.{{Citation needed|date=December 2022}}

==Early life and education==
Patil was born on 10 June 1959 in the ''Jamnadas Prabhudas Chawl'' in [[Parel]], [[Mumbai]]. His father, Bacchu Patil, used to serve tea to mill workers. He completed schooling at [[Raja Shivaji Vidyalaya]] (formerly King George High School) in [[Dadar]]. He graduated from [[Siddharth College of Arts, Science and Commerce|Siddharth College]] in [[Fort (Mumbai precinct)|Fort]] and graduated with a [[B.Com]] degree in 1980.<ref>{{cite web |title=About Chandrakant Patil |url=https://chandrakantdadapatil.in/en/about#contact |access-date=14 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Row over MU giving degree certificate duplicate to minister Chandrakant Patil in 1 day |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/row-over-mu-giving-degree-certificate-duplicate-to-minister-chandrakant-patil-in-1-day/articleshow/99478727.cms |access-date=18 April 2023 |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=14 April 2023}}</ref>

==Political career==
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He was introduced to the [[Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad]] at the age of 18. In 1980, he started working as a full-time activist for the ABVP.
In 1982, he was appointed the 'Pradesh Mantri'. In 1985, Patil was elected as 'Kshetriya Sangathan Mantri' of the ABVP where he focused on the problems of the youth and student issues.
In 1990, Dada Patil was elected as the Akhil Bharatiya Mantri of ABVP. At this time, he traveled to different districts of India to make people aware of social issues and addressed problems related to the education sector and the youth. In 2004, he joined the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] and was elected as its Vice President in 2013.
In June 2014, he was appointed a member of the [[Maharashtra Legislative Council]]. In October 2014, he was elected as Cabinet Minister of [[Maharashtra]]. He has been holding the Cabinet Minister's office since July 2016 and handling the revenue, relief & rehabilitation, and Public Works department.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.maharashtra.gov.in/1129/Directory |title=निर्देशिका - महाराष्ट्र शासनाचे अधिकृत संकेतस्थळ, भारत |publisher=Maharashtra.gov.in |date= |accessdate=2022-08-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://maharashtra.bjp.org/en/ministers/|title=Ministers - Maharashtra BJP|website=bjp.org|accessdate=2 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170902223956/http://maharashtra.bjp.org/en/ministers/|archive-date=2 September 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sarkaritel.com/states/council_of_ministers.php?state=MH|title=Sarkaritel.com, : Maharashtra Government, Council of Ministers|website=www.sarkaritel.com|accessdate=2 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://kolhapur.nic.in/new/Marathi/main.asp|title=Welcome to Collector Office Kolhapur|website=kolhapur.nic.in|accessdate=2 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dainikprabhat.com/chandrakant-patils-appointment-as-guardian-minister-of-pune/|title = पुण्याच्या पालकमंत्री पदी चंद्रकांत पाटलांची न|date = 7 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/pune/chandrakant-patil-likely-to-replace-girish-bapat-guardian-minister-pune-5769071/|title=Chandrakant Patil likely to replace Girish Bapat as next guardian minister of Pune|website=indianexpress.com|date=7 June 2019|accessdate=7 June 2019}}</ref><ref name="Maharashtra election results: These candidates have won by biggest margins so far">{{cite news |last1=Hindustantimes |date=23 November 2024 |title=Maharashtra election results: These candidates have won by biggest margins so far |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/maharashtra-election-results-these-candidates-have-won-by-biggest-margins-so-far-101732376089333.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241124125058/https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/maharashtra-election-results-these-candidates-have-won-by-biggest-margins-so-far-101732376089333.html |archive-date=24 November 2024 |access-date=24 November 2024}}</ref><ref name="Maharashtra Elections 2024: 14 candidates win by over 1 lakh votes, all from Mahayuti">{{cite news |last1=CNBCTV18 |date=23 November 2024 |title=Maharashtra Elections 2024: 14 candidates win by over 1 lakh votes, all from Mahayuti |url=https://www.cnbctv18.com/india/politics/maharashtra-elections-2024-14-candidates-win-1-lakh-vote-margin-mahayuti-19513783.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241204100945/https://www.cnbctv18.com/india/politics/maharashtra-elections-2024-14-candidates-win-1-lakh-vote-margin-mahayuti-19513783.htm |archive-date=4 December 2024 |access-date=4 December 2024 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Maharashtra Assembly election results 2024 {{!}} Who won in Pune?">{{cite news |last1=The Hindu |first1=Sruthi |date=23 November 2024 |title=Maharashtra Assembly election results 2024 {{!}} Who won in Pune? |url=https://www.thehindu.com/elections/maharashtra-assembly/maharashtra-assembly-election-results-2024-who-won-in-pune/article68901246.ece |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20241124060803/https://www.thehindu.com/elections/maharashtra-assembly/maharashtra-assembly-election-results-2024-who-won-in-pune/article68901246.ece |archivedate=24 November 2024 |accessdate=12 December 2024 |language=en-IN}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://chandrakantdadapatil.in/en/ Personal website]

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