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{{Short description|Government of Gujarat, India (2021–2022)}}
{{Multiple issues|
{{more citations needed|date=September 2021}}
{{Update|inaccurate=yes|date=April 2023}}}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox government cabinet
| cabinet_type = Ministry
| cabinet_number =
| jurisdiction = [[Gujarat]]
| flag =
| flag_border = true
| incumbent =
| image = Chief Minister of Gujarat, Shri Bhupendra Patel (2).jpg
| image_size = 150px
| caption =
| date_formed = 13 September 2021
| date_dissolved =12 December 2022
| government_head =[[Bhupendrabhai Patel]]
| deputy_government_head =
| government_head_history =
| state_head = [[Acharya Devvrat]]
| members_number = 24
| former_members_number =
| total_number = 25 (including [[Chief Minister of Gujarat|Chief Minister]])
| political_parties = [[Bharatiya Janata Party|'''BJP''']]
| legislature_status = [[Majority government|Majority]]
| opposition_cabinet =
| opposition_party = [[Indian National Congress|'''INC''']]
| opposition_leader = [[Paresh Dhanani]]
| last_election = [[2017 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election|2017]]
| legislature_term = 5 Years
| budget =
| advice_and_consent1 =
| advice_and_consent2 =
| incoming_formation =
| outgoing_formation =
| previous = [[Second Vijay Rupani ministry]]
| successor = [[Second Bhupendrabhai Patel Ministry]]
}}
'''Bhupendrabhai Patel''' was sworn in as 17th [[List of chief ministers of Gujarat|Chief Minister of Gujarat]] on 13 September 2021. His first cabinet included 10 cabinet ministers and 14 ministers of state, including five ministers of state with independent charge.

==Background==
On 11 September 2021, [[Vijay Rupani]] resigned from the post of Chief Minister of Gujarat.<ref>{{cite web |date=2021-09-11|title=After Vijay Rupani Stunner, BJP In a Huddle; New Guj CM to Take Oath Monday?|url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/after-vijay-rupani-stunner-bjp-goes-into-a-huddle-to-choose-new-gujarat-cm-4191893.html|access-date=2021-09-16|website=News18|language=en}}</ref> Patel was unanimously elected as the BJP legislative party leader and Chief Minister-elect of Gujarat on 12 September 2021 in the party legislature meeting at [[Gandhinagar]].<ref name=":1">{{cite web |date=2021-09-12|title=BJP MLA Bhupendra Patel named new Gujarat chief minister|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/bjp-mla-bhupendra-patel-named-new-gujarat-chief-minister/articleshow/86138067.cms|access-date=2021-09-12|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref> He was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Gujarat on 13 September 2021 by Governor [[Acharya Devvrat]].<ref>{{cite web |date=2021-09-14|title=Bhupendra Patel Oath Ceremony: Bhupendra Patel takes oath as 17th chief minister of Gujarat {{!}} Ahmedabad News - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/bhupendra-patel-takes-oath-as-17th-chief-minister-of-gujarat/articleshow/86164154.cms|access-date=2021-09-17|website=The Times of India}}</ref> The rest of his cabinet was sworn in on 16 September 2021. The cabinet included 10 cabinet ministers and 14 ministers of state, including five ministers of state with independent charge.<ref>{{cite web |date=2021-09-16|title=Gujarat Cabinet: Portfolios announced|url=https://www.livemint.com/news/india/gujarat-cabinet-24-ministers-sworn-in-full-list-here-11631783701491.html|access-date=2021-09-16|website=Mint|language=en}}</ref> It was followed by the [[second Bhupendrabhai Patel ministry]] on 12 December 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-12 |title=Gujarat CM Swearing-In Live Updates: Bhupendra Patel takes oath as CM for second consecutive term |url=https://indianexpress.com/elections/gujarat-chief-minister-cm-bhupendra-patel-swearing-in-ceremony-live-updates-bjp-modi-shah-gandhinagar-8319328/ |access-date=2025-06-02 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>

==Council of Ministers==

<section begin="Cabinet"/>
=== Cabinet Ministers ===
{{Cabinet table start|hiderefcol=y}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = [[List of chief ministers of Gujarat|'''Chief Minister''']] Home General Administration Information & Broadcast Industries Mines & Minerals Capital Projects Urban Development & Urban Housing Narmada & Ports '''Departments not allotted to any Minister'''
| minister1 = [[Bhupendrabhai Patel]]
| minister1_termstart = 13 September 2021
| minister1_termend =
| minister1_party = Bharatiya Janata Party
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Minister of Revenue Minister of Law & Justice Minister of Legislative & Parliamentary Affairs
| minister1 = [[Rajendra Trivedi]]
| minister1_termstart = 16 September 2021
| minister1_termend =
| minister1_party = Bharatiya Janata Party
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Minister of Education
| minister1 = [[Jitu Vaghani]]
| minister1_termstart = 16 September 2021
| minister1_termend =
| minister1_party = Bharatiya Janata Party
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Minister of Health & Family Welfare Minister of Medical Education Minister of Water Resources & Water Supply
| minister1 = [[Rushikesh Patel]]
| minister1_termstart = 16 September 2021
| minister1_termend =
| minister1_party = Bharatiya Janata Party
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Minister of Roads & Building Minister of Transport Minister of Civil Aviation Minister of Tourism & Pilgrimage Development
| minister1 = [[Purnesh Modi]]
| minister1_termstart = 16 September 2021
| minister1_termend =
| minister1_party = Bharatiya Janata Party
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Minister of Agriculture & Animal Husbandry
| minister1 = [[Raghavji Patel]]
| minister1_termstart = 16 September 2021
| minister1_termend =
| minister1_party = Bharatiya Janata Party
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Minister of Finance Minister of Energy & Petrochemicals
| minister1 = [[Kanubhai Desai]]
| minister1_termstart = 16 September 2021
| minister1_termend =
| minister1_party = Bharatiya Janata Party
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Minister of Forest, Environment & Climate Change
| minister1 = [[Kiritsinh Rana]]
| minister1_termstart = 16 September 2021
| minister1_termend =
| minister1_party = Bharatiya Janata Party
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Minister of Food & Civil Supplies Minister of Tribal Development
| minister1 = [[ Naresh Patel|Nareshbhai Patel]]
| minister1_termstart = 16 September 2021
| minister1_termend =
| minister1_party = Bharatiya Janata Party
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Minister of Social Justice & Empowerment
| minister1 = [[Pradip Parmar]]
| minister1_termstart = 16 September 2021
| minister1_termend = 2022
| minister1_party = Bharatiya Janata Party
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Minister of Rural |Development & Rural Housing
| minister1 = [[Arjunsinh Udesinh Chauhan|Arjunsinh Chauhan]]
| minister1_termstart = 16 September 2021
| minister1_termend = 2022
| minister1_party = Bharatiya Janata Party
}}
{{Cabinet table end}}

=== Ministers in charge ===
{{Cabinet table start|hiderefcol=y}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Minister of state (I/C) in Sports, Youth Affairs & Cultural Activities Minister of state (I/C) in Excise & Prohibition Minister of state (I/C) in Border Security & Prisons Minister of state in Home & Police Housing Minister of state in Disaster Management
| minister1 = [[Harsh Sanghavi]]
| minister1_termstart = 16 September 2021
| minister1_termend =
| minister1_party = Bharatiya Janata Party
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Minister of state (I/C) in Cottage Industries Minister of state (I/C) in Cooperation Minister of state (I/C) in Salt Industries Minister of state in Industries Minister of state in Forest, Environment & Climate Change
| minister1 = [[Jagdish Vishwakarma]]
| minister1_termstart = 16 September 2021
| minister1_termend =
| minister1_party = Bharatiya Janata Party
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Minister of state (I/C) in Labour & Employment Minister of state (I/C) in Panchayats Minister of state in Rural Development & Rural Housing
| minister1 = Brijesh Merja
| minister1_termstart = 16 September 2021
| minister1_termend =
| minister1_party = Bharatiya Janata Party
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Minister of state (I/C) in Fisheries Minister of state in Water Resources & Water Supply Minister of state in Narmada
| minister1 = [[Jitubhai Chaudhary|Jitu Choudhary]]
| minister1_termstart = 16 September 2021
| minister1_termend =
| minister1_party = Bharatiya Janata Party
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Minister of state (I/C) in Women & Child Development Minister of state in Social Justice & Empowerment
| minister1 = [[Manisha Vakil]]
| minister1_termstart = 16 September 2021
| minister1_termend =
| minister1_party = Bharatiya Janata Party
}}
{{Cabinet table end}}

=== Ministers of state ===
{{Cabinet table start|hiderefcol=y}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Minister of state in Agriculture Minister of state in Energy & Petrochemicals
| minister1 = [[Mukeshbhai Patel|Mukesh Patel]]
| minister1_termstart = 16 September 2021
| minister1_termend =
| minister1_party = Bharatiya Janata Party
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Minister of state in Health & Family Welfare Minister of state in Medical Education Minister of state in Tribal Development
| minister1 = [[Nimisha Suthar]]
| minister1_termstart = 16 September 2021
| minister1_termend =
| minister1_party = Bharatiya Janata Party
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Minister of state in Transport Minister of state in Civil Aviation Minister of state in Tourism & Pilgrimage Development
| minister1 = Arvind Raiyani
| minister1_termstart = 16 September 2021
| minister1_termend =
| minister1_party = Bharatiya Janata Party
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Minister of state in higher & Technical Education Minister of state in Legislative & Parliamentary Affairs
| minister1 = [[Kuber Dindor|Kuberbhai Dindor]]
| minister1_termstart = 16 September 2021
| minister1_termend =
| minister1_party = Bharatiya Janata Party
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Minister of state in Primary, Secondary & Adult Education
| minister1 = [[Kirtisinh Vaghela]]
| minister1_termstart = 16 September 2021
| minister1_termend =
| minister1_party = Bharatiya Janata Party
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Minister of state in Food & Civil Supplies
| minister1 = [[Gajendrasinh Parmar]]
| minister1_termstart = 16 September 2021
| minister1_termend =
| minister1_party = Bharatiya Janata Party
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Minister of state in Social Justice & Empowerment
| minister1 = [[Raghavbhai Makwana]]
| minister1_termstart = 16 September 2021
| minister1_termend =
| minister1_party = Bharatiya Janata Party
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Minister of state in Urban Development & Urban Housing
| minister1 = Vinod Moradia
| minister1_termstart = 16 September 2021
| minister1_termend =
| minister1_party = Bharatiya Janata Party
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Minister of state in Animal Husbandry
| minister1 = [[Devabhai Malam|Deva Malam]]
| minister1_termstart = 16 September 2021
| minister1_termend =
| minister1_party = Bharatiya Janata Party
}}
|}
<section end="Cabinet"/>
Source:<ref>{{cite web |date=2021-09-16|title=24 ministers inducted in Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel's cabinet. Check portfolios|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/24-ministers-take-oath-in-gujarat-cm-bhupendra-patel-s-cabinet-check-portfolios-101631792886866.html|access-date=2021-09-17|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref>

===District breakdown===
{{Pie chart
| caption= Representation of Ministers by district
| label1 = Banaskantha
| value1 = 4 | color1 = violet
| label2 = Mehsana
| value2 = 4 | color2 = indigo
| label3 = Sabarkantha
| value3 = 4 | color3 = blue
| label4 = Ahmedabad
| value4 = 12 | color4 = yellow
| label5 = Surendranagar
| value5 = 4 | color5 = green
| label6 = Morbi
| value6 = 4 | color6 = brown
| label7 = Rajkot
| value7 = 4 | color7 = red
| label8 = Jamnagar
| value8 = 4 | color8 = aqua
| label9 = Junagadh
| value9 = 4 | color9 = wheat
| label10 = Bhavnagar
| value10 = 4 | color10 = magenta
| label11 = Kheda
| value11 = 4 | color11 = purple
| label12 = Mahisagar
| value12 = 4 | color12 = pink
| label13 = Bhavnagar
| value13 = 8 | color13 = chocolate
| label14 = Panchmahal
| value14 = 4 | color14 = darkviolet
| label15 = Vadodara
| value15 = 8 | color15 = darkblue
| label16 = Surat
| value16 = 16 | color16 = orange
| label17 = Valsad
| value17 = 8 | color17 = black
| label18 = Navsari
| value18 = 4 | color18 = maroon
}}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! District
! Ministers
! Name of ministers
|-
|[[Kutch district|Kutch]]
|—
|—
|-
|[[Banaskantha district|Banaskantha]]
|1
|[[Kirtisinh Vaghela]]
|-
|[[Patan district|Patan]]
|—
|—
|-
|[[Mehsana District|Mehsana]]
|1
|[[Rushikesh Patel]]
|-
|[[Sabarkantha district|Sabarkantha]]
|1
|[[Gajendrasinh Parmar]]
|-
|[[Aravalli district|Aravalli]]
|—
|—
|-
|[[Gandhinagar District|Gandhinagar]]
|—
|—
|-
|[[Ahmedabad district|Ahmedabad]]
|3
|[[Bhupendrabhai Patel]] Jagdish Panchal
[[Pradip Parmar]]
|-
|[[Surendranagar district|Surendranagar]]
|1
|[[Kiritsinh Rana]]
|-
|[[Morbi district|Morbi]]
|1
|Brijesh Merja
|-
|[[Rajkot district|Rajkot]]
|1
|Arvind Raiyani
|-
|[[Jamnagar district|Jamnagar]]
|1
|[[Raghavji Patel]]
|-
|[[Devbhoomi Dwarka district|Devbhoomi Dwarka]]
|—
|—
|-
|[[Porbandar district|Porbanadar]]
|—
|—
|-
|[[Junagadh district|Junagadh]]
|1
|Deva Malam
|-
|[[Gir Somnath district|Somnath]]
|—
|—
|-
|[[Amreli district|Amreli]]
|—
|—
|-
|[[Bhavnagar district|Bhavnagar]]
|2
|[[Jitu Vaghani]]
R. C. Makwana
|-
|[[Botad district|Botad]]
|—
|—
|-
|[[Anand district|Anand]]
|—
|—
|-
|[[Kheda district|Kheda]]
|1
|Arjunsinh Chauhan
|-
|[[Mahisagar district|Mahisagar]]
|1
|Kuberbhai Dindor
|-
|[[Panchmahal district|Panchmahal]]
|1
|[[Nimisha Suthar]]
|-
|[[Dahod district|Dahod]]
|—
|—
|-
|[[Vadodara district|Vadodara]]
|2
|[[Rajendra Trivedi]]
Manisha Vakil
|-
|[[Narmada district|Narmada]]
|—
|—
|-
|[[Bharuch district|Bharuch]]
|—
|—
|-
|[[Surat district|Surat]]
|4
|[[Purnesh modi|Purnesh Modi]]
[[Harsh Sanghavi]]

[[Mukeshbhai Patel|Mukesh Patel]]

Vinod Moradia
|-
|[[Tapi district|Tapi]]
|—
|—
|-
|[[Dang district, India|Dang]]
|—
|—
|-
|-
|[[Navsari district|Navsari]]
|1
|Nareshbhai Patel
|-
|-
|[[Valsad district|Valsad]]
|2
|Kanubhai Desai
[[Jitu Choudhary]]
|-
|'''Total'''
|25
|
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bhupendrabhai Patel ministry (2021-2022)}}
[[Category:Bharatiya Janata Party state ministries of Gujarat|Bhupendrabhai Patel I]]
[[Category:2021 in Indian politics]]
[[Category:Gujarat ministries]]
[[Category:Indian ministries established in 2021|Bhupendra I]]
[[Category:Indian ministries disestablished in 2022|Bhupendra II]]

First Bhupendrabhai Patel ministry - Revision history

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