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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2021}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Hanumanthagouda Krishnegouda Patil
|image = [[File:H K Patil.jpg|H K Patil|200px]]
|imagesize =
|caption =
|office = Member of [[15th Karnataka Legislative Assembly]]
|term_start = 19 May 2018
|office1 = Incharge of <br/>[[All India Congress Committee|AICC]] for [[Maharashtra]]
|president1 = [[Sonia Gandhi]] and [[Mallikarjun Kharge]]
|predecessor1 = [[Mallikarjun Kharge]]
|successor1 = [[Ramesh Chennithala]]
|term_start1 = 11 September 2020
|term_end1 = 24 December 2023
|office2 = [[Minister (government)|Minister]] for [[Rural Development]] and [[Panchayat Raj]], [[Government of Karnataka]]
|term_start2 = 18 May 2013
|term_end2 = 17 May 2018
|predecessor2 = [[Jagadish Shettar]]
|successor2 = [[Krishna Byre Gowda]]
|office3 = [[Minister (government)|Minister]] for [[Law]] and [[Parliamentary Affairs]], [[Government of Karnataka]]
|term_start3 = 19 December 2004
|term_end3 = 1 February 2006
|predecessor3 = [[M. P. Prakash]]
|successor3 = [[Basavaraj Horatti]]
|office4 = [[Minister (government)|Minister]] for [[Agriculture]], [[Government of Karnataka]]
|term_start4 = 12 December 2003
|term_end4 = 28 May 2004
|predecessor4 =
|successor4 =
|office5 = [[Minister (government)|Minister]] for [[Water Resources]], [[Government of Karnataka]]
|term_start5 = 17 October 1999
|term_end5 = 12 December 2003
|predecessor5 =
|successor5 =
|office6 = [[List of leaders of the opposition in the Karnataka Legislative Council|Leader of Opposition]]<br> [[Karnataka Legislative Council]]
|term_start6 = 28 December 1994
|term_end6 = 16 October 1999
|predecessor6 =
|successor6 =
|office7 = [[Minister (government)|Minister of state]] for [[Textiles]], [[Government of Karnataka]]
|term_start7 = 20 January 1992
|term_end7 = 11 December 1994
| office8 =
Cabinet Minister, [[Government of Karnataka]]
| term_start8 = 20 May 2023<ref>{{Cite web| title = K. H. Muniyappa sworn as Cabinet Minister in Government of Karnataka|url=https://www.abplive.com/news/india/karnataka-cm-siddaramaiah-swearing-in-ceremony-know-about-kh-muniyappa-who-became-cabinet-minister-in-siddaramaiah-govt-2412517/amp}}</ref>
| term_end8 =
| governor8 = [[Thawar Chand Gehlot]]
| 1blankname8 = Chief Minister
| 1namedata8 = [[Siddaramaiah]]
| subterm8 = '''Cabinet'''
| suboffice8 = [[Second Siddaramaiah ministry]]
| 2blankname8 = Ministry and Departments
| 2namedata8 = *'''Law, Parliamentary Affairs, Legislation, Tourism.'''
| predecessor =
| successor =
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1953|8|15|df=y}}
|birth_place = [[Hulkoti]], [[Karnataka State]], [[India]]
|death_date =
|death_place =
|party = [[Indian National Congress]]
|spouse = Hema H Patil<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20140305101746/http://www.kar.nic.in/kla/Sri%20H%20K%20%20Patil.htm Sri H.K. Patil Graduates Constituency (Indian National Congress)</ref>
|children = 1 Son, 2 Daughters
|father = [[K. H. Patil]]
|alma_mater =
| 1blankname = Chief Minister(s)
| 1namedata = [[Siddaramaiah]], [[N. Dharam Singh]], [[S. M. Krishna]], [[Veerappa Moily]]
| profession = Journalist
| nationality = Indian
| education = [[Bachelor of Science]], [[Bachelor of Law]]
| residence = Hulakoti, Gadag Dist – 582 205
}}

'''Hanumanthagowda Krishnegowda Patil''' (born 15 August 1953) is an [[Indian people|Indian]] politician from [[Gadag]] in [[Karnataka]], [[India]]. He is the current [[Minister (government)|Minister]] for [[Law]] and Parliamentary Affairs, Government of Karnataka. He was the [[Rural development|Rural Development]] and [[Panchayati raj|Panchayat Raj]] Minister in the [[Government of Karnataka]] headed by [[Siddaramaiah]]. He currently represents the [[Gadag]] Assembly Constituency in [[Karnataka Legislative Assembly]].<ref>[http://myneta.info/karnatka2008/candidate.php?candidate_id=761 H K PATIL(Criminal & Asset Declaration) ]</ref>

==Personal life==
He is the son of Late Sri. K. H. Patil, a renowned politician and former Minister for Co-operation, [[Government of Karnataka]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.kar.nic.in/kla/Sri%20H%20K%20%20Patil.htm |title=Profile |access-date=4 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140305101746/http://www.kar.nic.in/kla/Sri%20H%20K%20%20Patil.htm |archive-date=5 March 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Political career==
Patil got widespread accolades for enthusiastically involving himself with the expansion of [[Irrigation]] across the state and spearheading the attempt for [[Cloud Seeding]] while being the Minister for [[Water Resources]] of [[Karnataka]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20130722175557/http://newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/Will-%E2%80%98water-effect%E2%80%99-boost-Patil%E2%80%99s-chances/2013/05/03/article1572788.ece Will ‘water effect’ boost Patil’s chances?]</ref><ref>[http://ces.iisc.ernet.in/energy/wetlandnews/will.html Will it hold water?]</ref><ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/hk-patil-pushes-for-cloud-seeding/article3950792.ece H.K. Patil pushes for cloud seeding]</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://hkpatil.in/?p=197 |title=Cloud Seeding |access-date=4 June 2013 |archive-date=5 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305044258/http://hkpatil.in/?p=197 |url-status=dead }}</ref> A veteran Congressman, he was also the [[Minister (government)|Minister]] for textiles major irrigation, agriculture and Law and Parliamentary Affairs, [[Government of Karnataka]] and Leader of Opposition and Member of [[Karnataka Legislative Council]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.kar.nic.in/kla/Sri%20H%20K%20%20Patil.htm |title=Profile |access-date=4 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140305101746/http://www.kar.nic.in/kla/Sri%20H%20K%20%20Patil.htm |archive-date=5 March 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> During his term as [[Minister (government)|Minister]] for [[Rural Development]] and [[Panchayat Raj]], [[Government of Karnataka]], Karnataka bagged the E-Award instituted by the centre for effective use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in the [[Panchayat Raj]] department for the year 2015–16. [[Prime Minister]] [[Narendra Modi]] presented the award on 24 April 2017 in Lucknow during an event to mark National Panchayat Raj Day. His [[Rural Development]] and [[Panchayat Raj]], [[Government of Karnataka]] department won National awards successively for record 4 years from 2014–15 to 2017–18.<ref>{{Citation |last=Aji |first=Sowmya |title=Transparency is byword in Karnataka's rural development and panchayat raj department |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/transparency-is-byword-in-karnatakas-rural-development-and-panchayat-raj-department/articleshow/59185566.cms}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/karnataka-rdpr-dept-bags-awards-on-ict-use/article18202687.ece | title=RDPR bags awards | date=25 April 2017 | newspaper=The Hindu | accessdate=11 November 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/607744/state-bags-national-e-governance.html | title=
State bags national e-Governance award again | newspaper=Deccan Herald | date=23 April 2017 | accessdate=11 November 2019 }}</ref>

Recently he stated to Assembly that about 74,558 cases were pending against Karnataka government as on date and overall in Karnataka as many as 21.68 lakh cases are pending in the courts - 2.71 lakh in the [[Karnataka High Court|High Court]] and 18.96 lakh in district courts.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-07-04 |title=74,558 cases pending against Karnataka government: Law Minister |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/state/top-karnataka-stories/74558-cases-pending-against-karnataka-government-law-minister-1233972.html |access-date=2023-07-08 |website=Deccan Herald |language=en}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:1953 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:State cabinet ministers of Karnataka]]
[[Category:Karnataka MLAs 2008–2013]]
[[Category:Karnataka MLAs 2018–2023]]
[[Category:Karnataka MLAs 2023–2028]]
[[Category:Leaders of the opposition in the Karnataka Legislative Council]]
[[Category:People from Gadag district]]
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Karnataka]]

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