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{{short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2019}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name =
| image =
| caption = Jitu Patwari
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1973|11|19}}<ref name="Madhya Pradesh vidhan Sabha Profile">{{cite news |url=http://mpvidhansabha.nic.in/14thvs/2014_210.pdf
|title = Madhya Pradesh vidhan Sabha}}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Bijalpur]], [[Madhya Pradesh]], [[India]]
| residence = [[Indore]]
| nationality = [[India]]n
| citizenship = [[India]]
| office ='''Working President'''
of [[Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee|MP Congress]]

|predecessor =
|successor =
|term_start = 2018
|term_end =
| office1 = [[Kamal Nath ministry|Minister of Higher Education and Youth & Sports Affairs]]<br />[[Government of Madhya Pradesh]]
| predecessor1 = *[[Jaibhan Singh Pawaiya]], [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
*[[Yashodhara Raje]], [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| successor1 = [[Vacant]]
| term_start1 = December 2018
| term_end1 = March 2020
| 1blankname1 = [[Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh|Chief Minister]]
| 1namedata1 = [[Kamal Nath]]
| office2 = [[Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly|Member of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start2 = 11 December 2018
| term_end2 =
| constituency2 = [[Rau (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Rau]]
| 1blankname2 = [[Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh|Chief Minister]]
| 1namedata2 = [[Kamal Nath]]
| 2blankname2 = [[List of current Indian legislative speakers and chairmen|Speaker]]
| 2namedata2 = [[N. P. Prajapati|Narmada Prasad Prajapati]]
| term_start3 = 8 December 2013
| term_end3 = 11 December 2018
| constituency3 = [[Rau (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Rau]]
| predecessor3 = [[Jitu Jirati]], [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| 1blankname3 = [[Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh|Chief Minister]]
| 1namedata3 = [[Shivraj Singh Chouhan]]
| 2blankname3 = [[List of current Indian legislative speakers and chairmen|Speaker]]
| 2namedata3 = [[Sitasharan Sharma|Dr. Sitasharan Sharma]]
| education = L.L.B. (Honors) in 1997, B.A. from Devi Ahilya University in 1994.
| alma_mater = [[Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya]]
Government Multi Malhar Ashram Higher Secondary School, Indore
| profession = [[Activist]]<br />[[Politician]]
| footnotes =
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
| spouse = Renuka Patwari<ref>{{cite web|url=http://myneta.info/mp2013/candidate.php?candidate_id=140|title=Jitendra Patwari (Jitu)(Indian National Congress(INC)):Constituency- RAU(INDORE) - Affidavit Information of Candidate|last=ADR|website=myneta.info}}</ref>}}
'''Jitendra Patwari''' (born 19 November 1973) is an Indian politician from the [[Indian National Congress]]. He was the Cabinet Minister for Higher Education, Sports and Youth Affairs of [[Madhya Pradesh]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mpinfo.org/MPinfoStatic/English/council/cabinetmin/ministersindex.asp|title=:: Department Of Public Relations,Madhya Pradesh|website=www.mpinfo.org|access-date=2019-08-02}}</ref>

He is the [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the Legislative Assembly]] from [[Rau (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Rau]] [[Vidhan Sabha]] in [[Madhya Pradesh]].<ref name=myneta>{{cite web|title=National Election Watch: Jeetu Patwari|url=http://myneta.info/2008mp/candidate.php?candidate_id=2733|accessdate=23 January 2014}}</ref> He is the member of the [[Indian National Congress|INC]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/madhya-pradesh-ministers-get-portfolios-kamal-nath-keeps-lion-s-share-1419288-2018-12-28|title=Madhya Pradesh ministers get portfolios, Bala Bachchan gets home, Bhanot finance|last=BhopalDecember 28|first=Rahul Noronha|last2=December 29|first2=2018UPDATED|website=India Today|language=en|access-date=2019-08-02|last3=Ist|first3=2018 06:48}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
He was born in [[Bijalpur]], a small town near Indore, on 19 November 1973, to Ramesh Chandra Kodarlal Patwari and Pirak Bai Patwari.<ref name="mpvidhansabha.nic.in">{{cite web|url=http://mpvidhansabha.nic.in/14thvs/2014_210.pdf |title=Data |website=mpvidhansabha.nic.in }}</ref> He has completed his schooling from Government Multi Malhar Ashram Higher Secondary School, Indore and then pursued his [[B.A]] and [[L.L.B]] degrees from [[Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya]] [[Indore]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=Correspondent|first=dna|date=2013-11-03|title=Congress candidates enjoy good social rapport|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-congress-candidates-enjoy-good-social-rapport-1913246|access-date=2020-08-05|website=DNA India|language=en}}</ref>

His grandfather Kodarlal Patwari served as a freedom fighter during the Indian independence movement. His father, Ramesh Chandra Patwari, is also an active leader of [[Indian National Congress]].<ref name="jitupatwari.in">{{Cite web | url=http://www.jitupatwari.in/ |title = Jitu Patwari Official Website}}</ref>

==Political career==
He first became MLA in 2013 from [[Rau]] [[Vidhan Sabha]]. He is currently the Secretary of [[All India Congress Committee]] and is in charge of [[Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee]]. He is also the Working President of the [[Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee]] as well as national media panelist of [[Indian National Congress]]. Earlier he was President of Madhya Pradesh Youth Congress.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/national/national-politics/ex-minister-jitu-patwari-named-mpcc-media-cell-chairman-820559.html|title= Ex-minister Jitu Patwari named MPCC Media Cell chairman|website=www.timesnownews.com|access-date=2 April 2020}}</ref>

He won election for the second time from Rau in 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.timesnownews.com/elections/mp-election/article/rau-assembly-constituency-election-2018-madhya-pradesh-polls-candidates-bjp-madhu-verma-congress-jitendra-patwari-mp-shivraj-singh-chouhan-chief/319109|title= Jitu Patwari's win|website=www.timesnownews.com|access-date=2019-11-28}}</ref>

He was the Cabinet Minister of Higher Education, Youth and Sports Affairs in the [[Government of Madhya Pradesh]], after [[Indian National Congress]] formed the government in [[Madhya Pradesh]] after 15 years but resigned after 2020 Madhya Pradesh Political turmoil.<ref name="jitupatwari.in"/>

==See also==
*[[Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]
*[[2013 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]
*[[2008 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Official|jitupatwari.in}}

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->Abhisekh Raj at 15:12, 30 October 2021