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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2018}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = M. B. Patil
| image = File:The Irrigation Minister of Karnataka, Shri M.B. Patil.jpg
|caption = M. B. Patil in 2015
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1964|10|7|df=y}}
|birth_place =[[Vijayapura, Karnataka|Vijayapura]], [[Mysore State]], [[India]]
| office = Cabinet Minister, [[Government of Karnataka]]
| predecessor =
| successor =
| governor = [[Thawarchand Gehlot]]
| 1blankname = Chief Minister
| 1namedata = [[Siddaramaiah]]
| subterm = '''Cabinet'''
| suboffice = [[Second Siddaramaiah ministry]]
| 2blankname = Ministry and Departments
| 2namedata = * '''Large & Medium Industries'''
* '''Infrastructure Development'''
| term_start = 20 May 2023<ref>{{Cite web|title=Meet five-time MLA and new Karnataka Cabinet Minister MB Patil|url=https://www.cnbctv18.com/politics/meet-five-time-mla-and-new-karnataka-minister-mb-patil-16716521.htm/amp}}</ref>
| successor1 = [[Basavaraj Bommai]]
| predecessor1 = [[G. Parameshwara]]
| governor1 = [[Vajubhai Vala]]
| 1blankname1 = Chief Minister
| 1namedata1 = [[H. D. Kumaraswamy]]
| subterm1 = '''Cabinet'''
| suboffice1 = [[Second Kumaraswamy ministry]]
| 2blankname1 = Ministry and Departments
| 2namedata1 = '''Home (excluding Intelligence)'''
| term_start1 = 28 December 2018
|term_end1 = 23 July 2019
| predecessor2 = [[Basavaraj Bommai]]
| successor2 = [[D. K. Shivakumar]]
| governor2 = [[Vajubhai Vala]]
| 1blankname2 = Chief Minister
| 1namedata2 = [[Siddaramaiah]]
| subterm2 = '''Cabinet'''
| suboffice2 = [[First Siddaramaiah ministry]]
| 2blankname2 = Ministry and Departments
| 2namedata2 = '''Water Resources'''
| term_start2 = 20 May 2013
| term_end2 = 17 May 2018
| office3 = Member of [[Karnataka Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start3 = 2008
| constituency3 = [[Babaleshwar Assembly constituency|Babaleshwar]]
| term_start4 = 2004
| term_end4 = 2008
| constituency4 = [[Tikota Assembly constituency|Tikota]]
| term_start5 = 1991
| term_end5 = 1994
| constituency5 = [[Tikota Assembly constituency|Tikota]]
|office6 = [[Member of parliament]], [[Lok Sabha]]
| constituency6 = [[Bijapur Lok Sabha constituency|Bijapur]]
|predecessor6 = Basanagouda Rudragouda Patil
|successor6 = [[Basangouda Patil Yatnal]]
|term_start6 = 10 March 1998
|term_end6 = 3 October 1999
|party = [[Indian National Congress]]
|spouse = Asha Patil
|residence = [[Vijayapura|Bijapur]]
}}
'''Mallanagouda Basanagouda Patil''' (born 7 October 1964) is an Indian politician from [[Karnataka]] and a member of [[Karnataka Legislative Assembly]] representing [[Babaleshwar Assembly constituency|Babaleshwar]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://myneta.info/Karnataka2023/candidate.php?candidate_id=7104 | title=M B Patil |work=myneta.info |access-date=13 Sep 2023}}</ref> He is currently serving as Cabinet Minister for Large & Medium Industries and Infrastructure Development in [[Government of Karnataka]], He is also working president of [[Jagatika Lingayata Mahasabha]].<ref>{{Cite web |first= |title=Jagatika Lingayata Mahasabha |url=https://jlms.in/committee-members |access-date=2024-11-17 |website=jlms.in}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
He is the elder son of Shri B.M.Patil, a politician and an educationist. He has completed graduation in Bachelor of Engineering, Civil Engineering at the BLDEA's Vachana Pitamaha P G Halakatti College of Engineering.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.oneindia.com/politicians/m-b-patil-72052.html | title=M B Patil |work=oneindia.com |access-date=13 Sep 2023}}</ref>

==Career==

===Social work===
M.B. Patil has been involved in various social works including the distribution of school bags & books to the needy students, helping government schools in establishing smart classrooms, organizing plantation drives across Vijayapura district etc., through M B Patil foundation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bldea.org/|title=BLDE Association - Home - BLDEA and its institutes|website=BLDE Association}}</ref>

==Political career==
He is the President of BLDE Association. He belongs to the Lingayat community.<ref>{{cite news |title=M B Patil in fault line of Lingayat faith tag |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/state/close-fight-faith-tag-fault-line-bableshwar-669168.html |accessdate=9 August 2019 |work=Deccan Herald |date=8 May 2018 |language=en}}</ref>

Patil started his political career in 1991. He was allotted the Irrigation Ministry in [[Siddaramaiah]]’s cabinet in 2013. His work as the Irrigation Minister of Karnataka gave a new lease of life to various stalled irrigation projects across Karnataka.{{citation needed|date=June 2025}} He is a former [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|member of Lok Sabha]]<ref>{{cite news |title='Krishna's yatra received good response' |url=http://www.hindu.com/2004/04/06/stories/2004040607060300.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040711085915/http://www.hindu.com/2004/04/06/stories/2004040607060300.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 July 2004 |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=6 April 2004 |accessdate=31 May 2011 }}</ref> and is being elected for the fifth time as a Member of the [[Karnataka Legislative Assembly]].

Earlier, he was the Karnataka state Minister for [[Water Resources]] in the [[First Siddaramaiah ministry|first Siddaramaiah cabinet]].<ref>{{cite news |title= As ministers step in, Soudha springs back to life |url= http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bangalore/As-ministers-step-in-Soudha-springs-back-to-life/articleshow/20161340.cms |work= The Times of India |date= 2013-05-21 |accessdate= 2013-05-21}}</ref>

He was allotted Home Ministry in December 2018 in [[H D Kumaraswamy]]’s cabinet.<ref name="Kumaraswamy inducts 8 Ministers; 7 of them are from north Karnataka">{{cite news |last1= |first1= |title=Kumaraswamy inducts 8 Ministers; 7 of them are from north Karnataka |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/kumaraswamy-inducts-8-ministers-7-of-them-are-from-north-karnataka/article25810045.ece |access-date=17 January 2025 |publisher=The Hindu |date=22 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250117165619/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/kumaraswamy-inducts-8-ministers-7-of-them-are-from-north-karnataka/article25810045.ece |archive-date=17 January 2025 |language=en-IN}}</ref> Having been seen as a clean-handed politician and also given that he hails from the politically-influential [[Lingayat]] community, he is considered to be a chief contender for being the position of [[Chief Minister]] of Karnataka in the future.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/politics/031117/i-want-to-become-chief-minister-one-day-mb-patil.html|title=I want to become Chief Minister one day: MB Patil|website=[[Deccan Chronicle]]}}</ref>

== References ==
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==External links==
* [http://myneta.info/karnataka2013/candidate.php?candidate_id=7 M. B. Patil at Myneta]
* https://nocorruption.in/politician/m-b-patil/
* http://myneta.info/karnataka2013/candidate.php?candidate_id=7

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[[Category:Karnataka MLAs 2023–2028]]
[[Category:People from Bijapur district, Karnataka]]
[[Category:Lingayatism]]
[[Category:India MPs 1998–1999]]

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