Bhupendrabhai Rajnikantbhai Patel (born 15 July 1962) is an Indian politician and civil engineer who is the current

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. He represented the Ghatlodia Assembly constituency in the

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from 2017 to 2025. He was a member of the BJP. He started his political career in municipal bodies of

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Early life

Bhupendrabhai Patel was born on 15 July 1962 to Gujarati parents in

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, India. Bhupendrabhai Patel has received Diploma in Civil Engineering from the Government Polytechnic,

in April 1982. He has been associated with

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Early career

He is a builder by profession. He is a trustee of Sardardham Vishwa Patidar Kendra and a chairman of the standing committee of Vishwa Umiya Foundation. He is a follower of Akram Vignan Movement founded by Dada Bhagwan. He is interested in cricket and badminton.

Municipal Councillor

Patel was the member of Memnagar Nagarpalika in 1995–1996, 1999-2000 and 2004–2006. He was the President of Memnagar Nagarpalika in 1999–2000. He was a Vice Chairman of school board of

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(AMC) from 2008 to 2010. He was a councillor from Thaltej Ward from 2010 to 2015. He was a chairman of the Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority (AUDA) from 2015 to 2017. He also served as a chairman of the Standing Committee of

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Member of Gujarat Legislative Assembly

Patel became a member of

for the Ghatlodia constituency after winning the 2017 Gujarat Legislative Assembly elections, running against Shashikant Patel of the

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. He won by a record margin of 1,17,000 votes. He was elected again from Ghotlodia constituency in 2022 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election as a BJP candidate defeating his nearest rival and

candidate Amiben Yagnik.

Chief Minister

First Term (2021 - 2022)

On 11 September 2021, Vijay Rupani resigned from the post of

. 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 Gandhinagar () is the capital of the state of Gujarat in India. Gandhinagar is located approximately 23 km north of Ahmedabad, on the west central point of the industrial corridor between the megacities of Delhi and Mumbai. Gandhinagar ...

. He was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Gujarat on 13 September 2021. On 8 February 2022, he launched a new Gujarat IT/ITeS policy 2022-2027. His government also became the first state to set up a

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to study modalities and implementation of Uniform Civil Code in the state, applying the same to the citizens of the state.

Second Term (2022 - present)

In the 2022 Gujarat Legislative Assembly Elections, the

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won a record-breaking 156 of the total 182 seats, with the party forming the state government for the 7th consecutive time. On 12 December 2022, Patel took oath as the

, for the second time with this massive win.

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