Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil is an Indian

politician A politician is a person who participates in Public policy, policy-making processes, usually holding an elective position in government. Politicians represent the people, make decisions, and influence the formulation of public policy. The roles ...

in his eighth consecutive term as MLA from Shirdi Vidhan Sabha Constituency in

Ahmednagar district Ahmednagar district (Marathi pronunciation: �ɦ(ə)məd̪nəɡəɾ, officially Ahilyanagar district, is the largest district of Maharashtra state in western India. The historical city of Ahmednagar is the headquarters of the district. Ahmednagar ...

Maharashtra Maharashtra () is a state in the western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. It is bordered by the Arabian Sea to the west, the Indian states of Karnataka and Goa to the south, Telangana to th ...

. He is currently the Minister for Revenue, in the

Government of Maharashtra The Government of Maharashtra is the executive branch of the Indian states of india, state of Maharashtra. The government is led by the List of chief ministers of Maharashtra, chief minister (currently Devendra Fadnavis since 5 December 2024) ...

and was the 1st Minister sworn in the

Eknath Shinde ministry Eknath Shinde was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra on 30 June 2022, on resignation of his predecessor Uddhav Thackeray. Shinde leads a government consisting of Shiv Sena, the NCP and the BJP. Formation After the 2019 Maharasht ...

expansion, after

Eknath Shinde Eknath Sambhaji Shinde (born 9 February 1964) is an Indian politician who has served as the List of deputy chief ministers of Maharashtra, Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra since December 2024, alongside Ajit Pawar under Devendra Fadnavis. ...

and

Devendra Fadnavis Devendra Gangadharrao Fadnavis (born 22 July 1970) is an Indian politician who is currently serving as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra since 5 December 2024 with Eknath Shinde and Ajit Pawar as his deputies, and previously held this positi ...

in the Cabinet Expansion held on 9 August 2022. Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil has been a member of the Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha since 1995. He was elected in the 2014 with 1,21,459 votes and most recently in 2019 with record breaking 1,32,316 votes. He is a 7-time undefeated MLA from

Shirdi Shirdi (; also known as Sainagar) is a town and pilgrimage site in the Indian state of Maharashtra. Shirdi is located in the Rahata taluka of Ahmednagar District. It is most well known for being the home of the 19th-century Indian saint Sai B ...

. He has worked under 6 different Chief Ministers since 1995 and has held 12 different portfolios in his career. Positions Held : # Minister of Revenue in the

(2022–2024) # Minister of Housing in the

First Fadnavis ministry Devendra Fadnavis the leader of Bharatiya Janata Party was sworn in the Chief Minister of Maharashtra in October 2014. Here is the list of the ministers of his ministry. Shiv Sena joined the Maharashtra Maharashtra () is a state in the ...

(2019 - 2019) # Leader of Opposition, Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha (2014 - 2019) # Minister of Agriculture, Food & Drug Administration, Marathi Language, and Other Backward Classes in the Prithviraj Chavan ministry (2010 - 2014) # Minister of Transport, Ports, and Law & Judiciary in the Second Ashok Chavan ministry (2009 - 2010) # Minister of School Education in the First Ashok Chavan ministry (2008 - 2009) # Minister of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, and Earthquake Rehabilitation in the

Manohar Joshi ministry Manohar Joshi was Chief Minister of Maharashtra from 14 March 1995 – 31 January 1999. His cabinet ministers were: Chief Minister and Cabinet ministers Ministers of State From Shiv ...

, Narayan Rane ministry. (1995 - 1999) Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil was the Leader of Opposition in Maharashtra Vidhansabha from 2014 to 2019 during the government led by

. In 2019 Vikhe Patil, his Son, Sujay, and many other Congress party members joined the

Bharatiya Janata party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; , ) is a political party in India and one of the two major List of political parties in India, Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. BJP emerged out from Syama Prasad Mukherjee's ...

. Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil is the son of veteran

and former union

Minister of Finance (India) The minister of finance (Vitta Mantrī ) (or simply, the finance minister, short form FM) is the head of the Ministry of Finance of the Government of India. One of the senior most offices of the Union Cabinet, the finance minister is r ...

, Balasaheb Vikhe Patil. In the Loksabha election of 2019, his son Sujay got elected to the Loksabha for the BJP from the

Ahmednagar Ahmednagar, officially Ahilyanagar, is a city in, and the headquarters of, the Ahmednagar district, Maharashtra, India. Ahmednagar has several dozen buildings and sites from the Nizam Shahi period. Ahmednagar Fort, once considered almost impre ...

constituency.

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