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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
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{{hatnote|Not to be confused with [[C. R. Patil]], Gujarat BJP President in 2020.}}
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| name = Chandrakant Patil
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| office = [[Bharatiya Janata Party|President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Maharashtra]]
| term_start = 17 July 2019
| predecessor = [[Raosaheb Danve]]
| successor = incumbent
| office1 = [[Maharashtra Legislative Assembly|Member of Legislative Assembly<br>Maharashtra]]
|term_start1 = 25 October 2019
| predecessor1 = [[Medha Vishram Kulkarni|Medha Kulkarni]]
| constituency1 = [[Kothrud (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kothrud]]
| successor1 = incumbent
| office2 = [[Government of Maharashtra| Minister of Public works
Government of Maharashtra]]
| term_start2 = 31 October 2014
| term_end2 = 08
November 2019
| 1namedata2 = [[Devendra Fadnavis]]
| 1blankname2 = [[List of chief ministers of Maharashtra|Chief Minister]]
| governor2 = *[[C. Vidyasagar Rao]]
*[[Bhagat Singh Koshyari]]
| predecessor2 = -
| successor2 = [[Ashok Chavan]], [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| office3 = [[Government of Maharashtra| Minister of Revenue
Government of Maharashtra]]
| term_start3 = 04 June 2016
| term_end3 = 08
November 2019
| 1namedata3 = [[Devendra Fadnavis]]
| 1blankname3 = [[List of chief ministers of Maharashtra|Chief Minister]]
| governor3 = *[[C. Vidyasagar Rao]]
*[[Bhagat Singh Koshyari]]
| predecessor3 = [[Eknath Khadse]]
| successor3 = [[Balasaheb Thorat]], [[Indian National Congress|INC]]

| office4 = [[Maharashtra Legislative Council |Leader of the House Legislative Council <br/>Maharashtra]]
| termstart4 = 7 July 2016
| termend4 = 08 November 2019
| predecessor4 = [[Eknath Khadse]]
| successor4 = [[Uddhav Thackeray]]

| office5 = [[Maharashtra Legislative Council|Member of Maharashtra Legislative Council]]
| constituency5 = Pune
| term_start5 = 2008
| term_end5 = 2019

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1959|06|10|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Bombay]], [[Bombay State]], [[India]]
| nationality = [[Indian people|Indian]]
| residence = Kolhapur, Maharshtra
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| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
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| website = {{URL|https://chandrakantdadapatil.in}}
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'''Chandrakant Bacchu Patil''' (born 10 June 1959) is an Indian politician who is the [[Maharashtra]] state President of [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] since 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/amp/india/story/maharashtra-bjp-chief-chandrakant-patil-1570060-2019-07-16|title=Ahead of Maharashtra elections, BJP appoints minister Chandrakant Patil new state chief
|website=India Today|accessdate=3 April 2021}}</ref> He was the Cabinet Minister in Maharashtra state, for Revenue and Public Works Department excluding Public Undertakings as well as Guardian Minister for Kolhapur,Sangli & Pune district, until 12 November 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/20141208-rss-sangh-nda-bjp-l-k-advani-narendra-modi-cover-story-806098-2014-11-27|title=The low-profile RSS apparatchik is the new face of power in the NDA|website=India Today|accessdate=3 April 2021}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Patil was born on 10 June 1959 in the ''Jamnadas Prabhudas Chawl'' in [[Parel]], [[Mumbai]]. His father, Bacchu Patil, used to serve tea to mill workers. He completed schooling from the ''Raja Shivaji Vidyalaya'' (formerly King George High School) in [[Dadar]]. He graduated from [[Siddharth College of Law, Mumbai|Siddharth College]] in Fort in 1985.<ref>{{cite web |title=About Chandrakant Patil |url=https://chandrakantdadapatil.in/en/about#contact |access-date=14 May 2021}}</ref>{{primary source inline|date=May 2021}}

==Political career==
He was introduced to the [[Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad]] at the age of 18. In 1980, he started working as a full-time activist for the ABVP.
In 1982, he was appointed as the 'Pradesh Mantri'. In 1985, Patil was elected as 'Kshetriya Sangathan Mantri' of the ABVP where he focused on the problems of the youth and student issues.
In 1990, Dada Patil was elected as the Akhil Bharatiya Mantri of ABVP. At this time, he traveled to different districts of India to make people aware of social issues and addressed problems related to the education sector and the youth. In 2004, that he joined the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] and was elected as its Vice President in 2013.
In June 2014, he was appointed as a member of the [[Maharashtra Legislative Council]]. In October 2014, he was elected as Cabinet Minister of Maharashtra. He has been holding the Cabinet Minister's office since July 2016 and handling the revenue, relief & rehabilitation, and Public Works department.<ref>https://www.maharashtra.gov.in/1129/Directory</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://maharashtra.bjp.org/en/ministers/|title=Ministers - Maharashtra BJP|website=bjp.org|accessdate=2 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170902223956/http://maharashtra.bjp.org/en/ministers/|archive-date=2 September 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sarkaritel.com/states/council_of_ministers.php?state=MH|title=Sarkaritel.com, : Maharashtra Government, Council of Ministers|website=www.sarkaritel.com|accessdate=2 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://kolhapur.nic.in/new/Marathi/main.asp|title=Welcome to Collector Office Kolhapur|website=kolhapur.nic.in|accessdate=2 September 2017}}</ref><ref>http://www.dainikprabhat.com/chandrakant-patils-appointment-as-guardian-minister-of-pune/</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/pune/chandrakant-patil-likely-to-replace-girish-bapat-guardian-minister-pune-5769071/|title=Chandrakant Patil likely to replace Girish Bapat as next guardian minister of Pune|website=indianexpress.com|accessdate=7 June 2019}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://chandrakantdadapatil.in/en/ Personal website]
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