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{{Short description|Indian politician (1949–2020)}} | |||
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{{Infobox officeholder | {{Infobox officeholder | ||
| name = Ahmed Patel | | honorific-prefix = | ||
| image = Shri Ahmed Patel.jpg | | name = Ahmed Patel | ||
| | | image = Shri Ahmed Patel.jpg | ||
| office1 = [[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha]] | | signature = | ||
| constituency1 = [[Gujarat]] | | order = Treasurer of | ||
| term_start1 = 19 August 1993 | | office = All India Congress Committee | ||
| term_end1 = 25 November 2020 | | term_start = 2018 | ||
| predecessor1 = | | term_end = 25 November 2020 | ||
| office2 = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]] | | predecessor = [[Motilal Vora]] | ||
| constituency2 = Bharuch | | successor = [[Pawan Kumar Bansal]] {{small|(''Interim'')}} | ||
| term_start2 = 1977 | | office1 = [[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha]] | ||
| term_end2 = 1989 | | constituency1 = [[Gujarat]] | ||
| successor2 = Chandubhai Deshmukh<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://164.100.47.194/loksabha/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/3268.htm|title=Biographical Sketch of Member of 12th Lok Sabha|website=164.100.47.194|access-date=10 August 2017}}</ref> | | term_start1 = 19 August 1993 | ||
| party = [[Indian National Congress]] {{small|(1976–2020)}} | | term_end1 = 25 November 2020 | ||
| birthname = | | successor1 = [[Dineshchandra Anavadiya]] | ||
| birth_date = {{birth date |1949|8|21|df=yes}} | | predecessor1 = | ||
| birth_place = Bharuch, [[India]] | | office2 = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]] | ||
| death_date = {{death date and age|2020|11|25|1949|8|21|df=yes}} | | constituency2 = [[Bharuch (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bharuch]] | ||
| death_place = [[Gurgaon|Gurugram]], [[Haryana]], India | | term_start2 = 1977 | ||
| | | term_end2 = 1989 | ||
| spouse = {{marriage|Memoona Patel|1976}} | | predecessor2 = [[Mansinhji Rana]] | ||
| children = 2 | | successor2 = [[Chandubhai Deshmukh]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://164.100.47.194/loksabha/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/3268.htm|title=Biographical Sketch of Member of 12th Lok Sabha|website=164.100.47.194|access-date=10 August 2017}}</ref> | ||
| alma_mater = South Gujarat University | | party = [[Indian National Congress]] {{small|(1976–2020)}} | ||
| website = | | birthname = | ||
| birth_date = {{birth date |1949|8|21|df=yes}} | |||
| birth_place = [[Bharuch]], [[Bombay State]], [[India]]<br/>(now in [[Gujarat]], [[India]]) | |||
| death_date = {{death date and age|2020|11|25|1949|8|21|df=yes}} | |||
| death_place = [[Gurgaon|Gurugram]], [[Haryana]], [[India]] | |||
| death_cause = [[COVID-19]] | |||
| nationality = Indian | |||
| spouse = {{marriage|Memoona Patel|1976}} | |||
| children = 2, including [[Faisal Patel]] | |||
| alma_mater = [[South Gujarat University]] | |||
| website = | |||
}} | }} | ||
'''Ahmedbhai Mohammedbhai | '''Ahmedbhai Mohammedbhai Patel''' (21 August 1949{{Spaced en dash}}25 November 2020)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/congress-veteran-ahmed-patel-passes-away-following-covid-complications/articleshow/79399658.cms | title=Congress veteran Ahmed Patel passes away following Covid complications | work=[[The Times of India]] | date=25 November 2020 | access-date=25 November 2020}}</ref> was an Indian politician and [[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha|Member of Parliament]] from the [[Indian National Congress]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel passes away |url=https://www.netindian.in/news/national/senior-congress-leader-ahmed-patel-passes-away |website=NetIndian |access-date=25 November 2020 |location=New Delhi |date=25 November 2020}}</ref> He was the political secretary to Congress President [[Sonia Gandhi]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://164.100.47.5/newmembers/Website/Main.aspx |title=Archived copy |access-date=26 July 2014 |archive-date=29 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110529070559/http://164.100.47.5/newmembers/Website/Main.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/congress-likely-to-field-exmla-rasheedaben-from-bharuch/433961/ Congress likely to field ex-MLA Rasheedaben from Bharuch – Express India<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120926103640/http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/congress-likely-to-field-exmla-rasheedaben-from-bharuch/433961/ |date=26 September 2012 }}</ref> | ||
Patel was born in [[Bharuch]], | Patel has represented Gujarat for eight terms in the [[Parliament of India]]; three times in the lower house or [[Lok Sabha]] (1977{{en dash}}1989) and five times in the upper House or [[Rajya Sabha]] (1993{{en dash}}2020). He was also the treasurer of the [[All India Congress Committee]] (2018{{en dash}}2020). | ||
== Early life == | |||
Patel was born on 21 August 1949 in a [[Bharuch]]-based agriculturalist family, as the third child of Mohammed Ishikji Patel and Hawaben Mohammedbhai in the western Indian state of [[Gujarat]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ahmed Patel|url=https://ahmedpatel.co.in/about/early-life-education/|access-date=25 November 2020|language=en-US}}</ref> His father was a social worker. He went on to join the [[Indian Youth Congress|Youth Congress]], the student's wing of the [[Indian National Congress]].<ref name=":12">{{Cite web|date=25 November 2020|title=Ahmed Patel: Sonia Gandhi's most trusted advisor, top Congress troubleshooter|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/india/news-ahmed-patel-profile-sonia-gandhi-s-most-trusted-advisor-indian-national-congress-top-troubleshooter-2858326|access-date=25 November 2020|website=DNA India|language=en}}</ref> | |||
==Political career== | |||
Patel started his political career by contesting local body elections in the Bharuch District of Gujarat in 1976.<ref>{{Cite web|author=Staff Writer|date=25 November 2020|title=Ahmed Patel's last tweet was a condolence message for another political giant|url=https://www.livemint.com/news/india/ahmed-patel-s-last-tweet-was-a-condolence-message-for-another-political-giant-11606280449249.html|access-date=25 November 2020|website=mint|language=en}}</ref> | |||
He was selected by the then Indian Prime Minister, [[Indira Gandhi]], in 1977 to contest elections for the [[6th Lok Sabha|Sixth Lok Sabha]] from [[Bharuch]]. He went on to win the elections, and also won subsequent [[Lok Sabha]] elections in 1980 and 1984, continuing to represent Bharuch in the Parliament through 1989.<ref name=":12"/> In 1985, he went on to become the Parliamentary Secretary to then Prime Minister [[Rajiv Gandhi]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.archive.india.gov.in/govt/rajyasabhampbiodata.php?mpcode=205 |title=Detailed Profile – Shri Ahmed Patel – Members of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) – Who's Who – Government: National Portal of India |publisher=Archive.india.gov.in |access-date=13 May 2014}}</ref> In 1987, in his capacity as Member of Parliament, he had helped set up the Narmada Management Authority to monitor the [[Sardar Sarovar Dam|Sardar Sarovar Project]].<ref name="Press Information Bureau">{{cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/archieve/phtgalry/pg1299/pg14dc99/1412999.html |title=Press Information Bureau Archive |access-date=8 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Ahmed Patel|url=https://ahmedpatel.co.in/about/rise-in-the-party/|access-date=25 November 2020|language=en-US}}</ref> He was appointed the secretary of the Jawahar Bhavan Trust in 1988 and is credited with having completed the construction of the Jawahar Bhavan in time for Nehru's birth centenary celebrations.<ref name="indiatoday.intoday.in">{{cite web|date=31 July 1989|title=Jawahar Bhavan: Swank new headquarters for Congress(I) : INDIASCOPE – India Today|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/jawahar-bhavan-swank-new-headquarters-for-congressi/1/323715.html|access-date=8 November 2014|publisher=indiatoday.intoday.in}}</ref> | |||
In 2005, Ahmed Patel was inducted into the [[Rajya Sabha]] for his fourth term. Though considered Sonia Gandhi's chief strategist, he chose to keep out of the UPA government in the 14th and 15th Lok Sabha between 2004 and 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|date=25 November 2020|title=Ahmed Patel was the go-to man in Congress, a staunch Gandhi family loyalist|url=https://www.livemint.com/news/india/ahmed-patel-was-the-go-to-man-in-congress-a-staunch-gandhi-family-loyalist-11606270073285.html|access-date=25 November 2020|website=mint|language=en}}</ref>id=2086&cattype=NEWS|title=Ahmed Patel becomes active in Gujarat|access-date=22 June 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071028201631/http://www.gujaratglobal.com/nextSub.php?id=2086&cattype=NEWS%7Carchive-date%3D28 October 2007}}</ref> Patel is only the second Muslim after [[Ehsan Jafri]] to be elected as a [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|Lok Sabha MP]] in [[Gujarat]].<ref name="timesofindia.indiatimes.com">{{cite web|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-05-19/ahmedabad/28212395_1_ahmed-patel-aziz-tankarvi-gujarat-results |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024043953/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-05-19/ahmedabad/28212395_1_ahmed-patel-aziz-tankarvi-gujarat-results |url-status=dead |archive-date=24 October 2012 |title=Gujarat results comforting for backroom boy Ahmed Patel|date=19 May 2009 |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=13 May 2014}}</ref> | |||
He served as political secretary to Sonia Gandhi, the president of the Indian National Congress. He had served as the parliamentary secretary to former prime minister [[Rajiv Gandhi]] in 1985. He had also been appointed as the treasurer of the All India Congress Committee in 2018, replacing senior party member [[Motilal Vora]].<ref name=":02">{{Cite news|last=Nair|first=Sobhana K.|date=25 November 2020|title=Senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel dies due to multiple organ failure|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/senior-congress-leader-ahmed-patel-dies-due-to-multiple-organ-failure/article33174142.ece|access-date=25 November 2020|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> | |||
His last election to the [[Rajya Sabha]] in 2017, was heavily contested with the Gujarat state legislators being taken away to the southern state of [[Karnataka]] in order to prevent dissent, and select defectors being disqualified for revealing their ballots before casting them.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|title=Ahmed Patel|work=Business Standard India|url=https://www.business-standard.com/topic/ahmed-patel|access-date=25 November 2020}}</ref> This ended up being the first [[Rajya Sabha]] election from Gujarat to be contested in decades, while prior candidates had been elected unopposed.<ref name=":02"/><ref name=":12"/> | |||
=== Political legacy === | |||
During the [[United Progressive Alliance|UPA Government]] regime between 2004 and 2014, Patel was one of the chief troubleshooters, coordinators and translators between the government and party.<ref>{{cite web|title=The leader's team|url=http://www.frontline.in/static/html/fl1910/19100240.htm|access-date=13 May 2014|publisher=Frontline.in}}</ref> | |||
In 2005, he had got [[Bharuch district|Bharuch]] included as one of the first five districts to be covered under the then launched Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana, to boost electrification in the district. The Sardar Patel bridge to de-congest traffic between the twin cities of [[Bharuch district|Bharuch]] and [[Ankleshwar]] has also been one of his contributions to the region.<ref>{{cite web|date=4 May 2014|title=Work on extradosed bridge over Narmada begins|url=http://timesofindia.indatimes.com/city/surat/Work-on-extradosed-bridge-over-Narmada-begins/articleshow/31388514.cms|access-date=8 November 2014|work=The Times of India}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=26 December 2013|title=Union Cabinet okays new river bridge over Narmada at Bharuch|url=http://deshgujarat.com/2013/12/26/union-cabinet-may-okay-new-river-bridge-over-narmada-in-gujarat/|access-date=8 November 2014|publisher=deshgujarat.com}}</ref> The establishment of Sardar Patel Hospital & Heart Institute in Ankleshwar is also credited to his efforts | |||
He was considered a part of the power center in the Congress party due to his proximity to the president, [[Sonia Gandhi]].<ref name=":02"/> | |||
==Personal life== | |||
Patel was married to Memoona Ahmed Patel in 1976. The couple had a daughter and a son.<ref>[http://india.gov.in/govt/rajyasabhampbiodata.php?mpcode=205 Detailed Profile – Shri Ahmed Patel – Members of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) – Who's Who – Government: National Portal of India<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Ahmed Patel inaugurates HMP Dediapada Healthcare Centre|date=21 February 2015|website=DeshGujarat|url=http://deshgujarat.com/2015/02/21/ahmed-patel-inaugurates-hmp-deadiapada-healthcare-centre/}}</ref> He was known to keep a low profile and rarely interacted with the media.<ref>{{Cite web|date=25 November 2020|title=Congress veteran Ahmed Patel succumbs to post-Covid complications at 71|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/congress-veteran-ahmed-patel-dies-at-71-of-post-covid-complications-1743812-2020-11-25|access-date=25 November 2020|website=India Today|language=en}}</ref> | |||
== Death == | |||
He died on 25 November 2020, due to multiple organ failure stemming from [[COVID-19]]. He had been admitted to the [[Medanta]] Hospital and was in the ICU upon being diagnosed with COVID-19.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/ahmed-patel-senior-congress-leader-dies-at-71-2329787 |title=Congress Veteran Ahmed Patel Dies at 71 After Battling Covid |website=ndtv.com |date=25 November 2020 }}</ref> His dead body was taken to his ancestral village in Gujarat, and was buried there.{{cn|date=February 2021}} | |||
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