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Jayant Patil is an
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n politician from the state of
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. He is the current Cabinet Minister of
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in the state of
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in Western India.
Patil has a B.E. in Civil Engineering from VJTI,
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. He is the son of Rajarambapu Patil, a politician from Maharashtra, and plunged in to public life after his father died untimely in 1984.
In 1999, he had an opportunity to take over as Minister, Finance and Planning, Maharashtra making him the youngest ever finance minister of the state. He continued as the finance minister of the state for 9 years and presented the annual state budget a record 9 times. He was made home minister after the previous home minister resigned.
As a Home minister, Jayant Patil was responsible for initiating Force One, Maharashtra's anti-terrorism Quick Response Team. He took over the reins of the Rural Development Department in 2009.
He has won the
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elections 5 times from the Islampur constituency (earlier known as Walwa) in Sangli.
He is married to Shailaja Patil and is the father to two sons Prateek and Rajvardhan.
Founder and advisor
- Kasegaon Education Society.
- Rajarambapu Institute of Technology.
- Rajarambapu Patil Co-op Spinning Mill.
- Many other Institutes in Sangli District.
Political career
- Elected from Islampur ( earlier known as Walwa) Legislative Assembly Constituency of Sangli Dist, in 1990, 1995 , 1999 & 2004 & 2009.
- Minister for Finance & Planning , Govt. Of Maharashtra since October 1999 to 2004 and again holding the same portfolio after re-election in Oct. 2004 for second term.