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Anandiben Patel | |
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 Official portrait, 2014 | |
| 20th Governor of Uttar Pradesh | |
| Assumed office 29 July 2019 | |
| Chief Minister | Yogi Adityanath |
| Preceded by | Ram Naik |
| 17th Governor of Madhya Pradesh | |
Additional Charge | |
| In office 1 July 2020 – 8 July 2021 | |
| Chief Minister | Shivraj Singh Chouhan |
| Preceded by | Lalji Tandon |
| Succeeded by | Mangubhai C. Patel |
| In office 23 January 2018 – 28 July 2019 | |
| Chief Minister | Shivraj Singh Chouhan Kamal Nath |
| Preceded by | Om Prakash Kohli (additional charge) |
| Succeeded by | Lalji Tandon |
| Governor of Chhattisgarh | |
Additional Charge | |
| In office 15 August 2018 – 28 July 2019 | |
| Chief Minister | Prof. Raman Singh Bhupesh Baghel |
| Preceded by | Balram Das Tandon |
| Succeeded by | Anusuiya Uikey |
| 15th Chief Minister of Gujarat | |
| In office 22 May 2014 – 7 August 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Narendra Modi |
| Succeeded by | Vijay Rupani |
| Member of Gujarat Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 24 May 2012 – 13 July 2016 | |
| Constituency | Ghatlodiya |
| In office 26 May 2002 – 22 June 2012 | |
| Constituency | Patan |
| In office 21 June 1998 – 22 May 2002 | |
| Constituency | Mandal |
| Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | |
| In office 1994–1998 | |
| Constituency | Gujarat |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 November 1941 Kharod, Bombay Province, British India (present-day Gujarat, India) |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Spouse |
Mafatlal Patel (m. 1962) |
| Children | 2 |
| Residence(s) | Raj Bhavan, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Occupation | Politician |
Anandiben Mafatbhai Patel (born 21 November 1941)[1][2] is an Indian politician serving as the 20th and current governor of Uttar Pradesh since 2019. She also served as the 17th governor of Madhya Pradesh from 2020 to 2021 and as Governor of Chhattisgarh from 2018 to 2019. She has served as the first and to date, the only female Chief Minister of Gujarat. She is also the second female Governor of Uttar Pradesh after Sarojini Naidu.[3] She is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) since 1987. She was the Cabinet Minister for Education from 2002 to 2007.
She was the cabinet Minister of Road and Building, Revenue, Urban development and Urban Housing, Disaster Management and Capital Projects in the Government of Gujarat from 2007 to 2014.[4][5]
On 19 January 2018, she became the Governor of Madhya Pradesh replacing Om Prakash Kohli who was holding additional charge since September 2016.[6]
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