Sunder Lal Patwa | |
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| Minister of Mines | |
| In office 7 November 2000 – 1 September 2001 | |
| Prime Minister | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| Preceded by | Naveen Patnaik |
| Succeeded by | Ram Vilas Paswan |
| Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers | |
| In office 30 September 2000 – 7 November 2000 | |
| Prime Minister | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| Preceded by | Suresh Prabhu |
| Succeeded by | Satyabrata Mookherjee |
| Minister of Agriculture | |
| In office 6 March 2000 – 26 May 2000 | |
| Prime Minister | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| Preceded by | Nitish Kumar |
| Succeeded by | Nitish Kumar |
| Minister of Rural Development | |
| In office 13 October 1999 – 30 September 2000 | |
| Prime Minister | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| Preceded by | Babagouda Patil |
| Succeeded by | Venkaiah Naidu |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| In office 1999–2004 | |
| Preceded by | Sartaj Singh |
| Succeeded by | Sartaj Singh |
| Constituency | Narmadapuram |
| In office 1997–1998 | |
| Preceded by | Alka Nath |
| Succeeded by | Kamal Nath |
| Constituency | Chhindwara |
| 11th Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh | |
| In office 5 March 1990 – 15 December 1992 | |
| Preceded by | Shyama Charan Shukla |
| Succeeded by | President's rule |
| In office 20 January 1980 – 17 February 1980 | |
| Preceded by | Virendra Kumar Sakhlecha |
| Succeeded by | President's rule |
| Leader of the Opposition Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 4 July 1980 – 10 March 1985 | |
| Chief Minister | Arjun Singh |
| Preceded by | Arjun Singh |
| Succeeded by | Kailash Chandra Joshi |
| Member of Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 1985–1997 | |
| Preceded by | Shaligram |
| Succeeded by | Naresh Singh Patel |
| Constituency | Bhojpur |
| In office 1980–1985 | |
| Preceded by | Sabita Bajpai |
| Succeeded by | Shankar Lal |
| Constituency | Sehore |
| In office 1977–1980 | |
| Preceded by | Shyam Sunder Patidar |
| Succeeded by | Shyam Sunder Patidar |
| Constituency | Mandsaur |
| In office 1957–1967 | |
| Preceded by | Nadram Das |
| Succeeded by | constituency established |
| Constituency | Manasa |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 November 1924 Kukreshwar, Gwalior State, British India |
| Died | 28 December 2016 (aged 92) Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Sunder Lal Patwa (11 November 1924 – 28 December 2016) was an Indian politician, who served as the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh and a cabinet minister in the Government of India. He was Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh twice, from 20 January 1980 to 17 February 1980 and from 5 March 1990 to 15 December 1992.
He was a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was the only politician who defeated Congress strong man Kamal Nath in 1997 from Chhindwara constituency for member of parliament. He was awarded Padma Vibhushan, the second-highest civilian award, posthumously in 2017 by the Government of India.[1][2]