Prahlad Singh Patel

Prahlad Singh Patel (born 28 June 1960) is an Indian politician & He belongs to Lodhi (caste). He is the current Minister of State for Food Processing Industries and Jal Shakti of India from 7 July 2021. He is a Member of Parliament from Damoh Loksabha Constituency in Madhya Pradesh. He was minister of state for coal in Third Vajpayee Ministry. He was first elected to 9th Lok Sabha in 1989 and again re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha in 1996 (2nd term), 13th Lok Sabha in 1999 (3rd term) from Balaghat, 16th Lok Sabha in 2014 (4th term) and 17th Lok Sabha in 2019 (5th term) from Damoh. He was born in Narsinghpur and is an advocate by profession. He is a graduate of the Government Science College, Jabalpur.

Prahlad Singh Patel
MP
Minister of State for Jal Shakti
Assumed office
7 July 2021
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
MinisterGajendra Singh Shekhawat
Preceded byRattan Lal Kataria
Minister of State for Food Processing Industries
Assumed office
7 July 2021
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
MinisterPashupati Kumar Paras
Preceded byRameswar Teli
Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Culture
In office
30 May 2019 – 7 July 2021
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byMahesh Sharma
Succeeded byG. Kishan Reddy
Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Tourism
In office
30 May 2019 – 7 July 2021
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byAlphons Kannanthanam
Succeeded byG. Kishan Reddy
Minister of State for Coal
In office
13 October 1999 – 22 May 2004
Prime MinisterAtal Bihari Vajpayee
Member of Parliament in Lok Sabha
Assumed office
16 May 2014
ConstituencyDamoh
In office
1996–2004
ConstituencyBalaghat
In office
1989–1991
ConstituencyBalaghat
Personal details
Born (1960-06-28) 28 June 1960
Narsinghpur, Madhya Pradesh, India
CitizenshipIndia
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
SpouseSmt. Pushpa Lata Singh Patel
Children3
ResidenceGotegaon
Alma materGovernment Science College, Jabalpur
University of Jabalpur
Websitehttp://prahladsinghpatel.com/

Career
Patel taking oath as Minister of State at a Swearing-in-Ceremony in New Delhi on May 24, 2003.

Prahlad Singh Patel who is BJP Represent person he was elected as MP for first time from Madhya Pradesh constituency, In May 2019, Patel became the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Culture and Tourism.[1][2]

He was elected to the Lok Sabha, lower house of the Parliament of India from Damoh, Madhya Pradesh in the 2019 Indian general election as member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.[3] Prahalad Singh Patel is an eminent leader of Lodhi Rajput community.

References
  1. "PM Modi allocates portfolios. Full list of new ministers", Live Mint, 31 May 2019
  2. "Prahlad Singh Patel Takes Charge as Culture Minister in Modi Government". 1 June 2019. Archived from the original on 8 April 2022. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  3. "Damoh Election Results 2019 Live Updates: Prahalad Singh Patel of BJP Wins". News 18. 23 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.


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