Mangubhai C. Patel

Mangubhai Chhaganbhai Patel is an Indian statesman who is the current and 19th Governor of Madhya Pradesh. He is a leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party from Gujarat. He served as the officiating speaker of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly in 2014. He has earlier served as a cabinet minister in the Government of Gujarat.^[1] Patel was elected to the assembly from Navsari constituency. He has been appointed 19th Governor of Madhya Pradesh on 6 July 2021 by the President of India.^[2][3]

Mangubhai C. Patel
Patel in 2023
19th Governor of Madhya Pradesh
Incumbent
Assumed office 6 July 2021
Chief Minister	Shivraj Singh Chouhan Mohan Yadav
Dy. Chief Minister	Jagdish Devda and Rajendra Shukla
Preceded by	Anandiben Patel
Cabinet Minister of Gujarat Government
In office 2002–2013
Constituency	Navsari
Deputy Speaker of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly
In office 2013–2017
MLA of Gujarat
In office 1998–2017
Constituency	Navsari
Personal details
Born	(1950-06-01) 1 June 1950 (age 75) Aniad, Bombay State (now Gujarat), India

Political career

Mangubhai is a Tribal Leader. He was elected MLA from Navsari constituency from 1990 to 2012 and from 2012 to 2017 from Gandevi Vidhansabha. He was Cabinet Minister in Gujarat Government. He was elected as Deputy Speaker of Gujarat Vidhansabha in October 2013. On 6 July 2021 , he was appointed Governor of Madhya Pradesh state by the President of India Ram Nath Kovind Ji. He has earlier served as a cabinet minister in the Government of Gujarat.^[1] Patel was elected to the assembly from Navsari constituency. He has been appointed 19th Governor of Madhya Pradesh on 6 July 2021 by the President of India.^[4][5]