Mukeshbhai Patel

Mukesh Zinabhai Patel (born 19 March 1970)^{[1][citation needed]} is an Indian politician from Gujarat. He is a three time Member of Gujarat Legislative Assembly from Olpad Assembly constituency in Surat district.^[2][3] He took oath as state minister for agriculture, energy and Petrochemicals in Gujarat government on 16 September 2021.^[4]

Mukesh Zinabhai Patel
State minister for Agriculture, Energy and Petrochemicals
President	Ram Nath Kovind
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Governor	Acharya Devvrat
Member of the Legislative Assembly, Gujarat
Preceded by	Kiritbhai Patel
Constituency	Olpad
Personal details
Born	(1970-03-19) 19 March 1970 (age 55) Surat, Gujarat, India
Citizenship	Indian
Political party	Bhartiya Janata Party
Spouse	Minaben Patel
Parent	Zinabhai Ichchubhai Patel (father)
Residence(s)	Patel Faliyu, Naghoi, Kamroli, Olpad, Surat, Gujarat- 394540
Profession	Agriculturist, Contractor

Early life and education

Patel is from Olpad, Gujarat. He is the son of Zinabhai Ichhubhai Patel. He belongs to the Koli caste of Gujarat.^[5][6] He completed his course in draftsmen civil at Government of Gujarat's Navyug Ind Institute, Surat in 1988. Earlier, he studied Class 12 and passed the examinations conducted by Gujarat Secondary Education Board, Gandhinagar in 1992.

Career

He is the first minister in the state cabinet from Olpad assembly seat in Surat.^[7] He became an MLA for the first time winning the 2012 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election^[8] and retained the seat in the 2017 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election.^[9] He won for a third time winning the 2022 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election polling 172,424 votes and defeated his nearest rival, Darshankumar Nayak of the Indian National Congress, by a margin of 1, 15,136 votes.^[10][11]