Prahlad Singh Patel

Prahlad Singh Mulayam Singh Patel (born 28 June 1960) is an Indian politician. He is the former Minister of State for Food Processing Industries and Jal Shakti of India from 7 July 2021 till 3 December 2023. 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
Cabinet Minister Madhya Pradesh Government
Incumbent
Assumed office 25 December 2023
Chief Minister	Mohan Yadav
Ministry & Departments	Panchayat & Rural Development Labour
Preceded by	Brijendra Pratap Singh
Member of Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 2023
Preceded by	Jalam Singh Patel
Constituency	Narsinghpur
Minister of State for Jal Shakti
In office 7 July 2021 – 6 December 2023
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Minister	Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
Preceded by	Rattan Lal Kataria
Minister of State for Food Processing Industries
In office 7 July 2021 – 6 December 2023[1]
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Minister	Pashupati Kumar Paras
Preceded by	Rameswar Teli
Succeeded by	Shobha Karandlaje
Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Culture
In office 30 May 2019 – 7 July 2021
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Preceded by	Mahesh Sharma
Succeeded by	G. Kishan Reddy
Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Tourism
In office 30 May 2019 – 7 July 2021
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Preceded by	Alphons Kannanthanam
Succeeded by	G. Kishan Reddy
Minister of State for Coal
In office 24 May 2003 – 22 May 2004
Prime Minister	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 2014–2023
Preceded by	Shivraj Singh Lodhi
Constituency	Damoh
In office 1999–2004
Preceded by	Gaurishankar Bisen
Succeeded by	Gaurishankar Bisen
Constituency	Balaghat
In office 1996–1998
Preceded by	Vimla Verma
Succeeded by	Vimla Verma
Constituency	Seoni
In office 1989–1991
Preceded by	Gargi Shankar Mishra
Succeeded by	Vimla Verma
Constituency	Seoni
Personal details
Born	(1960-06-28) 28 June 1960 (age 65) Narsinghpur, Madhya Pradesh, India
Citizenship	India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse	Smt. Pushpa Lata Singh Patel
Children	3
Residence	Gotegaon
Alma mater	Government Science College, Jabalpur University of Jabalpur
Website	http://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 Representative 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.^[2][3]

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.^[4]