Shivraj Patil Governor, Punjab
Father's Name: Late Shri Vishwanath Rao
Mother’s Name Smt. Bhagiriti Bai
Date of Birth: 12/10/1935
Place: Vill. Chakur, Tehsil Latur, Distt. Latur (Maharashtra)
Marital Status: Married in June 1963
Spouse Name: Late Smt. Vijaya Patil
Children: One son and one daughter
Education:
B.Sc.,LL.M.; Educated at Osmania University, Hyderabad and Bombay University, Bombay
Hobbies:
Reading, painting and farming ,Swimming, horse-riding and shooting
CV:
Advocate, Agriculturist and Hony. Professor of Law.
1967-69
President, Municipality, Latur 1971 and 1972
1972-79
Member, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (two terms)
1974-75
Chairman, Public Undertakings Committee
1975-76
Deputy Minister, Law and Judiciary, Irrigation and Protocol, Maharashtra
1977-78 Deputy Speaker, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
1978-79
Speaker, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
1980
Elected to 7th Lok Sabha
May-Sept. 1980
Member, Joint Committee on Salaries and Allowances of Members of Parliament
Sept.-Oct. 1980
Chairman, Joint Committee on Salaries and Allowances of Members of Parliament
1980-82
Union Minister of State, Defence
1982-83
Union Minister of State, Commerce (Independent Charge)
1983-84
Union Minister of State, Science and Technology, Atomic Energy, Electronics, Space and Ocean Development
1984
Re-elected to 8th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
1984-86
Union Minister of State, Science and Technology, Space, Atomic Energy, Electronics, Ocean Development and Bio Technology
1985
Union Minister of State, Personnel and Training, Public Grievances and Pensions and Administrative Reforms
1986-88
Union Minister of State, Defence Production
1988-89
Union Minister of State,Civil Aviation and Tourism (Independent Charge)
1989
Re-elected to 9th Lok Sabha (3rd term)
1990-91
Deputy Speaker, Lok Sabha Chairman, Library Committee Chairman, Committee on Private Members’ Bills and Resolutions Member, General Purposes Committee Member, Business Advisory Committee
1991
Re-elected to 10th Lok Sabha (4th term)
1991-96
Speaker, Lok Sabha Chairman, (i) Business Advisory Committee; (ii) Rules Committee; and (iii) General Purposes Committee; and Standing Committee of the Conference of Presiding Officers of the Legislative Bodies in India; President, (i) Indian Parliamentary Group; (ii) National Group of Inter- Parliamentary Union; and (iii) India Branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association.
1996
Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (5th term)
1996-98
Member, Committee on Defence
1998
Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (6th term)
1998-99
Member, Committee on External Affairs Member, Rules Committee Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of External Affairs
1999
Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (7th term)
1999-2000
Chairman, Committee on Finance Member, Committee of Privileges Member, General Purposes Committee
2000-2004
Member, Consultative Committee, inistry of Home Affairs
2001-2004
Deputy Leader, Congress Parliamentary Party (Lok Sabha)Member, Committee on Security in Parliament Complex
May 2004
Union Minister of Home Affairs
July 2004
Elected to Rajya Sabha
Travel Abroad:
Widely travelled (41 countries); Leader, Indian Parliamentary Delegation to,
(i) 86th Inter-Parliamentary Conference, Santiago, Chile, 1991;
(ii) 38th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference, Nassau, Bahamas, 1992;
(iii) 39th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference, Cyprus, 1993;
(iv) 90th Inter-Parliamentary Conference, Canberra, Australia, 1993;
(v) 40th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference, Banff, Canada, 1994;
(vi) 41st Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 1995;
(vii) 94th Inter-Parliamentary Conference, Bucharest, Romania, 1995; and
(viii) Special Session of the Inter-Parliamentary Council on the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the United Nations, New York, 1995; and attended Conference of SAARC Speakers, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 1992; also led Indian Parliamentary Delegations to several countries, 1991-95
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