Balasaheb Vikhe Patil

Balasaheb Vikhe Patil
Patil in 2010
Minister of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises
Government of India
In office
1 July 2002 – 24 May 2003
Prime MinisterAtal Bihari Vajpayee
Preceded bySuresh Prabhu
Succeeded bySubodh Mohite
Minister of State in Ministry of Finance
Government of India
In office
13 October 1999 – 1 July 2002
Prime MinisterAtal Bihari Vajpayee
Preceded byV. Dhananjay Kumar
Succeeded byAnant Geete
Member of Parliament
Lok Sabha
In office
6 October 1999 – 17 May 2009
Preceded byPrasad Tanpure
Succeeded byConstituency Abolished
ConstituencyKopargaon
In office
10 March 1998 – 26 April 1999
Preceded byMaruti Devaram Shelke
Succeeded byDilip Kumar Gandhi
ConstituencyAhmednagar
In office
1971–1991
Preceded byAnnasaheb Shinde
Succeeded byShankarrao Kale
ConstituencyKopargaon
Personal details
Born(1932-04-10)10 April 1932
Died30 December 2016(2016-12-30) (aged 84)
Loni, Pravaranagar (District Ahmednagar), Maharashtra
PartyIndian National Congress
Other political
affiliations
Shivsena
SpouseSindhutai
Children5 including Ashok Vikhe Patil, Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil & Rajendra Vikhe Patil,
Parent
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Eknathrao, alias Balasaheb Vikhe Patil (10 April 1932 – 30 December 2016), was an Indian politician and former Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises and Minister of state of Finance in Government of India. He served as a Member of Parliament of Lok Sabha variously representing Kopargaon and Ahmednagar. He was a member of the Indian National Congress but later joined Shivsena. He was appointed Pro-tem Speaker of 14th Lok Sabha.