Pratapsingh Rane
Pratapsingh Rane | |
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Rane in 2005 | |
| 1st Chief Minister of Goa | |
| In office 7 June 2005 – 8 June 2007 | |
| Governor | S. C. Jamir |
| Preceded by | President's rule |
| Succeeded by | Digambar Kamat |
| In office 2 February 2005 – 4 March 2005 | |
| Governor | S. C. Jamir |
| Preceded by | Manohar Parrikar |
| Succeeded by | President's rule |
| In office 16 December 1994 – 29 July 1998 | |
| Governor | Gopala Ramanujam, Romesh Bhandari, P. C. Alexander, T. R. Satishchandran, J. F. R. Jacob |
| Preceded by | Wilfred de Souza |
| Succeeded by | Wilfred de Souza |
| In office 30 May 1987 – 27 March 1990 | |
| Governor | Gopal Singh, Khurshed Alam Khan |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Churchill Alemao |
| 3rd Chief Minister of Goa, Daman and Diu | |
| In office 16 January 1980 – 30 May 1987 | |
| Lieutenant Governor | P. S. Gill, Idris Hasan Latif, K. T. Satarawala, Idris Hasan Latif, Gopal Singh |
| Preceded by | President's rule |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| Member of the Goa Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 1989–2022 | |
| Preceded by | constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Deviya Rane |
| Constituency | Poriem |
| In office 1972–1989 | |
| Preceded by | K.G. Appa |
| Succeeded by | constituency delimited |
| Constituency | Sattari |
| Speaker of the Goa Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 15 June 2007 – 6 March 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Francisco Sardinha |
| Succeeded by | Rajendra Arlekar |
| In office 15 June 1999 – 11 June 2002 | |
| Preceded by | Tomazinho Cardozo |
| Succeeded by | Vishwas Satarkar |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 January 1939 |
| Party | Indian National Congress (since 1977) |
| Other political affiliations | Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (1972–1977) |
| Children | Vishwajit Rane (son) |
| Relatives | Deviya Rane (daughter-in-law) |
| Source: Government of Goa | |
Pratapsingh Raoji Rane (born 28 January 1939) is an Indian politician and statesman who served as the third Chief Minister of Goa, Daman and Diu from 1980 to 1987, and as the first Chief Minister of Goa, holding the office five times between 1987 and 2007. Rane was also the former Leader Of Opposition in the Goa Legislative Assembly. He had been a state legislator for nearly 50 years.
Rane is the longest-serving Chief Minister in the history of Goa and also holds the record for the longest continuous tenure as Chief Minister in the state. In 2022, the Pramod Sawant led Government conferred life long cabinet status on Rane.
Rane has been a member of the Indian National Congress since the mid-1970s, and was earlier a prominent figure in the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party. In the MGP, he was minister for law and also held other portfolios, in the term beginning 1972.