Shivraj Patil

Shivraj Patil
Shivraj Patil
	Patil in 2005
27th Governor of Punjab
	In office; 22 January 2010 – 21 January 2015
President	Pratibha Patil; Pranab Mukherjee;
Chief Minister	Parkash Singh Badal
Preceded by	Sunith Francis Rodrigues
Succeeded by	Kaptan Singh Solanki
14th Administrator of Chandigarh
	In office; 22 January 2010 – 21 January 2015
President	Pratibha Patil; Pranab Mukherjee;
Preceded by	Sunith Francis Rodrigues
Succeeded by	Kaptan Singh Solanki
27th Union Minister of Home Affairs
	In office; 22 May 2004 – 30 November 2008
President	A. P. J. Abdul Kalam; Pratibha Patil;
Prime Minister	Manmohan Singh
Preceded by	Lal Krishna Advani
Succeeded by	P. Chidambaram
Governor of Rajasthan
	In office; 26 April 2010 – 12 May 2012
President	A. P. J. Abdul Kalam; Pratibha Patil;
Prime Minister	Manmohan Singh
Chief Minister of Rajasthan	Ashok Gehlot
Preceded by	Prabha Rau
Succeeded by	Margaret Alva
10th Speaker of Lok Sabha
	In office; 10 July 1991 – 22 May 1996
President	Ramaswamy Venkataraman; Shankar Dayal Sharma;
Prime Minister	P. V. Narasimha Rao
Deputy	S. Mallikarjunaiah
Leader of the House Lok Sabha	Arjun Singh (Ending 10 July 1991); P. V. Narasimha Rao (Starting 6 December 1991);
Preceded by	Rabi Ray
Succeeded by	P.A. Sangma
9th Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha
	In office; 19 March 1990 – 13 March 1991
President	Ramaswamy Venkataraman
Prime Minister	Vishwanath Pratap Singh (Ending 10 November 1990); Chandra Shekhar (Starting 10 November 1990);
Speaker of Lok Sabha	Rabi Ray
Leader of the House Lok Sabha	Vishwanath Pratap Singh (Ending 10 November 1990); Chandra Shekhar (Starting 10 November 1990);
Preceded by	M. Thambidurai
Succeeded by	S. Mallikarjunaiah
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
	In office; 1980–2004
Speaker of Lok Sabha	Balram Jakhar ; (1980–1989); Rabi Ray ; (1989–1991); Himself ; (1991–1996); P. A. Sangma ; (1996–1998); G. M. C. Balayogi ; (1998–2002); Manohar Joshi ; (2002–2004);
Preceded by	Udhavrao Patil
Succeeded by	Rupatai Patil Nilangekar
Constituency	Latur, Maharasthra
15th Union Minister of Civil Aviation and Tourism (India)
	Minister of State Independent Charge
	In office; 25 June 1988 – 2 December 1989
President	Ramaswamy Venkataraman
Prime Minister	Rajiv Gandhi
Preceded by	Motilal Vora ; (Civil Aviation); Mohsina Kidwai ; (Tourism);
Succeeded by	Vishwanath Pratap Singh
Union Minister of State (India)
	In office; 31 December 1984 – 31 October 1989
President	Ramaswamy Venkataraman
Prime Minister	Rajiv Gandhi
Ministry & Department	Minister of State in the Departments of Science and Technology; Space; Atomic Energy; Electronics; Ocean Development (31 December 1984 – 22 October 1986); Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel and Training, Public; Grievances and Pensions and Administrative Reforms (25 September 1985 – 4 October 1985); Minister of State Ministry of Defence (Defence Production) (22 October 1986 – 25 June 1988);
Union Minister of State (India)
	In office; 4 November 1984 – 31 October 1989
President	Zail Singh
Prime Minister	Rajiv Gandhi
Ministry & Department	Minister of State Department of Science and Technology; Minister of State Department of Space; Minister of State Department of Atomic Energy; Minister of State Department of Electronics; Minister of State Department of Ocean Development;
Union Minister of State (India)
	In office; 19 October 1980 – 31 October 1984
President	Neelam Sanjiva Reddy; Zail Singh;
Prime Minister	Indira Gandhi
Ministry & Department	Minister of State Defence (19 October 1980 – 15 January 1982); Minister of State Department of Science and Technology (29 January 1983 – 31 October 1984); Minister of State Department of Electronics (29 January 1983 – 31 October 1984); Minister of State Department of Ocean Development(29 January 1983 – 31 October 1984); Minister of State Department of Atomic Energy (29 January 1983 – 31 October 1984); Minister of State Department of Space(29 January 1983 – 31 October 1984);
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
	In office; 5 July 2004 – 22 January 2010
Chairperson of Rajya Sabha; (Vice President of India)	Bhairon Singh Shekhawat; (2004–2007); Mohammad Hamid Ansari; (2007–2010);
Constituency	Maharashtra
8th Speaker of the House ; Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
	In office; 17 March 1978 – 6 December 1979
Governor	Sadiq Alo
Chief Minister	Vasantdada Patil; Sharad Pawar;
Preceded by	Balasaheb Desai
Succeeded by	Pranlal Vora
5th Deputy Speaker of the House ; Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
	In office; 5 July 1977 – 2 March 1978
Governor	Sadiq Ali (freedom fighter)
Chief Minister	Vasantdada Patil
Preceded by	S. F. P. S. M. Pasha
Succeeded by	Gajananrao Raghunathrao Garud
Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
	In office; 1972–1980
Preceded by	V.R. Kaldate alias Bapu Kaldate
Succeeded by	Vilasrao Deshmukh
Constituency	Latur City
Personal details
Born	12 October 1935; Chakur, Hyderabad State, British India (present–day Maharashtra, India)
Died	12 December 2025 (aged 90); Latur, Maharashtra, India
Citizenship	India
Party	Indian National Congress
Spouse	Vijayatai S. Patil
Children	Shailesh Patil (Son), Late. Swapna Basavaprabhu Patil
Parent	Vishwanath Patil
Education	Bachelor of science, LLB
Alma mater	Osmania university, Mumbai university
Occupation	Politician

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Shivraj Vishwanath Patil (12 October 1935 – 12 December 2025) was an Indian politician. He was the Minister of Home Affairs of India, from 2004 to 2008 and 10th Speaker of the Lok Sabha from 1991 to 1996. Patil was Governor of the state of Punjab and Administrator of the Union Territory of Chandigarh from 2010 to 2015. Previously, he served in the Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi cabinets as Minister of Defence during the 1980s.

Patil resigned from the post of Home Minister on 30 November 2008, following widespread criticism raised after 2008 Mumbai attacks, and took moral responsibility for the security lapse that led to the attacks.