First Bhupendrabhai Patel ministry
Ministry of Gujarat
Date formed13 September 2021
People and organisations
Head of stateAcharya Devvrat
Head of governmentBhupendrabhai Patel
No. of ministers24
Total no. of members25
(including Chief Minister)
Member partiesBJP
Status in legislatureMajority
Opposition partyINC
Opposition leaderParesh Dhanani
History
Outgoing election2017
Legislature term(s)5 Years
PredecessorSecond Vijay Rupani ministry
SuccessorSecond Bhupendrabhai Patel Ministry

Bhupendrabhai Patel had been sworn in as 17th Chief Minister of Gujarat on 13 September 2021. His cabinet includes 10 cabinet ministers and 14 ministers of state, including five ministers of state with independent charge.

Background

On 11 September 2021, Vijay Rupani resigned from the post of Chief Minister of Gujarat.[1] Patel was unanimously elected as the BJP legislative party leader and Chief Minister-elect of Gujarat on 12 September 2021 in the party legislature meeting at Gandhinagar.[2] He sworn in as the Chief Minister of Gujarat on 13 September 2021 by Governor Acharya Devvrat.[3] The rest of his cabinet was sworn in on 16 September 2021. The cabinet includes 10 cabinet ministers and 14 ministers of state, including five ministers of state with independent charge.[4]

Council of Ministers

Cabinet Ministers

PortfolioMinisterTookofficeLeftofficeParty
Chief Minister
Home
General Administration
Information & Broadcast
Industries
Mines & Minerals
Captital Projects
Urban Development & Urban Housing
Narmada & Ports
Departments not allotted to any Minister
13 September 2021Incumbent BJP
Minister of Revenue
Minister of Law & Justice
Minister of Legislative & Parliamentary Affairs
16 September 2021Incumbent BJP
Minister of Education16 September 2021Incumbent BJP
Minister of Health & Family Welfare
Minister of Medical Education
Minister of Water Resources & Water Supply
16 September 2021Incumbent BJP
Minister of Roads & Building
Minister of Transport
Minister of Civil Aviation
Minister of Tourism & Pilgrimage Development
16 September 2021Incumbent BJP
Minister of Agriculture & Animal Husbandry16 September 2021Incumbent BJP
Minister of Finance
Minister of Energy & Petrochemicals
16 September 2021Incumbent BJP
Minister of Forest, Environment & Climate Change16 September 2021Incumbent BJP
Minister of Food & Civil Supplies
Minister of Tribal Development
Nareshbhai Patel
16 September 2021Incumbent BJP
Minister of Social Justice & Empowerment16 September 2021Incumbent BJP
Minister of Rural
Arjunsinh Chauhan
16 September 2021Incumbent BJP

Ministers in charge

PortfolioMinisterTookofficeLeftofficeParty
Minister of state (I/C) in Sports, Youth Affairs & Cultural Activities
Minister of state (I/C) in Excise & Prohibition
Minister of state (I/C) in Border Security & Prisons
Minister of state in Home & Police Housing
Minister of state in Disaster Management
16 September 2021Incumbent BJP
Minister of state (I/C) in Cottage Industries
Minister of state (I/C) in Cooperation
Minister of state (I/C) in Salt Industries
Minister of state in Industries
Minister of state in Forest, Environment & Climate Change
16 September 2021Incumbent BJP
Minister of state (I/C) in Labour & Employment
Minister of state (I/C) in Panchayats
Minister of state in Rural Development & Rural Housing
Brijesh Merja
16 September 2021Incumbent BJP
Minister of state (I/C) in Fisheries
Minister of state in Water Resources & Water Supply
Minister of state in Narmada
Jitu Choudhary
16 September 2021Incumbent BJP
Minister of state (I/C) in Women & Child Development
Minister of state in Social Justice & Empowerment
16 September 2021Incumbent BJP

Ministers of state

PortfolioMinisterTookofficeLeftofficeParty
Minister of state in Agriculture
Minister of state in Energy & Petrochemicals
16 September 2021Incumbent BJP
Minister of state in Health & Family Welfare
Minister of state in Medical Education
Minister of state in Tribal Development
16 September 2021Incumbent BJP
Minister of state in Transport
Minister of state in Civil Aviation
Minister of state in Tourism & Pilgrimage Development
Arvind Raiyani
16 September 2021Incumbent BJP
Minister of state in higher & Technical Education
Minister of state in Legislative & Parliamentary Affairs
Kuberbhai Dindor
16 September 2021Incumbent BJP
Minister of state in Primary, Secondary & Adult Education16 September 2021Incumbent BJP
Minister of state in Food & Civil Supplies16 September 2021Incumbent BJP
Minister of state in Social Justice & Empowerment
RC Makwana
16 September 2021Incumbent BJP
Minister of state in Urban Development & Urban Housing
Vinod Moradia
16 September 2021Incumbent BJP
Minister of state in Animal Husbandry16 September 2021Incumbent BJP

Source:[5]

District Wise break up

Representation of Ministers by district

  Banaskantha (4%)
  Mehsana (4%)
  Sabarkantha (4%)
  Ahmedabad (12%)
  Surendranagar (4%)
  Morbi (4%)
  Rajkot (4%)
  Jamnagar (4%)
  Junagadh (4%)
  Bhavnagar (4%)
  Kheda (4%)
  Mahisagar (4%)
  Bhavnagar (8%)
  Panchmahal (4%)
  Vadodara (8%)
  Surat (16%)
  Valsad (8%)
  Navsari (4%)
District Ministers Name of ministers
Kutch
Banaskantha 1 Kirtisinh Vaghela
Patan
Mehsana 1 Rushikesh Patel
Sabarkantha 1 Gajendrasinh Parmar
Aravalli
Gandhinagar
Ahmedabad 3 Bhupendrabhai Patel
Jagdish Panchal

Pradip Parmar

Surendranagar 1 Kiritsinh Rana
Morbi 1 Brijesh Merja
Rajkot 1 Arvind Raiyani
Jamnagar 1 Raghavji Patel
Devbhoomi Dwarka
Porbanadar
Junagadh 1 Deva Malam
Somnath
Amreli
Bhavnagar 2 Jitu Vaghani

R. C. Makwana

Botad
Anand
Kheda 1 Arjunsinh Chauhan
Mahisagar 1 Kuberbhai Dindor
Panchmahal 1 Nimisha Suthar
Dahod
Vadodara 2 Rajendra Trivedi

Manisha Vakil

Narmada
Bharuch
Surat 4 Purnesh Modi

Harsh Sanghavi

Mukesh Patel

Vinod Moradia

Tapi
Dang
Navsari 1 Nareshbhai Patel
Valsad 2 Kanubhai Desai

Jitu Choudhary

Total 25

References

  1. "After Vijay Rupani Stunner, BJP In a Huddle; New Guj CM to Take Oath Monday?". News18. 2021-09-11. Retrieved 2021-09-16.
  2. "BJP MLA Bhupendra Patel named new Gujarat chief minister". The Times of India. 2021-09-12. Retrieved 2021-09-12.
  3. "Bhupendra Patel Oath Ceremony: Bhupendra Patel takes oath as 17th chief minister of Gujarat | Ahmedabad News - Times of India". The Times of India. 2021-09-14. Retrieved 2021-09-17.
  4. "Gujarat Cabinet: Portfolios announced". Mint. 2021-09-16. Retrieved 2021-09-16.
  5. "24 ministers inducted in Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel's cabinet. Check portfolios". Hindustan Times. 2021-09-16. Retrieved 2021-09-17.
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