Bhupendrabhai Patel was sworn in as 17th Chief Minister of Gujarat on 13 September 2021. His first cabinet included 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. 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. He was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Gujarat on 13 September 2021 by Governor Acharya Devvrat. The rest of his cabinet was sworn in on 16 September 2021. The cabinet included 10 cabinet ministers and 14 ministers of state, including five ministers of state with independent charge. It was followed by the second Bhupendrabhai Patel ministry on 12 December 2022.

Council of Ministers

Cabinet Ministers

Ministers in charge

Ministers of state

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District breakdown

District Ministers Name of ministersKutch——Banaskantha1Kirtisinh VaghelaPatan——Mehsana1Rushikesh PatelSabarkantha1Gajendrasinh ParmarAravalli——Gandhinagar——Ahmedabad3Bhupendrabhai PatelJagdish Panchal Pradip ParmarSurendranagar1Kiritsinh RanaMorbi1Brijesh MerjaRajkot1Arvind RaiyaniJamnagar1Raghavji PatelDevbhoomi Dwarka——Porbanadar——Junagadh1Deva MalamSomnath——Amreli——Bhavnagar2Jitu Vaghani R. C. MakwanaBotad——Anand——Kheda1Arjunsinh ChauhanMahisagar1Kuberbhai DindorPanchmahal1Nimisha SutharDahod——Vadodara2Rajendra Trivedi Manisha VakilNarmada——Bharuch——Surat4Purnesh Modi Harsh Sanghavi

Mukesh Patel

Vinod MoradiaTapi——Dang——Navsari1Nareshbhai PatelValsad2Kanubhai Desai Jitu ChoudharyTotal25

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