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Anandiben Patel Appointed Madhya Pradesh Governor

January 20 , 2018 2504 days 1497 0
  • The president of India has appointed Former Gujarat chief minister Anandiben Patel as the governor of Madhya Pradesh.
  • She replaces Om Prakash Kohli, who has additional charge of the office of MP Governor along with the office of Gujarat Governor.
  • She has become the second BJP leader from the state to be appointed as Governor after Vajubhai Vala, currently Karnataka Governor.
  • Patel was first woman chief minister of Gujarat and she will be the first woman governor from Gujarat.
  • She was elected to the Rajya Sabha in 1994. In 1998, she became education minister of Gujarat. She retained the portfolio after being re-elected in 2002 from Patan. In 2012, Patel shifted Ghatlodia in Ahmedabad.

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