Dilip Datta Walse (born 30 October 1956) is an Indian politician, from

Ambegaon Ambegaon is a town in Ambegaon tehsil of Pune district in the Indian state of Maharashtra Maharashtra (; , abbr. MH or Maha) is a state in the western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. Mah ...

, Maharashtra, and a seven-time Member of the

Maharashtra Legislative Assembly The Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha or the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly is the lower house of the legislature of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is situated in the Nariman Point area of South Mumbai in the capital Mumbai. Presently, 288 me ...

from

Nationalist Congress Party The Nationalist Congress Party ( NCP) is one of the nine national parties in India. The party generally supports Indian nationalism and Gandhian secularism. It is the largest opposition party in Maharashtra and is also a significant party ...

(NCP). He served as the Minister of Home Affairs in the Government of Maharashtra. He formerly headed the Ministry of Finance and Planning, Energy Ministry, Higher and Technical Education Ministry, and Medical Education Ministry, all as a Cabinet Minister from 1999 to 2009. He also serves as the President of National Federation of Cooperative Sugar Factories Limited (NFCSF). He became Maharashtra's Home Minister on 5 April 2021 succeeding Anil Deshmukh who resigned due to graft charges.

Career

Walse-Patil is a member of the

, and known to be a close associate of party President

Sharad Pawar Sharad Govindrao Pawar (Marathi pronunciation: �əɾəd̪ pəʋaːɾ born 12 December 1940) is an Indian politician. He has served as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra on four occasions. He has held the posts of Minister of Defence and Mini ...

. Walse-Patil earlier served in the Government of Maharashtra as a minister with different portfolios such as Finance and Planning, Energy, Higher and Technical Education, and Medical Education. Walse-Patil comes from a political family. He started his political career as a PA to

, former Chief Minister of Maharashtra. He defeated Kisanrao Bankhele in

in 1990 to become a MLA for the first time. At present he is still representing the same constituency for sixth consecutive term. Apart from the energy portfolio, Walse Patil also held the education portfolio in the Maharashtra cabinet. Changes to make the admission procedure for medical seats more transparent were made during his tenure. He also encouraged the setup of new engineering colleges by easing the approval process.

Maharashtra Knowledge Corporation Maharashtra Knowledge Corporation Limited is a public limited company promoted by the Department of Higher and Technical Education, Government of Maharashtra, India. and was incorporated under the Companies Act. On 5 January 2018 the Departmen ...

(MKCL) is his creation, which has more than 5000 MSCIT centers all over Maharashtra. He played a key role in the establishment of Government College of Engineering as well as Polytechnic and engineering in 2009 at Avsari (K). He took charge of the Ministry of Home Affairs replacing

Anil Deshmukh Anil Vasantrao Deshmukh is an Indian politician from the state of Maharashtra. He is a senior leader of the Nationalist Congress Party. Deshmukh served as the Minister for Home Affairs in Government of Maharashtra between 2019 and 2021. Deshmu ...

in the

Thackeray ministry After the 2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly elections, post-poll alliance was formed in between Shiv Sena, Nationalist Congress Party and Indian National Congress to form Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA). Uddhav Thackeray, the president of Shiv S ...

after the latter resigned due to graft charges, on 5 April 2021.

References

Marathi politicians Maharashtra MLAs 1990–1995 Living people Speakers of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Maharashtra MLAs 2009–2014 Nationalist Congress Party politicians from Maharashtra People from Pune district Maharashtra MLAs 2014–2019 1956 births {{Maharashtra-NCP-politician-stub