Praful Patel
| Praful Manoharbhai Patel | |
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Praful Patel at the 2013 World Economic Forum annual meeting
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| Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) for Maharashtra | |
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Assumed office 13 June 2014 |
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| Member of FIFA Finance Committee | |
| Senior Vice President of AFC | |
| President of All India Football Federation | |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
17 February 1957 Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
| Political party | Nationalist Congress Party |
| Spouse(s) | Varsha Patel |
| Children | Avni, Niyati, Poorna and Prajay |
| Residence | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
| Occupation |
Sports administrator Politician |
| Website | www |
| As of 8 May, 2008 | |
Praful Manoharbhai Patel (born in Kolkata, India on 17 February 1957) is an Indian politician and businessman. His father, Manoharbhai Patel, was an Indian National Congress leader and had been elected to represent Gondia district in Maharashtra. Patel graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Bombay and married Varsha Patel, a Gujarati businessman's daughter. In 2004, Patel became the Union Minister for Civil Aviation and in 2011, Patel was the Cabinet Minister for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises.
He has been the president of India's association football governing body the All India Football Federation (AIFF) since 2012.
All India Football Federation President, Praful Patel became the Asian Football Confederation’s vice president of the SAFF region at the AFC Congress held in Bahrain in 2015. In December 2016 he was appointed as the Senior Vice President of the Asian Football Confederation. In 2017 Praful Patel became a member of a very important FIFA Finance Committee for a term of four years.
Patel followed in his father's footsteps by setting out on a political career. In 1985, he became the president of the Municipal Council, Gondia, (Maharashtra) and in 1991 Patel was elected to the 10th Lok Sabha. In 1996 and 1998 he was re-elected to the 11th Lok Sabha and 12th Lok Sabha respectively. Patel was a member of a number of committees within the Indian Government including: the Consultative Committee, Ministry of Environment and Forests (1991–1996), the Committee on Science and Technology (1994–1995), the Committee on Home Affairs (1995–1996), the Committee on Finance (1996–97), and the Consultative Committee of the Ministry of Civil Aviation before being elected to the Rajya Sabha in 2000.
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