Praful Khoda Patel

Praful Khoda Patel
Patel in January 2024
1st Administrator of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
Assumed office
26 January 2020 (2020-01-26)
President
Preceded byPosition established
Administrator of Lakshadweep
Additional Charge
Assumed office
5 December 2020 (2020-12-05)
Appointed byRam Nath Kovind
Preceded byDineshwar Sharma
16th Administrator of Daman and Diu
In office
29 August 2016  26 January 2020
President
Preceded byVikram Dev Dutt
Succeeded byPosition abolished
29th Administrator of Dadra and Nagar Haveli
In office
30 December 2016  26 January 2020
President
  • Pranab Mukherjee
  • Ram Nath Kovind
Preceded byMadhup Vyas
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Member of Gujarat Legislative Assembly
In office
2007 (2007)  2012 (2012)
Preceded byChavada Ranjitsinh Narsinh
Succeeded byRajendrasinh Chavda
ConstituencyHimatnagar
Minister of State for Home Affairs, Government of Gujarat
In office
21 August 2010 (2010-08-21)  17 December 2012 (2012-12-17)
Chief MinisterNarendra Modi
Personal details
Born (1957-08-28) 28 August 1957
Unava, Gujarat, India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
ResidenceDaman
EducationCivil engineering
OccupationPolitician

Praful Khodabhai Patel (born 28 August 1957) is an Indian politician, who is currently the administrator of the union territories of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, and of Lakshadweep.