Veerendra Patil

Veerendra Patil
5th Chief Minister of Karnataka
In office
30 November 1989  10 October 1990
Preceded byS. R. Bommai
Succeeded byS. Bangarappa
7th Chief Minister of Mysore State
In office
29 May 1968  18 March 1971
Preceded byS. Nijalingappa
Succeeded byPresident's rule
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
1984–1989
Preceded byC. M. Stephen
Succeeded byB. G. Jawali
ConstituencyGulbarga
In office
1980–1984
Preceded bySanganagouda Basanagouda Patil
Succeeded byPatil Hanmantagouda Bhimanagouda
ConstituencyBagalkot
Minister of Public Works and Transport Department of Karnataka
In office
14 March 1962  20 June 1962
Minister of Labour and Employment of India
In office
2 September 1982  31 December 1984
Personal details
Born(1924-02-28)28 February 1924
Chincholi, Hyderabad State, British India
(now in Karnataka, India)
Died14 March 1997(1997-03-14) (aged 73)
Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Political partyIndian National Congress

Veerendra Basappa Patil (Kannada: ವೀರೇಂದ್ರ ಪಾಟೀಲ್; 28 February 1924 14 March 1997) was a senior Indian politician and was twice, the Chief Minister of Karnataka. He became Chief Minister for the first time from 1968–1971 and the second time was almost 18 years later, from 1989–1990.