# Second Bhupendrabhai Patel ministry

Bhupendrabhai Patel had been sworn in as 17th Chief Minister of Gujarat on 12 December 2022, along with 8 Cabinet Rank Ministers, 2 Minister of State with Independent charges and other 6 as Minister of States.

## Background

After thumping majority in 2022 Gujarat Legislative assembly election BJP forms majority Government in Gujarat. Incumb Ministers resigns.
On 12 December 2022, Bhupendrabhai Rajikant Patel sworn in as 18th Chief Minister along with 16 other ministers. These include 8 Cabinet Rank Ministers, 2 Minister of State with Independent charges and other 6 as Minister of States.

## Council of Ministers
### Cabinet Minister

| Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office | Party |
| Chief Minister Administration and Administrative Reforms Training and Planning Housing and Police Housing Revenue and Disaster Management Urban Development and Urban Housing Panchayats Roads and Building and Capital Planning Mines and Minerals Pilgrimage Development Narmada and Kalpsar Ports Information and Broadcasting Narcotics and Excise Science and Technology Departments not allotted to any Minister | Bhupendrabhai Patel | 12 December 2022 | Incumbent | BJP |
| Finance Energy & Petrochemicals | Kanubhai Desai | 12 December 2022 | Incumbent | BJP |
| Industry Small, Micro and Medium Industries Kutir, Khadi and Village Industries Civil Aviation Labour and Employment | Balvantsinh Rajput | 12 December 2022 | Incumbent | BJP |
| Industry Health Family Welfare and Medical Education Higher and Technical Education Judiciary, Statutory and Parliamentary Affairs | Rushikesh Patel | 12 December 2022 | Incumbent | BJP |
| Agriculture Animal Husbandry and Cattle Breeding Fisheries Village Housing and Village Development | Raghavji Patel | 12 December 2022 | Incumbent | BJP |
| Water Supply, Water Resource Food and Civil Supplies | Kunwarjibhai Bavaliya | 12 December 2022 | Incumbent | BJP |
| Social Justice and Empowerment Women and Child Development | Bhanuben Babariya | 12 December 2022 | Incumbent | BJP |
| Tourism Culture Forest and Environment Climate Change | Mulubhai Bera | 12 December 2022 | Incumbent | BJP |
| Tribal Development Primary, Secondary and Old-age Education | Kuber Dindor | 12 December 2022 | Incumbent | BJP |

### Minister of State (Independent Charges)

| Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office | Party | Party |
| Sports and Youth Service Transport Civil Defence Home Guard Gram Rakshak Prisons Border Security Non-Resident Gujarati Development Voluntary Organisations Coordination | Harsh Sanghavi | 12 December 2022 | Incumbent | | BJP |
| Cooperation Salt Industry Printing and Writing Materials Protocol | Jagdish Vishwakarma | 12 December 2022 | Incumbent | | BJP |

### Minister of State

| Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office | Party |
| Home Police Housing Industry Cultural Activities | Harsh Sanghavi | 12 December 2022 | Incumbent | BJP |
| Micro, Small and Medium Scale Industries Kutir, Khadi and Rural industries Civil Aviation | Jagdish Vishwakarma | 12 December 2022 | Incumbent | BJP |
| Forest, Environmentand Climate Change Water Resources and Supply | Mukeshbhai Zinabhai Patel | 12 December 2022 | Incumbent | BJP |
| Parliamentary Affairs Primary, Secondary and Old-age Education Higher Education | Praful Pansariya | 12 December 2022 | Incumbent | BJP |
| Food and Civil Supplies Social Defence and Empowerment | Bhikhusinh Parmar | 12 December 2022 | Incumbent | BJP |
| Panchayat Agriculture | Bachubhai Khabad | 12 December 2022 | Incumbent | BJP |
| Fisheries Animal Husbandry | Parshottambhai Odhavjibhai Solanki | 12 December 2022 | Incumbent | BJP |
| Tribal Development Rural Development Labour and Employment | Kunwarji Halpati | 12 December 2022 | Incumbent | BJP |

#### Sources
## Cabinet Spokesperson

| No. | Minister responsible | Took office | Left office | Party | Party |
| 1. | Kanubhai Desai | 12 December 2022 | Incumbent | | BJP |
| 2. | Rushikesh Patel | 12 December 2022 | Incumbent | | BJP |

### Source
## Demographics of Council of Ministers

Representation of Ministers by district
| District | Ministers | Name of ministers |
| Kutch | — | — |
| Banaskantha | — | — |
| Patan | 1 | Balvantsinh Rajput |
| Mehsana | 1 | Rushikesh Patel |
| Sabarkantha | — | — |
| Aravalli | 1 | Bhikhusinh Parmar |
| Gandhinagar | — | — |
| Ahmedabad | 2 | Bhupendrabhai Patel (Chief Minister) Jagdish Vishwakarma |
| Surendranagar | — | — |
| Morbi | — | — |
| Rajkot | 2 | Kunwarjibhai Bavaliya Bhanuben Babariya |
| Jamnagar | 1 | Raghavjibhai Patel |
| Devbhoomi Dwarka | 1 | Mulubhai Bera |
| Porbanadar | — | — |
| Junagadh | — | — |
| Somnath | — | — |
| Amreli | — | — |
| Bhavnagar | 1 | Parshottambhai Solanki |
| Botad | — | — |
| Anand | — | — |
| Kheda | — | — |
| Mahisagar | 1 | Dr. Kuber Dindor |
| Panchmahal | — | — |
| Dahod | 1 | Bachubhai Khabad |
| Vadodara | — | — |
| Narmada | — | — |
| Bharuch | — | — |
| Surat | 4 | Mukesh Patel Kuvarji Halpati Praful Pansheriya Harsh Sanghavi |
| Tapi | — | — |
| Dang | — | — |
| Navsari | — | — |
| Valsad | 1 | Kanubhai Desai |
| Total | 17 | 17 |

## Outgoing Ministers

These are the Ministers which were part of the First Bhupendrabhai Patel ministry but were not included in the Second Bhupendrabhai Patel ministry. These include
* Rajendra Trivedi
* Jitu Vaghani
* Purnesh Modi
* Kiritsinh Rana
* Nareshbhai Patel
* Pradip Parmar
* Arjunsinh Chauhan
* Jagdiah Panchal
* Dinesh Parmar
* Jitubhai Chaudhary
* Manisha Vakil
* Nimisha Suthar
* Arvind Raiyani
* Kiritsinh Vaghela
* Gajendrasinh Parmar
* RC Makwana
* Vinod Moradiya
* Deva Malam