Biographical Sketch
Member of Parliament
XII Lok Sabha








PATIL, SHRI SHIVRAJ V.
[INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS - LATUR (MAHARASHTRA)]


Father's Name Late Shri Vishwanath Rao alias Sambaji Patil Date of Birth 12 October 1935 Place of Birth Vill. Chakur, Tehsil Latur, Distt. Osmanabad, Hyderabad State ( now in Maharashtra) Marital Status Married in June 1963 Spouse's Name Smt. Vijaya Patil Children One son and one daughter Educational Qualifications B.Sc., LL.M. Educated at Osmania University, Hyderabad and Bombay University, Mumbai Profession Advocate, Agriculturist, Political and Social Worker and Hony. Professor of Law Permanent Address 'DEO GHAR', Ausa Road, Latur-413512 (Maharashtra) Tel. (02382) 43392 Present Address 4, Janpath, New Delhi - 110011 Tels. (011) 3794833, 3794842 Positions Held 1967-69, President, Municipality, Latur 1971 and 1972 1972-79Member, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (two terms) 1974-75Chairman, Public Undertakings Committee 1975-76Deputy Minister, Law and Judiciary, Irrigation and Protocol, Maharashtra 1977-78Deputy Speaker, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly 1978-79Speaker, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly 1980Elected to 7th Lok Sabha May-Sept.1980Member, Joint Committee on Salaries and Allowances of Members of Parliament Sept.-Oct.1980Chairman, Joint Committee on Salaries and Allowances of Members of Parliament 1980-82Union Minister of State, Defence 1982-83 Union Minister of State, Commerce (Independent Charge) 1983-84 Union Minister of State, Science and Technology, Atomic Energy, Electronics, Space and Ocean Development 1984Re-elected to 8th Lok Sabha (2nd term) 1984-86 Union Minister of State, Science and Technology, Space, Atomic Energy, Electronics and Ocean Development 1985Union Minister of State, Personnel and Training, Public Grievances and Pensions and Administrative Reforms 1986-88 Union Minister of State, Defence Production 1988-89 Union Minister of State, Civil Aviation and Tourism (Independent Charge) 1989Re-elected to 9th Lok Sabha (3rd term) 1990-91 Deputy Speaker, Lok Sabha Chairman, Library Committee Chairman, Committee on Private Members' Bills and Resolutions Member, General Purposes Committee Member, Business Advisory Committee 1991Re-elected to 10th Lok Sabha (4th term) 1991-96Speaker, Lok Sabha Chairman, (i) Business Advisory Committee; (ii) Rules Committee; and (iii) General Purposes Committee; and Standing Committee of the Conference of Presiding Officers of the Legislative Bodies in India President, (i) Indian Parliamentary Group; (ii) National Group of Inter-Parliamentary Union; and (iii) India Branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association 1996Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (5th term) 1996-98Member, Committee on Defence 1998Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (6th term) 1998-99Member, Committee on External Affairs Member, Rules Committee Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of External Affairs Books Published (i) Reminiscences and Reflections; (ii) Vision of India; and (iii) Ecstasy and Agony of a Presiding Officer Special Interests Reading and writing Favourite Pastime and Recreation Reading, painting and farming Sports and Clubs Swimming, horse-riding and shooting
Countries Visited 

Widely travelled (41 countries); Leader, Indian Parliamentary
Delegation to, (i) 86th Inter-Parliamentary Conference, Santiago,
Chile, 1991; (ii) 38th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference,
Nassau, Bahamas, 1992; (iii) 39th Commonwealth Parliamentary
Conference, Cyprus, 1993; (iv) 90th Inter-Parliamentary Conference,
Canberra, Australia, 1993; (v) 40th Commonwealth Parliamentary
Conference, Banff, Canada, 1994; (vi) 41st Commonwealth Parliamentary
Conference, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 1995; (vii) 94th Inter-Parliamentary
Conference, Bucharest, Romania, 1995; and (viii) Special Session of
the Inter Parliamentary Council on the occasion of the 50th Anniversary
of the United Nationas, New York, 1995; and attended Conference of SAARC
Speakers, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 1992; also led Indian Parliamentary
Delegations to several countries, 1991-95

Other Information

During the tenure of his Speakership of Lok Sabha, India had the 
privilege of hosting in New Delhi as many as four major international
Parliamentary Conferences, viz. (i) 37th Commonwealth Parliamentary
Conference, September 1991; (ii) 89th Inter-Parliamentary Conference,
April 1993; (iii) Sixth Commonwealth Parliamentary Seminar, January
1994; and (iv) First Conference of the Association of SAARC Speakers and
Parliamentarians, July 1995; he took initiative and formulated the
scheme for creating seventeen Departmentally related Standing Committees of 
Parliament which were formally inaugurated on 31 March 1993; gave
a new thrust to the ongoing computerisation and modernisation of Lok
Sabha Secretariat, especiallay the information service to the members
and they were provided with computers to get instant and up-to-date
information on a wide range of activities; initiated and got started
the construction of a modern 'Parliament Library Building' to cater to 
the information needs of the members; another initiative undertaken
by him was the starting of televising of parliamentary proceedings in the 
first instance and later live telecast of Lok Sabha proceedings since
25 August 1994 within a range of 15 km. from Parliament House, besides
the live telecast of the Question Hour of both the Houses of Parliament
on alternate weeks throughout India; got set up a modernised state of the 
art studio for televising parliamentary proceedings through robotic cameras;
took personal interest by conceptualising and directing six films on 
parliamentary practice and procedures produced by the Lok Sabha Secretariat;
took initiative in starting fellowship awards by the Lok Sabha Secretariat
to the researchers conducting studies on subjects related to parliamentary
institutions 

Election Result of Latur Lok Sabha Constituency
Total electorate 10,60,340 Total votes polled 7,23,116 Votes polled in favour of the first four leading candidates (1) Shri Shivraj V. Patil (I.N.C.) 3,22,265 (2) Dr. Gopalrao Patil (B.J.P.) 3,18,938 (3) Shri Pasha Patel (J.P.) 48,538 (4) Shri Vishwanath Ramchandra Lambute (Ind.) 4,506
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