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R. R. Patil
'Aaba'
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| 7th Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra | |
| In office 1 November 2004 – 1 December 2008 |
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| Chief Minister | Vilasrao Deshmukh |
| Preceded by | Vijaysingh Mohite-Patil |
| Succeeded by | Chhagan Bhujbal |
| Constituency | Tasgaon |
| Home Minister of Maharashtra | |
| In office 9 October 2009 – 26 September 2014 |
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| Governor |
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| Preceded by | Jayant Patil |
| Succeeded by | Devendra Fadnavis |
| Constituency | Tasgaon |
| In office 25 December 2003 – 1 December 2008 |
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| Governor |
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| Chief Minister |
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| Preceded by | Chhagan Bhujbal |
| Succeeded by | Jayant Patil |
| Constituency | Tasgaon |
| Rural Development Minister of Maharashtra | |
| In office 19 October 1999 – 25 December 2003 |
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| Chief Minister | Vilasrao Deshmukh |
| Constituency | Tasgaon |
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| Born | 16 August 1956 Tasgaon, Bombay State, India |
| Died | 16 February 2015 (aged 58) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
| Citizenship | Indian |
| Political party | Nationalist Congress Party Indian National Congress |
| Spouse | Suman Patil |
| Children | 3 |
| Education | B.A, L.L.B . |
| Occupation | Politician |
Raosaheb Ramrao Patil, better known as R. R. Patil (16 August 1957 – 16 February 2015) was an Indian politician from the state of Maharashtra. He was an MLA for Tasgaon vidhan sabha constituency from 1991 to 2015. He was an important leader of modern Maharashtra. He was a member of the Nationalist Congress Party. He became Home Minister of Maharashtra for the second time after the 2009 Maharashtra assembly election victory of the Congress-NCP alliance. He was also the former Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra.
Early life
R. R. Patil, popularly known as "Aaba", (Marathi :आबा) was born on 16 August 1957 in the village of Anjani, in the Tasgaon taluka, Sangli district in the State of Maharashtra. Despite his father being the village head, their financial condition was not good. He completed most of his education under the government scheme of "Earn & Learn". He obtained a B.A. and an LL.B. from Shantiniketan college in Sangli.
Career
Patil was a member of Sangli Zillah Parishad from 1979 to 1990 from Savlaj constituency, then was elected to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly in 1990, 1995, 1999, 2004, 2009 and 2014 representing Tasgaon, in Sangli district. He became the Chief Whip of the Congress Party in the assembly as well as the chairman of the public accounts committee of the assembly in 1996–97 and 1998–99.
After 1999 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election, he became the Rural Development Minister of Maharashtra in the Congress-NCP coalition government in October 1999. He became the Home Minister of Maharashtra on 25 December 2003. After taking charge of Home Ministry, he also sought guardianship of naxal activity affected district Gadchiroli. Since then, in spite of many naxal attacks, he encouraged natives to support elected government through some developmental work for them. On 1 November 2004, he was sworn in as the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra. He was also the chief of the Nationalist Congress Party's Maharashtra unit and NCP legislative party in Maharashtra.
He was the most respected politician in Maharashtra, also christened as 'Mr Clean' in political circles due to his clean image in the erstwhile tainted political party and also due to cleanliness awareness initiatives like "Gadage Baba Swachata Abhiyan" & "Tantamukt Gaon".
Death
Patil died at Lilavati Hospital and Research Centre after a long fight with oral cancer. Patil showed signs of improvement after his initial treatment and was taken off life support in January 2015, but he succumbed to the disease on 16 February 2015. The last rites were performed in Anjani village in Tasgaon area of Sangli district, Maharashtra on 17 February 2015. Patil's funeral was held with state honours, including a 21-gun salute by the Maharashtra government and was attended by the Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Anna Hazare, Sharad Pawar and other political leaders from various parties.
