Yogesh Patel

Yogeshbhai Narayandas Patel (23 July 1946 – 2 June 2026) was an Indian politician from Vadodara, Gujarat. He was an eight-time member of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly from the Raopura constituency from 1990 to 2012 and from the Manjalpur constituency from 2012 to 2026. He represented the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Early life and education Patel was born on 23 July 1946. He finished his SSC from Sharda Mandir High School in 1964. Later in 1966, he did a one-year diploma course in civil and mechanical engineering at MS University, Vadodara. He served as the Minister of State for Narmada Development and Urban Housing in the Second Rupani ministry from 2017 to 2021. On 15 December 2022, he served as the acting speaker of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly.

He was a founder of the Satyam Shivam Sundaram Committee which installed 111-foot tall Sarveshwar Mahadev statue in Sursagar Lake in Vadodara.