| Nana Patole | |
| Birth Name: | Nana Falgunrao Patole |
| Birth Date: | 1963 6, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Bhandara, Maharashtra, India |
| Residence: | Sukli, Sakoli, Bhandara, Maharashtra, India |
| Office: | 28th President of Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee |
| Term Start: | 5 February 2021 |
| 1Blankname: | National President Indian National Congress |
| 1Namedata: | Sonia Gandhi Mallikarjun Kharge |
| Predecessor: | Balasaheb Thorat |
| Office1: | 18th Speaker of the House Maharashtra Legislative Assembly |
| Term Start1: | 2 December 2019 |
| Term End1: | 4 February 2021 |
| Deputy1: | Zirwal Narhari Sitaram |
| 1Blankname1: | Chief Minister |
| 1Namedata1: | Uddhav Thackeray |
| Governor1: | Bhagat Singh Koshyari |
| 2Blankname1: | Leader of the House |
| 2Namedata1: | Uddhav Thackeray |
| Predecessor1: | Haribhau Bagade |
| Successor1: | Zirwal Narhari Sitaram (Acting) |
| Office2: | Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly |
| Term Start2: | 21 October 2019 - |
| Constituency2: | Sakoli |
| Predecessor2: | Rajesh Lahanu Kashiwar |
| Term Start3: | 27 November 2009 |
| Term End3: | 19 October 2014 |
| Predecessor3: | Sevakbhau Nirdhanji Waghaye (Patil) |
| Successor3: | Rajesh Lahanu Kashiwar |
| Constituency3: | Sakoli |
| Term Start4: | (1999-2004),(2004 |
| Term End4: | 2009) |
| Predecessor4: | Kapgate Dayaram Maroti |
| Constituency4: | Lakhandur Assembly Constituency |
| Office5: | Member of Parliament Lok Sabha |
| Term Start5: | 19 May 2014 |
| Term End5: | 31 May 2018 |
| Constituency5: | Bhandara–Gondiya |
| Predecessor5: | Praful Patel |
| Successor5: | Madhukar Kukde |
| Profession: | Politician |
| Occupation: | Maharashtra Politician |
| Party: | INC |
| Otherparty: | BJP |
| Education: | Post Graduate |
| Spouse: | Mangla Patole |
| Children: | 3 |
| Source: | http://loksabhaph.nic.in/members/memberbioprofile.aspx?mpsno=4895&lastls=16 |
Nana Falgunrao Patole (born 5 June 1963) is an Indian politician who is the current President of Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee from 5 February 2021. He was the Speaker of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly before this appointment.
A former Member of the Parliament of India[1] (the 16th Lok Sabha), he represented the BJP.[2] He represented the Bhandara-Gondiya in Lok Sabha.[3] In 2017, he resigned from BJP and the Lok Sabha. On 11 January 2018. he rejoined Congress party.[4] [5]
In the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, he contested the constituency as the BJP/NDA candidate and secured victory, defeating then Union Minister Praful Patel by a margin of 149,254 votes. From 2009 to 2014, he served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly for Sakoli. Known for his advocacy for OBC rights, he also held the position of Leader of the Opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. Patole resigned from his Lok Sabha membership by submitting his resignation letter to Speaker Sumitra Mahajan, citing the BJP's double standards on farmers' policies. He subsequently rejoined the Indian National Congress and was appointed the national chairman of the All India Kisan Congress.[6]