Gujarat Cabinet Minister List 2022: Full list of BJP ministers and their portfolios

Gujarat Cabinet Minister List 2022: After recording a landslide mandate in the Gujarat Assembly Elections 2022, the BJP has again trusted Bhupendra Patel with the reign of the state. Patel was sworn in as the chief minister of Gujarat for the second term in presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah and other key BJP leaders including Rajnath Singh and Smriti Irani. The BJP has won 156 seats out of 182 in the Gujarat Assembly. Governor Acharya Devvrat administered the oath to Patel as well as 16 newly elected MLAs. According to reports, more ministers will be inducted into the cabinet at a later stage. 

This was the BJP's seventh consecutive Assembly poll victory in Gujarat and also its biggest since the founding of this state in 1960. Patel was sworn in as the 17th Chief Minister of Gujarat on September 13, 2021. He was first elected as BJP legislative party leader on September 12, 2021. He began his political journey as a member of Memnagar municipality and got elected as MLA from the Ghatlodia constituency (Ahmedabad) in the 2017 Gujarat assembly elections.

Of the leaders who made it to the first list are Bachubhai Khabad, Parshottam Solanki Harsh Sanghavi and Jagdish Vishwakarma. Below is the full list of Gujarat Cabinet Ministers and their portfolio:

Name of Minister---------------------------Portfolio 

Bhupendra Patel  -------------------------------------------- Chief Minister/ Urban Development, Urban Housing Development, Road & Building, Mining, Tourism, Port and Information Broadcasting

Kanubhai Mohanlal Desai  (Cabinet Minister) ------------------------------ Finance, Energy and Petrochemicals
Rushikesh Ganeshbhai Patel  (Cabinet Minister) --------------------------- Health, Family Welfare and Medical Education, Higher and Technical Education, Law, Judiciary, Statutory and Parliamentary Affairs
Patel Raghavjibhai Hansrajbhai (Cabinet Minister) ------------------------ Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Cattle Breeding, Fisheries, Village Housing and Village Development
Balvantsinh Chandan Singh Rajput (Cabinet Minister) -------------------- Industry, Small, Micro and Medium Industries, Cottage, Khadi and Village Industries, Civil Aviation, Labor and Employment
Kunwarji Mohanbhai Bavlia  (Cabinet Minister) ------------------------ Matters related to water resources and water supply, food, civil supplies and consumer protection
Mulubhai Haridasbhai Bera  (Cabinet Minister) ---------------------------- Tourism, cultural activities, forest and environment, climate change
Kuberbhai Mansukhbhai Dindor  (Cabinet Minister) ---------------------- Tribal Development, Primary, Secondary and Adult Education
Bhanuben Manoharbhai Babariya (Cabinet Minister) --------------------- Social justice and empowerment, women and child welfare
Harsh Rameshkumar Sanghvi (State Minister - Independent Charge)---- Youth and Cultural activities, Home and Transport
Jagdish Vishwakarma  (State Minister - Independent Charge) ------------ Cooperation, Sweet Industry, Printing and Writing Materials, Protocol, (All Independent Charges), Small, Micro and Medium Industries, Cottage, Khadi and Village Industries, Civil Aviation (State Level)
Purshottambhai Solanki  (State Minister) ------------------------------------ Fisheries and Animal Husbandry
Khabar Bachubhai Maganbhai (State Minister) ---------------------------- Panchayat, Agriculture 
Mukeshbhai Patel (State Minister) -------------------------------------------  Forest and Environment, Climate Change, Water Resources and Water Supply
Bhikhusinh Parmar (State Minister) ----------------------------------------- Food and Civil Supplies, Social Justice and Empowerment
Praful Pansheriya   (State Minister)  ----------------------------------------- Parliamentary Affairs, Primary, Secondary and Adult Education, Higher Education
Kunwarjibhai Halpati (State Minister)  -------------------------------------- Tribal Development, Labor and Employment, Village Development

According to reports, some other ministers who may be inducted later, include Shankar Chaudhary, Purnesh Modi, Alpesh Thakore, and Jitu Vaghani. Patel's cabinet will have 25-28 ministers with 10-12 of them having a cabinet rank.