He is a builder by profession.[3] He is a trustee of Sardardham Vishwa Patidar Kendra and a chairman of the standing committee of Vishwa Umiya Foundation.[7] He is a follower of Akram Vignan Movement founded by Dada Bhagwan.[8] He is interested in cricket and badminton.[3][9]
Municipal Councillor
Patel was the member of Memnagar Nagarpalika in 1995–1996, 1999-2000 and 2004–2006. He was the President of Memnagar Nagarpalika in 1999–2000.[3][7] He was a Vice Chairman of school board of Amdavad Municipal Corporation (AMC) from 2008 to 2010. He was a councillor from Thaltej Ward from 2010 to 2015.[3][7] He was a chairman of the Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority (AUDA) from 2015 to 2017.[10][3] He also served as a chairman of the Standing Committee of AMC.[4]
On 11 September 2021, Vijay Rupani resigned from the post of Chief Minister of Gujarat.[15] Patel was unanimously elected as the BJP legislative party leader and Chief Minister elect of Gujarat on 12 September 2021 in the party legislature meeting at Gandhinagar.[7] He was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Gujarat on 13 September 2021.[16]