The most famous politician of this district is Praful Patel from Gondia (now a separate district), who was previously minister for Civil Aviation in the UPA government but now is the cabinet minister for heavy industries.
Patel | Upen Patel | Jayant Patel | Jabbar Patel | Dev Patel | Marilyn Hall Patel | Harish Patel | Vallabhbhai Patel | Shernaz Patel | Sharad Patel | Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy | Ishu Patel | Ashmit Patel | Viraf Patel | Shwetak Patel | Saurabh Patel | Sameer Iqbal Patel | Ramanbhai Patel | Priti Patel | Praful Patel | Praful Bidwai | Patel Taylor | Patel Sudhakar Reddy (right), standing with People's War State committee secretary Ramakrishna | Pannalal Patel | Pankaj Patel | Neilesh Patel | Min Patel | Karsanbhai Patel | Eboo Patel | Dev Patel's |
Praful Patel is Member of Parliament from Nationalist Congress Party NCP.