Shivraj Patil passed away as former Union Home Minister

Exam-focused facts from the 13 December 2025 current affairs briefing.

Key facts

Shivraj Patil, former Union Home Minister and senior Congress leader, passed away at the age of 90 in Latur, Maharashtra.
He served as the 10th Speaker of the Lok Sabha between 1991 and 1996.
Patil held the office of Union Home Minister from 2004 to 2008.
He was Governor of Punjab and Administrator of Chandigarh from 2010 to 2015.
He won the Latur Lok Sabha seat seven times.