Pratibha Patil began her political career at the age of 27. She joined the Indian National Congress, and entered politics in 1962.
Ever since 1962, she won every election in which she contested. From 1962 to 1985, she was a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, and during this period she was appointed as Minister of many departments like Education, Tourism etc.
In 1985, she was elected to the Rajya Sabha as a Congress candidate, and she served as Deputy Chairman of that body from 1986 to 1988. Patil left the Rajya Sabha in 1990 and was elected to represent Amravati in the Lok Sabha in 1991.
On 8th November 2004, she was appointed as the 24th Governor of Rajasthan and became the first woman to hold that office till 2007. She also held office as Director of the National Federation of Urban Co-operative Banks and Credit Societies, and as a Member of the Governing Council of the National Co-operative Union of India.
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