Editing Anita Patel (section)

==Early Life & Education==

Patel was born in 1949 to Rani Patel and Terence Neumann. She was the first of her family to be born in [[Kerlile]], her mother being brought to the country at the age of one by her grandmother, [[Sunita Patel]], one of the founders of Kerlile.

She was raised with the other descendants of Councillors in Maytown, Kerlile. When Patel was seven, the Council passed legislation banning fathers of Council heiresses from having any rights to their children. Patel's father attempted to flee Kerlile with his daughter, however was stopped by a patrol and arrested. He was executed for treason and kidnapping two weeks later.

Patel attended Maytown University, as was compulsory for Council heirs at the time (this law was relaxed in 1970). She studied Feminist Literature and Film, graduating in 1971. She worked in the Kerlian Intelligence Service until her mother's death when she inherited her seat on the Council.