Siddaramaiah,also referred to by his nickname Siddu,is an Indian politician who is serving as the 22nd Chief Minister of Karnataka from 20 May 2023. He also held that position previously from 2013 to 2018,being only the second person to hold that office for a full five-year term. He belongs to the Indian National Congress and is presently the leader of the Congress Legislative Party. He represented the Varuna Assembly constituency from 2023,previously from 2008 to 2018,Badami Assembly constituency from 2018 to 2023,and from Chamundeshwari Assembly constituency from 2004 to 2007,1994 to 1999 and from 1983 to 1989 in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly. He served as the Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka from 1996 to 1999 and from 2004 to 2005 while he was a member of the Janata Dal and Janata Dal (Secular). He also served as the Leader of the Opposition in Karnataka Legislative Assembly on two occasions from 2019 to 2023 and from 2009 to 2013. Siddaramaiah was a member of various Janata Parivar factions for several years.
Adaguru Huchegowda Vishwanath is an Indian politician from Karnataka state. He is a leader of Indian National Congress. He is a Nominated Member of Karnataka Legislative Council. He was the former president of Karnataka unit of the Janata Dal (Secular).
Devaraj Devaraj Urs was an Indian politician who served two terms as the first Chief Minister of Karnataka,a state in southern India. He is also the longest serving Chief Minister of Karnataka in terms of days of tenure in office. He entered politics in 1952 and was an MLA for 10 years. When the Indian National Congress split in 1969 as Samstha and Indira Congress,he stood with Indira Gandhi. He became the Chief Minister of Karnataka for the first time from 20 March 1972 to 31 December 1977 and later for the second time from 17 March 1978 to 8 June 1980.
Jagadish Shivappa Shettar is an Indian politician,who served as the 15th Chief Minister of Karnataka from 2012 to 2013. He is currently serving as Member of Karnataka Legislative Council. He has subsequently served as Leader of the Opposition in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly. He also served as the Speaker of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly during 2008–2009. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Earlier in 2023 he had joined the Indian National Congress,where he quit the BJP on being denied the MLA ticket in 2023. He represented Hubli-Dharwad Central Vidhan Sabha seat,which he resigned in 2023 before the elections. In March 2024,he was announced as the BJP candidate from the Belgaum Constituency for the 2024 Lok Sabha Elections.
T. Mariappa (1904-1964) was a finance minister of Mysore State,India.
Qamar ul Islam,was an Indian politician who was the Six-term Member of the Karnataka Legislative assembly,one-term Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha from Kalaburagi and All India Congress Committee secretary (AICC) in-charge of Kerala. He served as the Cabinet Minister for Housing and Labour,Minister of Municipal Administration,Public Enterprises and Minister of Wakf and the MLA from Kalaburagi-North constituency for the state of Karnataka.
Pralhad Venkatesh Joshi is an Indian politician who is Minister of Consumer Affairs,Food and Public Distribution,10th Minister of New and Renewable Energy since 2024. He was also the Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs,Coal and Mines of India,from 2019 to 2024 and Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha,since 2004,representing the Dharwad Lok Sabha constituency. He was also the State President of Bharatiya Janata Party,Karnataka (BJP) from 2014 to 2016. He served in the panel of chairpersons of Lok Sabha (2014–2018).
The Karnataka Legislative Assembly is the lower house of the bicameral legislature of the southern Indian state of Karnataka. Karnataka is one of the six states in India where the state legislature is bicameral,comprising two houses:the Vidhan Sabha and the Vidhan Parishad .
S. Ashwath Narayan Rao Ramadas is an Indian politician from Karnataka. He is a fourt time Member of the Legislative Assembly (India) from Krishnaraja Assembly constituency in Mysore representing the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Kalastavadi Puttaswamy was an Indian lawyer,and a senior Indian National Congress politician,who remained a member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly (1952–1977),three times from Mysore,subsequently twice from Chamundeshwari constituency and once from Chamaraja consistency,who also served as Minister of various ministries of Government of Karnataka,including Labour,Public Administration and Health &Housing. He has also remained member of the Constituent Assembly in 1948.
Chikkakalya Narayanappa Ashwathnarayan is an Indian politician who was the Minister of Electronics,Information Technology - Biotechnology,Science and Technology,Higher Education,Skill Development,Entrepreneurship and Livelihood in Government of Karnataka from 20 August 2019 to 13 May 2023. He served as the 8th Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka from 20 August 2019 to 26 July 2021. He is a Member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly representing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from the Malleshwaram constituency.
Vasudev Sunil Kumar is an Indian politician from Karnataka. He is the member of the legislative assembly from Bharatiya Janata Party representing Karkala Assembly constituency. He served as Chief Whip of BJP Government in Karnataka Legislative Assembly. In November 2020,he was appointed the co-incharge of BJP in Kerala.
Rahim Khan is an Indian politician from Karnataka. He is a three-time MLA and he served as a Cabinet Minister in the Government of Karnataka and as a Member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly representing Bidar.
The J. H. Patel cabinet was the Council of Ministers in the Indian state of Karnataka headed by Chief minister J. H. Patel that was formed after the 1994 Karnataka Legislative Assembly elections.
Nanjaiah Mahesh is an Indian politician member of the Bharatiya Janata Party from 5 August 2021. He was Minister of State for Primary and Secondary Education of Karnataka in the H. D. Kumaraswamy cabinet,but resigned on 11 October 2018 citing personal reasons. He won the 2018 assembly elections from the Kollegal constituency.
Hirisave Chowdegowda Srikantaiah was an Indian politician with the Indian National Congress party and a Member of Parliament of 9th Lok Sabha. He was elected to Karnataka Legislative Assembly from Shravanabelagola assembly constituency in Hassan from 1972 to 1985 and from 1999 to 2004. He was a Minister in Government of Karnataka in cabinets of Devaraj Urs,Veerendra Patil and S.M Krishna holding portfolios such as Revenue,Urban Development,Forest,Minor Irrigation,Public Works and Municipal Administration.
D. Devaraj Urs Ministry was the Council of Ministers in Mysore,a state in South India headed by D. Devaraj Urs of the Indian National Congress.
Kengal Hanumanthaiah Ministry was the Council of Ministers in Mysore,a state in South India headed by Kengal Hanumanthaiah of the Indian National Congress.
K. C. Reddy Ministry was the Council of Ministers in Mysore,a state in South India headed by K. Chengalaraya Reddy of the Indian National Congress.
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