S. M. Krishna

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Bharatiya Janata Party
(March 2017 — 2023)
S. M. Krishna
Minister of External Affairs S.M. Krishna (4667878654) (cropped).jpg
Krishna as external affairs minister at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., June 3, 2011 .
27th Minister of External Affairs
In office
23 May 2009 –28 October 2012
SpousePrema
Relatives V. G. Siddhartha
(son in-law)
Alma mater Mysore University
Southern Methodist University
George Washington University Law School
Honours Padma Vibhushan (2023)

Somanahalli Mallaiah Krishna (born 1 May 1932) is an Indian politician who served as Minister of External Affairs of India from 2009 to October 2012. [1] He was the 10th Chief Minister of Karnataka from 1999 to 2004 and the 19th Governor of Maharashtra from 2004 to 2008. SM Krishna had served as the Speaker of the Karnataka Vidhan Sabha from December 1989 to January 1993. He was also a member of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha at various times from 1971 to 2014. In 2023, Krishna was awarded the Padma Vibhushan, the second highest civilian award of India. [2]

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Early life and education

S. M. Krishna is son of S.C. Mallaiah. He was born to a Vokkaliga family in a village named Somanahalli in the Maddur Taluk of Mandya district, Karnataka. He finished his High School in Sri Ramakrishna Vidyashala, Mysore. He completed his Bachelor of Arts from Maharaja's College, Mysore and obtained a law degree from University Law College, which was then known as Government Law College in Bangalore. Krishna studied in the United States, graduating from the Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas and The George Washington University Law School in Washington D.C, where he was a Fulbright Scholar. Soon after his return to India, he was elected to the Karnataka Legislative Assembly in 1962. [3]

Personal life

He is married to Prema. They have two daughters. [4] His daughter Malavika Krishna was married to the Late V. G. Siddhartha, a businessman and the founder of Cafe Coffee Day. [5] [6]

At the dawn of his political life, he released his biography "Smritivahini" in the presence of many dignitaries. He has penned many interesting incidents including Veerappan Kidnapping of Rajkumar during his tenure as the chief minister. [7] He has also quoted that the former prime minister of India and national president of Janata Dal (Secular) H. D. Devegowda had strong plans of joining Indian National Congress twice during the period of National emergency. [8] [9]

Political career

Krishna (center) with US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama during a reception at the Metropolitan Museum in New York. S M Krishna with Obamas.jpg
Krishna (center) with US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama during a reception at the Metropolitan Museum in New York.

Krishna started his electoral political career in the year 1962 by winning Maddur Vidhana Sabha seat as an independent, defeating the prominent politician from Indian National Congress K V Shankar Gowda for whom Jawaharlal Nehru had campaigned. [10] Then he joined Praja Socialist Party, but lost from Maddur in 1967 elections to Congress' M M Gowda. He won the by-poll for Mandya (Lok Sabha constituency) in 1968 when the sitting MP died, defeating the Congress nominee.

In 1968 he was influential in reconciliation between members of the Indian National Congress and Praja Socialist Party. He served three terms as an MP from the Mandya constituency of Karnataka starting from 1968 by-poll as a socialist. His next two terms were as a Congressman, winning elections in 1971 and 1980. Mandya has remained a Congress stronghold, represented in Lok Sabha later by his political proteges like Ambareesh and Divya Spandana (also known as Ramya). S M Krishna resigned from Lok Sabha in 1972, and became a mamber of the Karnataka Legislative Council and was appointed a minister by Devaraj Urs.

After he went back to Lok Sabha in 1980, [11] and he served as minister under Indira Gandhi between 1983–84. He lost from Mandya Lok Sabha seat in the 1984 elections, and it is unclear if he served as a minister between 1984 and 1985 under Rajiv Gandhi. whever he was relected to the Karnatke legislative Assmbely in 1985, and Between 1989 and 1993 he was Speaker of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly and Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka from 1993 to 1994.

Later, he became a member of the Rajya Sabha in the years 1996 and 1999.

In 1999, as Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee president, he led his party to victory in the 1999 assembly polls and took over as Chief Minister of Karnataka, a post he held until being defeeted in 2004 Assmbely electios. He was also instrumental in creating power reforms with ESCOMS and digitization of land records (BHOOMI) and many other citizen friendly initiatives. He encouraged private public participation and was a fore bearer of the Bangalore Advance Task Force.

Krishna was apointed Governor of Maharashtra on December 2004. Krishna resigned as Governor of Maharashtra on 5 March 2008. It was reported that this was due to his intention to return to active politics in Karnataka. [12] President Pratibha Patil accepted his resignation on 6 March. [13] Krishna entered the Rajya Sabha and subsequently took the oath of office as Union Cabinet Minister of External Affairs in the Council of Ministers under Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on 22 May 2009. In his tenure as the external affairs minister, he visited a number of countries including Tajikistan in 2012 to strengthen economic and energy ties. [14]

Krishna resigned as External Affairs Minister on 26 October 2012 indicating a return to Karnataka state politics. [1] [15]

Krishna resigned as a member of INC on 29 January 2017 quoting that the party was in a "state of confusion" on whether it needed mass leaders or not. He also complained of having been sidelined by the party and that the party was "dependent on managers and not time-tested people like [himself]". [16] After speculations on his joining the Bharatiya Janata Party, he formally joined the party in March 2017. [17]

He announced his retirement from politics on 07-01-2023.

Positions held

Krishna at the 6th Asian Congress of Neurological Surgeons, organised by the Hinduja Hospital Asian Conference of Neurological Surgeons.jpg
Krishna at the 6th Asian Congress of Neurological Surgeons, organised by the Hinduja Hospital

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 Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka
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Preceded by Chief Minister of Karnataka
1999–2004		Succeeded by
Preceded by Governor of Maharashtra
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