Jagadish Shettar

Jagadish Shettar
Jagadish Shettar in 2006'
21st Chief Minister of Karnataka
In office 12 July 2012 – 8 May 2013
Governor	Hansraj Bhardwaj
Preceded by	D. V. Sadananda Gowda
Succeeded by	Siddaramaiah
Constituency	Hubli-Dharwad Central
Personal details
Born	Jagadish Shivappa Shettar (1955-12-17) 17 December 1955 (age 61) Kerura, Mysore State, India (now Karnataka)
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse(s)	Shilpa Shettar
Children	2 sons
Website	Jagdish Shettar
As of 8 May, 2013

Jagadish Shivappa Shettar (born 17 December 1955) is an Indian politician who was the 21st Chief Minister of Karnataka, a state in southern India, from 2012 to 2013. He has subsequently served as Leader of the Opposition in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly. He is a senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Earlier, he was the Speaker of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly during 2008-2009.

Shettar was born on 17 December 1955 in Kerur village of Badami Taluk in Bagalkote district(formerly Bijapur district), Karnataka. His father is Sri. S.S. Shettar and his mother is Smt. Basavenamma. His father, S.S.Shettar, a senior activist of the Jana Sangh, was elected five times to the Hubli-Dharwad Municipal Corporation and became the first Jana Sangh Mayor of Hubli-Dharwad. His uncle Sadashiv Shettar was the first Jana Sangh leader in South India to get elected to the Karnataka Legislative Assembly. He was elected from Hubli City in 1967. Shettar holds BCom and LLB degrees and was a practicing lawyer for 20 years at the Hubli Bar. He married Smt. Shilpa and the couple have 2 sons - Prashant and Sankalp.

Shettar began his public life with the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad and participated actively in all its activities before becoming an active member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.

In 1990, he became the President of Hubli Rural Unit of the BJP and in 1994, the Dharwad District Unit President of the party. He was elected to the Karnataka Legislative Assembly for the first time in 1994 and has been reelected as Member of the Legislative Assembly from Hubli-Dharwad central constituency for four successive terms. In 1996, he became the BJP State Secretary and in 1999, he was chosen as the Leader of Opposition in the Assembly following the defeat of the BJP in the state elections. Shettar was the Leader of Opposition when S.M. Krishna was the Chief minister and effectively discharged his duties.