Sarekoppa Bangarappa
| Sarekoppa Bangarappa | |
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| 12th Chief Minister of Karnataka | |
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In office 17 October 1990 – 19 November 1992 |
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| Governor |
Bhanu Pratap Singh Khurshed Alam Khan |
| Preceded by | Veerendra Patil |
| Succeeded by | M. Veerappa Moily |
| Constituency | Soraba |
| Member of the Indian Parliament for Shivamogga |
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In office 1996–1998 |
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In office 1999–2009 |
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| Preceded by | Aayanooru Manjunatha |
| Succeeded by | B. Y. Raghavendra |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
26 October 1933 Kubatur, Shivamogga District |
| Died | 26 December 2011 (aged 78) Bengaluru |
| Political party | Various (seven) |
| Spouse(s) | Shakuntala |
Sarekoppa Bangarappa (26 October 1933 – 26 December 2011) was an Indian politician who was the 12th Chief Minister of Karnataka from 1990 to 1992.
He served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly for Karnataka between 1967 and 1996, before contesting a series of six elections for the Lok Sabha from 1996 to 2009, of which he lost two. He founded both the Karnataka Vikas Party and the Karnataka Congress Party during a 44-year career in which his supporters called him Solillada Saradara (a leader who cannot be defeated). As well as these two parties, Bangarappa was at various times a member of the Indian National Congress, the Bharatiya Janata Party, the Samajwadi Party and Janata Dal (Secular), and his critics described him as a party-hopper because of this.
Bangarappa was born on 26 October 1933 in Kubatur village,Soraba Taluk, Shivamogga district, Karnataka. He married Shakuntala in 1958 and the couple had five children, including the actor Kumar Bangarappa and film maker Madhu Bangarappa, both of whom have also been politicians. He belonged to deevaru-Idiga community.
He obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree, a similar degree in Law and a Diploma in Social Science.
Bangarappa began his career in politics as a socialist. He was elected to the Karnataka Legislative Assembly in 1967 from the Soraba constituency of Shimoga district. He became known as a champion of the backward classes, of which his Deevaru origins made him a member. Subsequently, he joined the Indian National Congress (INC) and became a minister in the government of Devaraj Urs, with his first appointment being as Minister of State in the Home department in 1977. This post was followed by that of Cabinet Minister for the Public Works Department in 1978 and then Revenue and Agriculture Minister between 1980 and 1981. In 1979, he served for a year as President of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee.
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