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Siddaramaiah

Siddaramaiah
ಸಿದ್ದರಾಮಯ್ಯ
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22nd Chief Minister of Karnataka
In office
13 May 2013 – incumbent
Governor Hans Raj Bhardwaj
Konijeti Rosaiah
Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala
Preceded by Jagadish Shettar
Constituency Varuna, Mysore
Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka
In office
31 May 1996 – 7 October 1999
Preceded by J. H. Patel
Succeeded by himself
Constituency Chamundeshwari, Mysore
In office
28 May 2004 – 5 August 2005
Preceded by himself
Succeeded by M. P. Prakash
Constituency Chamundeshwari, Mysore
Personal details
Born (1948-08-12) 12 August 1948 (age 68)
Siddaramanahundi, Mysore, Kingdom of Mysore (now in Karnataka), India
Nationality Indian
Political party Janata Dal (Secular) (–2006)
Indian National Congress (2006–present)
Spouse(s) Parvathi
Children 2
Parents Siddarame Gowda (Father)
Boramma(Mother)
Alma mater

Siddaramaiah (born 12 August 1948) is an Indian politician who has been the 22nd Chief Minister of Karnataka since 2013. Currently a leader of the Indian National Congress party, Siddaramaiah was a member of various Janata Parivar factions for several years. Earlier, as a Janata Dal (Secular) leader, he was Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka on two occasions. On 13 May 2013 he was sworn in as Chief Minister of Karnataka. S Siddharamaiah, is known for his socialist, secular and anti-caste outlook.

He was born to Siddarame Gowda and Boramma in a remote village called Siddaramanahundi in Varuna Hobli near to T.Narasipura of Mysore District in a farming family. He had no formal schooling until he was ten but went on to do his B.Sc and Bachelor of Law from Mysore University. He is a leader from the Kuruba Gowda community. He is the second amongst five siblings.

Siddaramaiah was a junior under a lawyer, Chikkaboraiah, in Mysore and later taught law for some time.

Before 1978, he began political career when Najunda Swamy, a lawyer in Mysore, spotted him at the district courts as a law graduate. He was asked to contest and was elected to the Mysore Taluka. He contested on a Bharatiya Lok Dal ticket from Chamundeshwari constituency and entered the 7th Karnataka Legislative Assembly in 1983. This was a surprise victory for all and it earned him name and fame in the Old Mysore region.

Later he joined the ruling Janata Party and became the first president of the Kannada Surveillance Committee (Kannada Kavalu Samiti), set up to supervise the implementation of Kannada as an official language. During the mid-term polls in 1985, Siddaramaiah was re-elected from the same constituency and became Minister for Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Services. In Chief Minister Ramakrishna Hegde's government, he handled diverse portfolios such as Sericulture, Animal Husbandry and Transport at different stages.


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