Veerappa Moily
| M. Veerappa Moily ವೀರಪ್ಪ ಮೊಯ್ಲಿ |
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| Ministry of Environment and Forests | |
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In office 24 October 2013 – 26 May 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Jayanthi Natarajan |
| Succeeded by | Prakash Javdekar |
| Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas | |
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In office 28 October 2012 – 26 May 2014 |
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| Prime Minister | Manmohan Singh |
| Preceded by | Murli Deora |
| Succeeded by | Dharmendra Pradhan |
| Minister of Corporate Affairs | |
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In office 13 July 2011 – 28 October 2012 |
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| Prime Minister | Manmohan Singh |
| Preceded by | Hansraj Bhardwaj |
| Succeeded by | Sachin Pilot |
| Minister of Power | |
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In office 31 July 2012 – 28 October 2012 |
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| Prime Minister | Manmohan Singh |
| Preceded by | Sushilkumar Shinde |
| Succeeded by | Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia |
| Minister of Law and Justice | |
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In office 28 May 2009 – 28 May 2011 |
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| Prime Minister | Manmohan Singh |
| Preceded by | Hansraj Bhardwaj |
| Succeeded by | Salman Khurshid |
| Chief Minister of Karnataka | |
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In office 19 November 1992 – 11 December 1994 |
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| Governor | Khurshed Alam Khan |
| Preceded by | S. Bangarappa |
| Succeeded by | H. D. Deve Gowda |
| Personal details | |
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12 January 1940 Moodabidri, British India |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
| Spouse(s) | Malathi Moily |
| Children | 3 daughters 1 son |
| Alma mater |
Mangalore University Bangalore University |
| Religion | Hinduism |
| Website | Official Website |
Marpadi Veerappa Moily (born 12 January 1940) is an Indian politician from the state of Karnataka. He is a member of the 16th Lok Sabha and represents the Chikballapur constituency. He was the former Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister of Corporate Affairs and Minister of Power in the Indian government. Moily was elected as MP of the Chickballapur district by a wide margin in 2009.
Moily was the former Chief Minister (and the first ethnic Tuluva CM) of the Indian state of Karnataka (19 Nov 1992 – 11 Dec 1994). He was elected to Karnataka state legislative assembly from Karkala constituency of Udupi district. he has now been selected as member of parliament from chikkabalapur consistency on 16 May 2014.
He is also currently serving as the All India Congress Committee General Secretary in charge of Andhra Pradesh. He is regarded as one of the senior members of the Congress Party, and a close adviser for the Congress Leader Sonia Gandhi.
Veerappa Moily was born in Marpadi Village, Moodbidri, Dakshina Kannada District, Karnataka. He belong to Devadiga community. He did his B.A. from Government College (now known as University College) situated at Hampankatta in Mangalore city. He completed his B.L. from University Law College, Bengaluru.
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