Yeddyurappa
| B. S. Yeddyurappa | |
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| 19th Chief Minister of Karnataka | |
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In office 30 May 2008 – 31 July 2011 |
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| Governor | |
| Preceded by | President's rule |
| Succeeded by | D. V. Sadananda Gowda |
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In office 12 November 2007 – 19 November 2007 |
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| Governor | Rameshwar Thakur |
| Preceded by | H. D. Kumaraswamy |
| Succeeded by | President's rule |
| Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka | |
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In office 3 February 2006 – 9 October 2007 |
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| Preceded by | M. P. Prakash |
| Succeeded by |
R. Ashoka K. S. Eshwarappa |
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Member of Parliament for Shimoga |
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Assumed office 16 May 2014 |
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| Preceded by | B. Y. Raghavendra |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly | |
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In office 1983–1999 |
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| Preceded by | K. Venkatappa |
| Succeeded by | Mahalingappa |
| Constituency | Shikaripura |
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In office 2004–2014 |
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| Preceded by | Mahalingappa |
| Succeeded by | B. Y. Raghavendra |
| Constituency | Shikaripura |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
27 February 1943 Bookanakere, Mandya, Kingdom of Mysore, British India (now in Karnataka, India) |
| Political party |
Bhartiya Janata Party (before 2012; 2014–present) |
| Other political affiliations |
Karnataka Janata Paksha (2012–14) |
| Spouse(s) | Mythradevi (deceased) |
| Children | B. Y. Raghavendra |
| Website | yeddyurappa |
Bookanakere Siddalingappa Yeddyurappa (born 27 February 1943) is an Indian politician who was the 19th Chief Minister of Karnataka and is currently president of Karnataka BJP . He is a member of the 16th Lok Sabha of India and represents the Shimoga constituency. He became the Chief Minister of Karnataka after leading the BJP to a victory in the 2008 Karnataka Assembly election in 2008. He was the first person from the Bharatiya Janata Party to become the Chief Minister of a South Indian state. Owing to alleged ill-treatment meted out to Yeddyurappa by the BJP High Command, he left Bharatiya Janata Party. Later he formed Karnataka Janata Paksha. However, in 2014 he merged it with BJP and joined the party again.
Yeddyurappa was born on 27 February 1943 in a village called Bookanakere in K.R.Pet taluk of Mandya district. His parents were Siddalingappa and Puttathayamma. He was named after the presiding deity of a Shaivite temple built by the great saint Siddalingeshwara at Yediyur in Tumkuru district. His mother died when he was four. He completed his Pre-University College education from PES college, mandya.
In 1965, he was appointed as a first-division clerk in the social welfare department but he quit the job and moved to Shikaripura where he joined as a clerk at Veerabhadra Shastri's Shankar rice mill. In 1967, Yeddyurappa married Mythradevi, the daughter of the rice mill owner. He later set up a hardware shop in Shivamogga. Yeddyurappa has two sons, Raghavendra, currently member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly representing Shikaripur Assembly Constituency and Vijayendra and three daughters, Arunadevi, Padmavati and Umadevi. In 2004, his wife died after falling into a sump while drawing water. In 2007, he changed the spelling of his name to its current spelling from the earlier "Yediyurappa" following the advice of his astrologers.
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