Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri

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Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri
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Speaker of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
31 July 2019
Preceded byK. R. Ramesh Kumar
Cabinet Minister
Government of Karnataka
In office
30 May 2008 – 13 May 2013
Ministry
Term
Minister of Primary & Secondary Education30 May 2008 - 13 May 2013
Member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
2008
ConstituencySirsi
In office
1994–2008
Preceded byUmesh Bhat
ConstituencyAnkola
Personal details
Born (1961-07-10) 10 July 1961 (age 60)
Sirsi, Mysore State, India
NationalityIndian
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Alma materKarnatak University
OccupationFarmer, politician

Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri (born 10 July 1961) is an Indian politician who is the 23rd and current Speaker of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly since from 31 July 2019. He is the member of Bharatiya Janata Party in Karnataka. He is six-term MLA from Sirsi. He served as the Minister for Primary and Secondary Education from 2008 to 2013 in the Government of Karnataka.[1][2]

He completed his B.Com from Karnatak University, Dharwad. He was an Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad office bearer during his college days and was an influential students union leader.[3]

He represented the Ankola Vidhan Sabha constituency for 3 terms: 1994–99, 1999–04 and 2004–2008. After the delimitation process, he shifted to the newly created Sirsi constituency and won the seat in 2008, 2013 and 2018 elections.[4] He served as MLA for 5 terms in his political career & renowned as a very disciplined politician.

References[]

  1. ^ "Bio-data" (PDF). Government of Karnataka. Retrieved 8 December 2010.
  2. ^ "Cabinet Ministers". Government of Karnataka. Retrieved 8 December 2010.
  3. ^ "Brief Profile". BJP. Archived from the original on 26 October 2009. Retrieved 8 December 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. ^ "BJP wins 28 out of 33 seats in coastal Karnataka, Malnad". The Hindu. 15 May 2018.

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