Jagadish Shettar

Jagadish Shettar
21st Chief Minister of Karnataka
In office
12 July 2012 – 13 May 2013
Preceded byD. V. Sadananda Gowda
Succeeded bySiddaramaiah
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Assumed office
4 June 2024
Preceded byMangala Suresh Angadi
ConstituencyBelgaum
Minister of Large & Medium Industries
Government of Karnataka
In office
20 August 2019 – 28 July 2021
Chief MinisterB. S. Yediyurappa
Preceded byK. J. George
Succeeded byMurugesh Nirani
Minister of Public Enterprises
Government of Karnataka
In office
27 September 2019 – 28 July 2021
Chief MinisterB. S. Yediyurappa
Preceded byH. D. Kumaraswamy
Succeeded byM. T. B. Nagaraj
Minister of Rural Development & Panchayat Raj
Government of Karnataka
In office
17 November 2009 – 12 July 2012
Chief MinisterB. S. Yediyurappa
Sadananda Gowda
Preceded byShobha Karandlaje
Succeeded byK. S. Eshwarappa
18th Speaker of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
In office
5 June 2008 – 16 November 2009
DeputyK. G. Bopaiah
Preceded byKrishna
Succeeded byK. G. Bopaiah
Minister of Revenue
Government of Karnataka
In office
18 February 2006 – 8 October 2007
Chief MinisterH. D. Kumaraswamy
Preceded byM. P. Prakash
Succeeded byG. Karunakara Reddy
Leader of Opposition
Karnataka Legislative Assembly
In office
23 January 2014 – 15 May 2018
Chief MinisterSiddaramaiah
Preceded byH. D. Kumaraswamy
Succeeded byB. S. Yeddyurappa
In office
26 October 1999 – 23 February 2004
Chief MinisterS. M. Krishna
Preceded byMallikarjun Kharge
Succeeded byB. S. Yediyurappa
Member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly
In office
25 May 2008 – 16 April 2023
Preceded byconstituency created
Succeeded byMahesh Tenginakai
ConstituencyHubli-Dharwad Central
In office
1994–2008
Succeeded byconstituency delimited
ConstituencyHubli Rural
Member of Karnataka Legislative Council
In office
23 June 2023 – 4 June 2024
Preceded byLaxman Savadi
Constituencyelected by members of Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Personal details
Born
Jagadish Shivappa Shettar

(1955-12-17) 17 December 1955 (age 68)
Kerura, Bombay State, India (Now Bagalkot district, Karnataka)
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party (1986–2023; 2024-present)
Other political
affiliations
Indian National Congress (2023–2024)
SpouseShilpa Shettar
Children2
EducationB.Com, LLB
WebsiteJagdish Shettar

Jagadish Shivappa Shettar (born 17 December 1955) is an Indian politician, who served as the 15th Chief Minister of Karnataka[1][2] from 2012 to 2013. He is currently serving as Member of Karnataka Legislative Council. He has subsequently served as Leader of the Opposition in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly. He also served as the Speaker of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly during 2008–2009.[3][4] He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.[5][6] Earlier in 2023 he had joined the Indian National Congress, where he quit the BJP on being denied the MLA ticket in 2023.[7] He represented Hubli-Dharwad Central Vidhan Sabha seat, which he resigned in 2023 before the elections.[8][9] In March 2024, he was announced as the BJP candidate from the Belgaum Constituency for the 2024 Lok Sabha Elections.[10]

On 20 August 2019, he was inducted as the Cabinet Minister for Large and medium scale industries excluding sugar and Public Enterprise department in the BJP Government led by B. S. Yediyurappa. As the cabinet was being dissolved after the resignation of B. S. Yediyurappa, he also further announced he won't be part of any cabinet in the future.

  1. ^ "Jagadish Shettar to be elected CM by BJP MLAs". Zeenews.india.com. 10 July 2012. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
  2. ^ "Cabinet Ministers". Government of Karnataka. Archived from the original on 19 June 2010. Retrieved 21 December 2010.
  3. ^ "Shettar elected speaker of Karnataka Assembly". The Times of India. 5 June 2008. Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2010.
  4. ^ Jagadish Shettar from semi-final loser to final winner
  5. ^ "Jagadish Shettar: Former Karnataka CM joins Congress after BJP denies ticket - - Times of India". The Times of India. 17 April 2023. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
  6. ^ "Patil, Shivashankarappa woo Shettar to join Congress". Deccan Herald. 16 April 2023. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
  7. ^ "Denied ticket in Karnataka polls, 'humiliated' Jagadish Shettar quits BJP". Hindustan Times. 16 April 2023. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  8. ^ Bureau, The Hindu (15 April 2023). "Karnataka elections | High drama over denial of ticket ends with Jadagish Shettar announcing his resignation from BJP". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  9. ^ "With ticket hopes dashed, former Karnataka CM Jagadish Shettar says he'll quit BJP". Deccan Herald. 15 April 2023. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  10. ^ "Fifth-list-bjp-candidates-ensuing-general-elections-2024-parliamentary-constituencies". Retrieved 25 March 2024.

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