22nd and current Chief minister of Karnataka since 2023
Siddaramaiah
Siddaramaiah in 2016
22nd Chief Minister of Karnataka
Incumbent
Assumed office 20 May 2023
Governor
Thawar Chand Gehlot
Deputy
D. K. Shivakumar
Preceded by
Basavaraj Bommai
In office 13 May 2013 – 17 May 2018
Preceded by
Jagadish Shettar
Succeeded by
B. S. Yediyurappa
Member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 13 May 2023
Preceded by
Yathindra Siddaramaiah
Constituency
Varuna
In office 17 May 2018 – 13 May 2023
Preceded by
B B Chimmanakatti
Succeeded by
Bhimsen Chimmanakatti
Constituency
Badami
In office 2008–2018
Preceded by
Seat established
Succeeded by
Yathindra Siddaramaiah
Constituency
Varuna
In office 2004–2007
Preceded by
A. S. Guruswamy
Succeeded by
M. Satyanarayana
Constituency
Chamundeshwari
In office 1994–1999
Preceded by
M. Rajasekara Murthy
Succeeded by
A. S. Guruswamy
Constituency
Chamundeshwari
In office 1983–1989
Preceded by
D. Jayadevaraja Urs
Succeeded by
M. Rajasekara Murthy
Constituency
Chamundeshwari
Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka
In office 28 May 2004 – 5 August 2005[1]
Chief Minister
Dharam Singh
Preceded by
Himself
Succeeded by
M. P. Prakash
In office 16 May 1996 – 22 July 1999[2]
Chief Minister
J. H. Patel
Preceded by
J. H. Patel
Succeeded by
Himself
Leader of the Opposition, Karnataka Legislative Assembly
In office 9 October 2019 – 20 May 2023[3]
Preceded by
B. S. Yediyurappa
Succeeded by
R. Ashoka
In office 8 June 2009 – 12 May 2013
Preceded by
Mallikarjun Kharge
Succeeded by
H. D. Kumaraswamy
Personal details
Born
(1947-08-03) 3 August 1947 (age 76)[4][5] Siddaramana Hundi, Kingdom of Mysore, British India (present-day Karnataka, India)
Political party
Indian National Congress (2006–present)
Other political affiliations
Janata Dal (Secular) (1999–2005)
Janata Dal (1988–1999)
Janata Party (1984–1988)
Lok Dal (1983–1984)
Spouse
Parvathi Siddaramaiah
Children
2; including Yathindra
Residence
Anugraha
Alma mater
Yuvaraja's College, Mysore (B.Sc)
Sarada Vilas College (LL.B.)
Siddaramaiah (born 3 August 1947),[6] also referred to by his nickname Siddu,[a] is an Indian politician who is serving as the 22nd Chief Minister of Karnataka since 2023.[7] He also held that position previously from 2013 to 2018, being only the second person to hold that office for a full five-year term. He belongs to the Indian National Congress and is presently the leader of the Congress Legislative Party. He represented the Varuna Assembly constituency from 2023, previously from 2008 to 2018, Badami Assembly constituency from 2018 to 2023, and from Chamundeshwari Assembly constituency from 2004 to 2007, 1994 to 1999 and from 1983 to 1989 in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly. He served as the Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka from 1996 to 1999 and from 2004 to 2005 while he was a member of the Janata Dal and Janata Dal (Secular). He also served as the Leader of the Opposition in Karnataka Legislative Assembly on two occasions from 2019 to 2023 and from 2009 to 2013.[8][9][10] Siddaramaiah was a member of various Janata Parivar factions for several years.[11][12][13]
^Special Correspondent: Siddaramaiah, two others dropped., The Hindu, 6 August 2005.
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^"Leaders of the Opposition of Karnataka Legislative Assembly since 1962". kla.kar.nic.in. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
^"Stage set for Karnataka Cong heavyweight Siddaramaiah's 75th birthday bash". ThePrint. 2 August 2022.
^"Around 6 lakh expected to participate in Siddaramaiah's birthday event". The Hindu. 2 August 2022.
^"Siddaramaiah's affidavit". Retrieved 6 April 2004.
^"Karnataka government formation | Siddaramaiah formally elected Congress Legislature Party leader, stakes claim to form government". The Hindu. 18 May 2023. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
^Prabhu, Nagesh (19 July 2018). "CWC membership means it's a triple role for Siddaramaiah". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
^"Siddaramaiah enters national stage with Congress Working Committee entry". 18 July 2018.
^"I'm Sidda-Rama and 100% Hindu: Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah". The Times of India. 16 July 2017.
^Raghuram, M. (10 May 2013). "Siddaramaiah: How a Mysore boy made it to the top". DNA. Mysore. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
^"Siddaramaiah sworn in as Karnataka chief minister". Southmonitor.com.
^Kulkarni, Mahesh (8 May 2013). "Siddaramaiah - Profiling the front runner for K'taka CM". Business Standard. Bangalore. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
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Siddaramaiah (born 3 August 1947), also referred to by his nickname Siddu, is an Indian politician who is serving as the 22nd Chief Minister of Karnataka...
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To Probe 'Obscene Video Scandal' Involving JDS MP Prajwal Revanna; CM Siddaramaiah Reacts". News18. 28 April 2024. Retrieved 28 April 2024. Bureau, The...
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Jharkhand". The Hindu. 2 February 2024. Retrieved 2 February 2024. "Siddaramaiah sworn in as Karnataka CM". The Hindu. 20 May 2023. Retrieved 12 March...
has since been only intermittently occupied. The former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is the Longest serving Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka, who held the...
minister of Small scale Industries and also was a Minister of Excise in the Siddaramaiah cabinet. Satish Jarkiholi was born in a prominent sugarcane-growing family...
date (as of November 2023) can be found on the Open City Data website. siddaramaiah launches indira canteens "Work on Indira canteens expedited for I-Day...
entry by becoming MLC in 2012. He is a close associate of chief minister Siddaramaiah. He quit his MLC post to contest the assembly elections 2018 and got...
National Congress. Tangadagi was the Minister for Minor Irrigation in the Siddaramaiah-led Karnataka Government. It was alleged that his supporters were involved...
return from Uttarakhand". The Times of India. 3 July 2013. "Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah inducts 28 ministers,keeps tainted away". 18 May 2013. Wikimedia Commons...
could be a "role model only for Islamists" and that the Chief Minister Siddaramaiah was "encouraging Jihadists" in the State. In 2017, against this backdrop...
Administration & Public Enterprises of Karnataka from 2016 to 2018 in Siddaramaiah ministry. He was Minister in Charge of Bidar district. He has publicly...
D Kumaraswamy. He was the Minister of Agriculture in the Cabinet of Siddaramaiah from May 2013 – 2018. He is the Member of the Legislative Assembly from...
whereas Deve Gowda and his associates including the deputy chief minister Siddaramaiah joined the JD(S) faction. Owing to the anti-incumbency against both the...
assembly constituency. In 2018 assembly elections, then Chief Minister Siddaramaiah contested elections from Badami and hence Chimmanakatti did not contest...