22nd Speaker of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
In office 31 July 2019 – 20 May 2023
Preceded by
K. R. Ramesh Kumar
Succeeded by
U. T. Khadar
Minister of Primary & Secondary Education Government of Karnataka
In office 30 May 2008 – 13 May 2013
Chief Minister
B. S. Yediyurappa Sadananda Gowda Jagadish Shettar
Preceded by
Basavaraj Horatti
Succeeded by
Kimmane Rathnakar
Member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly
In office 2008 – 13 May 2023
Preceded by
Vivekananda Vaidya
Succeeded by
Bhimanna Naik
Constituency
Sirsi
In office 1994–2008
Preceded by
Umesh Bhat
Succeeded by
Constituency defunct
Constituency
Ankola
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office 4 June 2024
Preceded by
Ananth Kumar Hegde
Constituency
Uttara Kannada
Personal details
Born
(1961-07-10) 10 July 1961 (age 62) Sirsi, Uttara Kannada, Mysore State, India
Political party
Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse
Bharati Hegde
Children
Jayalakshmi, Rajalakshmi, Shreelakshmi
Parent(s)
Anant Shivram Hegde, Sarweshwari Hegde
Alma mater
Karnatak University
Occupation
Farmer, politician
Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri (born 10 July 1961) is an Indian politician and the incumbent Member of Parliament of Uttara Kannada Lok Sabha constituency. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Karnataka. He was a six-term and Formal Member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly from Sirsi. He was also the 22nd Speaker of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
He served as the Minister for Primary and Secondary Education from 2008 to 2013 in the Government of Karnataka.
He also served as the 22nd Speaker of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly from 31 June 2019 to 20 May 2023.
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 student union leader.[1]
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.[2] He served as MLA for 6 terms in his political career & is renowned as a very disciplined politician. He was a very good speaker of the Karnataka assembly and a disciplined politician of the BJP Karnataka assembly. However, he lost his seat to a Congress candidate during the 2023 Karnataka elections. In March 2024, he was announced as the BJP candidate from the Uttara Kannada Constituency for the 2024 Lok Sabha Elections.[3] which he won
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