H. D. Kumaraswamy
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Haradanahalli Deve Gowda Kumaraswamy (Kannada: ಹೆಚ್.ಡಿ. ಕುಮಾರಸ್ವಾಮಿ) (born December 16, 1959) is the present Chief Minister of the state of Karnataka, India. He is one of the sons of former Prime Minister of India H. D. Deve Gowda. Popularly known as "KumarAnna" (Kumar, the name and anna in Kannada means elder brother) among his friends and followers was a noted film producer, distributor and exhibitor in the Kannada film industry. He owns a cinema theater at his home town Holenarasipura. He finished his high school studies in Bangalore's MES Educational Institution in Jayanagar. He completed his PUC from Vijaya College and earned his B.Sc from Basavanagudi National College. He married Anita on March 13, 1986 at Palace Grounds, Bangalore. He has a son, Nikhil. He took oath of office at the Vidhana Soudha, the Karnataka Government headquarters.
He won the Kanakapura (Bangalore Rural District) Lok Sabha seat in 1996. He sought re-election from Kanakapura in 1998 and lost. He again contested unsuccessfully for Sathanur assembly seat in 1999. In 2004, he was elected to represent the Ramanagaram assembly segment.
He was never considered to be the political heir to his father. He started overshadowing his elder brother H.D. Revanna when he clinched the post of "Working-President of Janata Dal Secular Party". He rose to prominence in the national media when he, along with the help of the Bharatiya Janata Party engineered a defection in his own party, Janata Dal-Secular. Forty-two MLAs of Janata Dal (Secular) under his leadership left a to form the government.
On January 28, 2006, Karnataka Governor T.N. Chaturvedi invited him to form the government in the state after Dharam Singh resigned earlier in the day.
Karnataka CM inaugurated the SUVARNA KARNATAKA Year long celebrations marking the Rajyotsava after 50 years of Karnataka unification on the November 1 2006.Now onwards Bangalore will be called Bengalooru.The 10 cities are: Bengalooru (Bangalore), Mysooru (Mysore), Mangalooru (Mangalore), Chikmagalooru (Chikmagalur), Shivamogga (Shimoga), Belagaavi (Belgaum), Kalburgi (Gulbarga), Hubballi (Hubli), Hosapete (Hospet) and Tumakooru (Tumkur). Hampi Utsav marks the celebration of culture of Karnataka is inaugurated by Kumaraswamy and Governor T.N. Chaturvedi.
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- I have not betrayed my father: H.D. KumaraswamyAccessed: Jan 29, 2006
- Son of soil: IndiaInfo.comAccessed: Jan 29, 2006
- Kumaraswamy to form the Government in KaranatakaAccessed: Jan 29, 2006
- Man who could become Karnataka's CM Accessed: Jan 29, 2006
- "Man who could become Karnataka's CM" - rediff.com article dated January 19, 2006
| Preceded by Dharam Singh |
Chief Minister of Karnataka 03-Feb-2006– |
Succeeded by Current Incumbent |
| Chief Ministers of Karnataka |
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| K. C. Reddy • Kengal Hanumanthaiah • Kadidal Manjappa • S.Nijalingappa • B.D. Jatti • S.R. Kanthi • Veerendra Patil • D. Devaraj Urs • R. Gundu Rao • Ramakrishna Hegde • S. R. Bommai • S.Bangarappa • M. Veerappa Moily • H. D. Deve Gowda • J. H. Patel • S. M. Krishna • Dharam Singh • H. D. Kumaraswamy |
