Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri
Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri | |
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| 22nd Speaker of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly | |
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In office 31 July 2019 – 20 May 2023 |
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| Preceded by | K. R. Ramesh Kumar |
| Succeeded by | U. T. Khadar |
| Minister of Primary & Secondary Education Government of Karnataka | |
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In office 30 May 2008 – 13 May 2013 |
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| Chief Minister |
B. S. Yediyurappa Sadananda Gowda Jagadish Shettar |
| Preceded by | Basavaraj Horatti |
| Succeeded by | Kimmane Rathnakar |
| Member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly | |
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In office 2008 – 13 May 2023 |
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| Preceded by | Vivekananda Vaidya |
| Succeeded by | Bhimanna Naik |
| Constituency | Sirsi |
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In office 1994–2008 |
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| Preceded by | Umesh Bhat |
| Succeeded by | Constituency defunct |
| Constituency | Ankola |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
10 July 1961 Sirsi, Uttara Kannada 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 who was the 22nd Speaker of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly. 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 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.
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. 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.