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K. R. Ramesh Kumar
Speaker of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
In office
25 May 2018 – 29 July 2019
Preceded byK. B. Koliwad, INC
Succeeded byVishweshwar Hegde Kageri
In office
27 December 1994 – 24 October 1999
Preceded byV. S. Koujalagi
Succeeded byM. V. Venkatappa
Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Government of Karnataka
In office
13 September 2016 – May 23 2018
Preceded byU. T. Khader
Succeeded byShivanand Patil, INC
Personal details
Born (1949-11-22) 22 November 1949 (age 75)
Addagal (Srinivaspura,Kolar)
NationalityIndian
Political partyIndian National Congress
Residence(s)Domlur,
Bengaluru
EducationBachelor of science
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionAgriculturist

K. Ramappa Ramesh Kumar (b 1949) is an Indian politician , Former speaker of Karnataka Legislative Assembly and member of the Indian National Congress from the state of Karnataka.

Ramesh Kumar is a six-term member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly from Srinivaspur assembly constituency in Kolar district. In June 2016, Ramesh Kumar was inducted into the Siddaramaiah led government of Karnataka as a cabinet minister. Ramesh Kumar held the Health and Family Welfare Ministry portfolio in the Government of Karnataka.[1][2] He was elected unopposed as the speaker of 15th Assembly of Karnataka in 2018 after JD(S) and Congress unity.

Political life

Ramesh Kumar[swamy] is from the INC and represents Srinivaspur constituency of Kolar district, Karnataka. Ramesh Kumar started his political career in the seventies with the INC. He later joined the JP in the mid-1980s, and joined the Janata Dal in the 1990s. In the early 2000s he came back into the INC.

Electoral history

  • Ramesh Kumar won his first Karnataka Legislative Assembly election in 1978 by beating R.G. Narayanareddy by over 18,000 votes. Ramesh Kumar fought on an INC ticket.
  • In the following Karnataka Legislative Assembly election of 1983 he lost the election to G.K. Venkatashiva Reddy by a narrow margin of only about 700 votes.
  • In the 1985 election Ramesh Kumar stood on a JP ticket and won the seat by about 7,000 votes beating G.K. Venkata Shiva Reddy of the INC.
  • In the 1989 election Ramesh Kumar lost the seat to G. K. Venkata Shiva Reddy of the INC by about 8,000 votes.
  • In the following 1994 election Ramesh Kumar stood on a JD ticket and won the seat by about 4,000 votes defeating G. K. Venkata Shiva Reddy of the INC.
  • In the 1999 election Ramesh Kumar stood as an independent candidate and lost the assembly seat to G. K. Venkata Shiva Reddy of the INC by about 1,000 votes.
  • In the 2004 election Ramesh Kumar joined the INC and fought on their ticket winning by over 8,000 votes against G. K. Venkata Shiva Reddy who had by then joined the BJP.
  • The 2008 election Ramesh Kumar fought on an INC ticket and lost his assembly seat by about 3,500 votes to G. K. Venkata Shiva Reddy who was on a JD(S) ticket.
  • Ramesh Kumar is a sitting member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly as he won the 2013 assembly election on an INC ticket beating G. K. Venkata Shiva Reddy of the JD(S) by 3,000 votes.
  • In 2018 assembly election he again won successively on an INC beating G. K. Venkata Shiva Reddy of JD(S) by 10,373 votes. [3] This was the ninth successive time that Ramesh Kumar and Venkatashiva Reddy had contested this seat against each other.

Membership of Legislature

SI No. Year Constituency Tenure Party
1. 1978 Srinivaspur 1978-1983 Indian National Congress
2. 1985 Srinivaspur 1985-1989 Janata Party
3. 1994 Srinivaspur 1994-1999 Janata Dal
4. 2004 Srinivaspur 2004-2008 Indian National Congress
5. 2013 Srinivaspur 2013-2018 Indian National Congress
6. 2018 Srinivaspur Incumbent Indian National Congress

Positions held in Government of Karnataka

SI No. Post Tenure
1. Speaker of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly. 1994-1999
2. Minister of Health and Family Welfare. 2016-2018
3. Speaker of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly. 2018-2019

Ministry

Besides holding the Health and Family Welfare Ministry portfolio Ramesh Kumar in his forty-year political career has held many posts in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly and the Government of Karnataka.Ramesh Kumar was the Speaker of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly from 27.12.1994 to 24.10.1999.[4][5][6]

References

  1. ^ "Health and Family Welfare Department". kla.kar.nic.in.
  2. ^ "Kagodu gets Revenue, Ramesh Kumar given Health". thehindu.com.
  3. ^ "Sitting and previous MLAs from Srinivaspur Assembly Constituency". elections.in.
  4. ^ "Kumaraswamy criticises former Speaker Ramesh Kumar". thehindu.com.
  5. ^ "Karnataka cabinet reshuffle". timesofindia.indiatimes.com.
  6. ^ "Ramesh Kumar may contest from Bangalore South". thehindu.com.

7. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/Karnataka-assembly-speaker-Ramesh-Kumar-compares-himself-with-a-rape-survivor/articleshow/67964182.cms

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