List of speakers of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly

The Speaker of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly is the presiding officer of the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka, the main law-making body for the Indian state of Karnataka. He is elected by the members of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly (until 1973, the Mysore Legislative Assembly). The speaker is usually a member of the Legislative Assembly.

The state of Karnataka in India

Mysore State

Mysore State, precursor to the present day state of Karnataka, was created after Indian independence on 26 January 1950

Sl. No.	Name	Took office	Left office	Term (years)
1	V. Venkatappa	1952	1952	1
2	H. Siddaiah	18 June 1952	14 May 1954	2
3	H. S. Rudrappa	10 October 1954	1 November 1956	2
4	S. R. Kanthi	19 December 1956	9 March 1962	4
5	Bantwal Vaikunta Baliga	15 March 1962	6 June 1968	6
6	S. D. Kotavale	5 September 1968	24 March 1972	4
7	K. S. Nagarathanamma	24 March 1972	3 March 1978	6

Karnataka

Mysore was renamed to Karnataka on 1 November 1973.

Sl. No.	Name	Took office	Left office	Term(Years)
1	K. S. Nagarathnamma	24 March 1972	3 March 1978	6
2	P. Venkataramana	3 March 1978	3 October 1980	2
3	Sumati B. Madiman	22 December 1980	22 December 1980	1
4	K. H. Ranganath	30 January 1981	24 January 1983	2
5	D. B. Chandre Gowda	24 January 1983	17 March 1985	3
6	B. G. Banakar	18 March 1985	17 December 1989	4
7	S. M. Krishna	18 December 1989	20 January 1993	4
8	V. S. Koujalagi	15 February 1993	26 December 1994	1
9	K. R. Ramesh Kumar	27 December 1994	24 October 1999	5
10	M. V. Venkatappa	26 October 1999	7 June 2004	5
11	Krishna	10 June 2004	4 June 2008	4
12	Jagadish Shettar	5 June 2008	16 November 2009	1
13	K. G. Bopaiah	17 November 2009	31 May 2013	4
14	Kagodu Thimmappa	31 May 2013	5 July 2016	3
15	K. B. Koliwad	5 July 2016	15 May 2018	2
16	K. R. Ramesh Kumar	25 May 2018	29 July 2019	1
17	Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri	31 July 2019	Incumbent

See also

• Chief Ministers of Karnataka
• Karnataka Legislature

External links

• Speaker's list on onlinebangalore.com