N. H. Shivashankara Reddy

Nagasandra Hanumantha Shivashankara Reddy is an Indian politician who is a Member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly from the INC. He is the former deputy speaker of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly.[1][2] 2018 Agriculture minister of karnataka

N. H. Shivashankara
Minister of Agriculture, Government of Karnataka
In office
6 June 2018 – 25 July 2019
Preceded byKrishna Byre Gowda
Succeeded byLaxman Savadi
ConstituencyGauribidanur
Deputy Speaker of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
In office
31 May 2013 – 18 May 2018
Preceded byG.H Tippareddy
Succeeded byM. Krishna Reddy
ConstituencyGauribidanur
Member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
for Gauribidanur
Assumed office
1999
Preceded byN. Jyothi Reddy
Personal details
Born (1954-09-24) 24 September 1954
H. Nagasandra, Gowribidanur
Political partyIndian National Congress (From 2004)
Other political
affiliations		Independent (Till 2004)
Spouse(s)Sujathamma
Children2
EducationBachelor of Science in Agriculture

Political career

Reddy was first elected to the Karnataka legislative assembly in 1999 as an independent candidate after being denied an INC ticket. Prior to this, he had served at the village council level. In the subsequent three State legislative assembly elections, Reddy contested as an INC nominee and won each time.[3][1]

In July 2013, he was elected the Deputy Speaker of the Assembly in a unanimous election upon being the only candidate to file the nomination papers.[1]

He is the Minister for Agriculture for Karnataka state, since June 2018.[4]

Personal life and education

Reddy was born on 23 September 1954 in a Vokkaliga family[5] in H. Nagasandra, a village in Gowribidanur taluk,[6] (in present-day Chikkaballapura district of Karnataka) to Subhashanamma and N. S. Hanumantha Reddy. An affluent family, it consisted of multiple independence activists. Reddy holds a bachelor's degree in agricultural sciences from the University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad.[1]

References
  1. "Shivashankara Reddy elected Deputy Speaker". The Hindu. 19 July 2013.
  2. "Shivashankara Reddy is Deputy speaker of Assembly". Daiji World. 13 July 2013.
  3. Belagali, Rahul (18 January 2013). "Reddys get ready for polls in Gauribidanur". Deccan Herald.
  4. "NH Shivashankar Reddy sworn in as Agri Minister". YouTube. 14 June 2018.
  5. "Vokkaliga leaders at loggerheads over Cabinet berth". Deccan Herald.
  6. "N. H. Shivashankara Reddy bio" (PDF). kla.kar.nic.in. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
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