B. S. Yediyurappa

"BSY" redirects here. For other uses, see BSY (disambiguation).
In this Indian name, the toponymic surname is Bookanakere. It is not a family name, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Yediyurappa.
In this Indian name, the name Siddalingappa is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Yediyurappa.

B. S. Yediyurappa
19th Chief Minister of Karnataka
In office
26 July 2019 – 28 July 2021
Preceded byH. D. Kumaraswamy
Succeeded byBasavaraj Bommai
In office
17 May 2018 – 23 May 2018
Preceded bySiddaramaiah
Succeeded byH. D. Kumaraswamy
In office
30 May 2008 – 4 August 2011
Preceded byPresident's rule
Succeeded byD. V. Sadananda Gowda
In office
12 November 2007 – 19 November 2007
Preceded byPresident's rule
Succeeded byPresident's rule
5th Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka
In office
3 February 2006 – 8 October 2007
Chief MinisterH. D. Kumaraswamy
Ministry Portfolios
  • Minister of Finance
  • Minister of Excise
  • Minister of Large & Medium Industries
Preceded byM. P. Prakash
Succeeded byR. Ashoka
K. S. Eshwarappa
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
16 May 2014 – 19 May 2018
Preceded byB. Y. Raghavendra
Succeeded byB. Y. Raghavendra
ConstituencyShimoga
Leader of Opposition
Karnataka Legislative Assembly
In office
27 December 1994 – 18 December 1996
Chief Minister(s)H. D. Deve Gowda
J. H. Patel
Preceded byR. V. Deshpande
Succeeded byMallikarjun Kharge
In office
9 June 2004 – 2 February 2006
Chief MinisterDharam Singh
Preceded byJagadish Shettar
Succeeded byDharam Singh
In office
25 May 2018 – 26 July 2019
Chief MinisterH. D. Kumaraswamy
Preceded byJagadish Shettar
Succeeded bySiddaramaiah
Member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly
In office
16 May 2018 – 13 May 2023
Preceded byB. Y. Raghavendra
Succeeded byB. Y. Vijayendra
ConstituencyShikaripura
In office
2004–2014
Preceded byB. N. Mahalingappa
Succeeded byB. Y. Raghavendra
ConstituencyShikaripura
In office
1983–1999
Preceded byK. Yenkatappa
Succeeded byB. N. Mahalingappa
ConstituencyShikaripura
Member of Karnataka Legislative Council
In office
18 June 2000 – 17 May 2004
Constituencyelected by Legislative Assembly members
President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Karnataka
In office
8 April 2016 – 26 July 2019
Preceded byPralhad Joshi
Succeeded byNalin Kumar Kateel
In office
1998–1999
Preceded byK. S. Eshwarappa
Succeeded byAnanth Kumar
In office
1988–1992
Preceded byB. B. Shivappa
Succeeded byK. S. Eshwarappa
Personal details
Born
Bookanakere Siddalingappa Yediyurappa

(1943-02-27) 27 February 1943 (age 81)[1]
Bookanakere, Kingdom of Mysore, British India (present–day Karnataka, India)
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party (1980–2012; 2014–present)
Other political
affiliations
Spouse
Mythradevi
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(m. 1967; died 2004)​
Children5, including B. Y. Raghavendra, B. Y. Vijayendra
Signature
Websiteyeddyurappa.in

Bookanakere Siddalingappa Yediyurappa // ⓘ (born 27 February 1943), often referred to by his initials BSY, is an Indian politician. He is been serving as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National Parliamentary board committee since 17 August 2022, which is considered the highest office of authority in the party. He served as the 13th Chief Minister of Karnataka, and he was former Member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly between 1983 - 2022 in different timelines. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He is also the only politician in Karnataka so far to have served four times as the Chief Minister and three times as the Leader of the Opposition in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly. He is the longest serving BJP Chief Minister of Karnataka. He is former MLA from Shikaripura constituency in Shimoga district, from where he has been elected eight times.

In 2008, Yediyurappa became the chief minister after leading the BJP to victory in the Karnataka Assembly elections, a first for the BJP in a South Indian state.[2] In 2011, he resigned after being indicted over a corruption case; he was acquitted in 2016.[3] Owing to alleged ill-treatment meted out to Yediyurappa by the BJP High Command, he left the BJP and formed his own party, the Karnataka Janata Paksha.[4][5] In 2014 he merged his party with the BJP and was subsequently elected to the 16th Lok Sabha from the Shivamogga constituency, which he quit after being elected to the Karnataka Legislative Assembly in the May 2018 state elections.[6][7] On 17 May 2018, he was sworn in as the Chief Minister for the third time.[8][9] However, he was unable to get majority support in the Assembly and resigned just two days after taking office, after which H. D. Kumaraswamy took oath as the Chief Minister.[10][11] After the government of Kumaraswamy lost its majority in July 2019 with the resignation of 17 MLAs, Yediyurappa took oath as the Chief Minister and proved his majority. In the December by-elections, BJP won 12 seats out of 15 and gained a majority of 117 seats under his leadership, cementing his win.

After days of speculation, Yediyurappa resigned as Chief Minister on 26 July 2021, the second anniversary of his fourth term. He was succeeded by his protégé, Basavaraj Bommai, on 28 July 2021.[12]

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  11. ^ "Karnataka Assembly Floor Test Live: CM for 2 Days, Yeddyurappa Quits; Cong-JDS MLAs Start Celebrating". News18. 19 May 2018. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
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