D. K. Shivakumar | |
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9th Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka | |
Assumed office 20 May 2023 | |
Governor | Thawar Chand Gehlot |
Chief Minister | Siddaramaiah |
Preceded by | |
Member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly | |
Assumed office 15 May 2008 | |
Preceded by | P. G. R. Sindhia |
Constituency | Kanakapura |
In office 30 November 1989 – 10 May 2008 | |
Preceded by | K. L. Shivalinge Gowda |
Succeeded by | Office Abolished |
Constituency | Sathanur |
President of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee | |
Assumed office 2 July 2020 | |
National President | Mallikarjun Kharge |
Preceded by | Dinesh Gundu Rao |
Cabinet Minister, Government of Karnataka | |
In office 11 July 2014 – 23 July 2019 | |
Governor | |
Chief Minister | H. D. Kumaraswamy Siddaramaiah |
Ministry and Departments |
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Preceded by |
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Succeeded by | |
Working President of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee | |
In office 2008–2010 | |
Preceded by | Office established |
Succeeded by | Eshwara Khandre assumed office on 2018 |
Personal details | |
Born | Kanakapura, Mysore State, India | 15 May 1962
Political party | Indian National Congress |
Spouse | Usha Shivakumar |
Children | 3 |
Relatives | D. K. Suresh (brother) |
Occupation | Politician |
Doddalahalli Kempegowda Shivakumar (born 15 May 1962), also known by his initials as D. K. Shivakumar, is an Indian politician and businessman who is the 9th and Current Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka and also Water resources and Bengaluru Development and Town Planning & Bengaluru Urban District Incharge Minister since 20 May 2023 as a member of the Indian National Congress. He is also the President of the Karnataka PCC since 2020 and was the Working President from 2008 to 2010. He was the cabinet minister in the Government of Karnataka from 2014 to 2019. He represented the Kanakapura constituency in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly since 2008 and from Sathanur Assembly constituency from 1989 to 2004.