H. D. Kumaraswamy

H. D. Kumaraswamy
Kumaraswamy in 2024
Union Minister of Heavy Industries
Assumed office
10 June 2024 (2024-06-10)
PresidentDroupadi Murmu
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Vice PresidentJagdeep Dhankar
Preceded byMahendra Nath Pandey
Union Minister of Steel
Assumed office
10 June 2024 (2024-06-10)
PresidentDroupadi Murmu
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Vice PresidentJagdeep Dhankar
Preceded byJyotiraditya Scindia
18th Chief Minister of Karnataka
In office
23 May 2018 – 23 July 2019
PresidentRam Nath Kovind
Vice PresidentM. Venkaiah Naidu
Preceded byB. S. Yediyurappa
Succeeded byB. S. Yediyurappa
In office
3 February 2006 – 9 October 2007
Preceded byDharam Singh
Succeeded byPresident's rule
Leader of the Opposition in Karnataka Legislative Assembly
In office
31 May 2013 – 22 January 2014
GovernorHansraj Bhardwaj
Preceded bySiddaramaiah
Succeeded byJagadish Shettar
Member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly
In office
16 May 2018 – 4 June 2024
Preceded byC. P. Yogeeshwara
ConstituencyChannapatna
In office
2013–2018
Preceded byK. Raju
Succeeded byAnitha Kumaraswamy
ConstituencyRamanagara
In office
2004–2009
Preceded byC. M. Lingappa
Succeeded byK. Raju
ConstituencyRamanagara
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Assumed office
4 June 2024
Preceded bySumalatha
ConstituencyMandya, Karnataka
In office
2009–2013
Preceded byTejashwini Gowda (as MP for Kanakapura)
Succeeded byD. K. Suresh
ConstituencyBangalore Rural, Karnataka
In office
1996–1998
Preceded byM. V. Chandrashekara Murthy
Succeeded byM. Srinivas
ConstituencyKanakapura, Karnataka
President of Janata Dal (Secular), Karnataka
Assumed office
20 October 2023
In office
2014–2018
In office
2008–2013
Personal details
Born
Haradanahalli Deve Gowda Kumaraswamy

(1959-12-16) 16 December 1959 (age 64)
Haradanahalli, Mysore State, India
Political partyJanata Dal (Secular)
Other political
affiliations
Janata Dal
Spouses
  • (m. 1986)
  • (m. 2006)
    [1]
Children2, including Nikhil Kumar
Parents
RelativesH. D. Revanna (brother)
Prajwal Revanna (nephew)
Alma materB.Sc., National College Basavanagudi, Bangalore
Profession
Signature
Nickname(s)HDK, Kumaranna
Source: [1]

Haradanahalli Devegowda Kumaraswamy (born 16 December 1959) is an Indian politician and film producer who is serving as the Minister of Heavy Industries and Steel of India since 10 June 2024. He also served as the 18th Chief Minister of Karnataka from 2018 to 2019 and previously from 2006 to 2007. He was also the leader of the opposition in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly from 2013 to 2014. He is currently the president of the Karnataka State Janata Dal (Secular). He is a member of Lok Sabha, having been elected from Mandya and the former member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly from Channapatna from 2018 to 2024, Ramanagara from 2004 to 2009 and from 2013 to 2018. He is the son of former prime minister of India & former Chief Minister of Karnataka H. D. Deve Gowda.[2]

  1. ^ "Coastal Digest".
  2. ^ And the new Janata Dal (s) chief is HD Kumaraswamy