Sarekoppa Bangarappa

Sarekoppa Bangarappa
6th Chief Minister of Karnataka
In office
17 October 1990 – 19 November 1992
Preceded byVeerendra Patil
Succeeded byM. Veerappa Moily
Member of Parliament
for Shimoga
In office
5 June 2005 – 12 February 2009
Preceded byHimself
Succeeded byB. Y. Raghavendra
In office
6 October 1999[1][2] – 10 March 2005
Preceded byAyanur Manjunath
Succeeded byHimself
In office
1996–1998
Preceded byK. G. Shivappa
Succeeded byAyanur Manjunath
Member of the Karnataka Assembly
for Soraba
In office
1967–1996
Succeeded byKumar Bangarappa
Personal details
Born(1933-10-26)26 October 1933
Kubaturu, Kingdom of Mysore, British India
Died26 December 2011(2011-12-26) (aged 78)
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Political partyJanata Dal (Secular) (2010–11)
Other political
affiliations
Spouse
Shakuntala
(m. 1958⁠–⁠2011)
Children5, including Kumar, Madhu

Sarekoppa Bangarappa (26 October 1933 – 26 December 2011) was an Indian politician who was the 6th Chief Minister of Karnataka from 1990 to 1992.

He served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly for Karnataka between 1967 and 1996, before contesting a series of six elections for the Lok Sabha from 1996 to 2009, of which he lost two. He founded both the Karnataka Vikas Party and the Karnataka Congress Party during a 44-year career in which his supporters called him Solillada Saradara (a leader who cannot be defeated). As well as these two parties, Bangarappa was at various times a member of the Indian National Congress, the Bharatiya Janata Party, the Samajwadi Party and Janata Dal (Secular), and his critics described him as a party-hopper because of this.[4]

  1. ^ "The 1999 Indian Parliamentary Elections and the New BJP-led Coalition Government". 11 October 2008. Archived from the original on 11 October 2008. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
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  3. ^ "Bangarappa joins BJP". Outlook India. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Former CM Bangarappa No More". daijiworld.com. Indo-Asian News Service. 26 December 2011. Retrieved 7 January 2012.