Veerappa Moily

M. Veerappa Moily
Ministry of Environment and Forests
In office
24 October 2013 – 26 May 2014
Prime MinisterManmohan Singh
Preceded byJayanthi Natarajan
Succeeded byPrakash Javdekar
Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas
In office
28 October 2012 – 26 May 2014
Prime MinisterManmohan Singh
Preceded byMurli Deora
Succeeded byDharmendra Pradhan
Minister of Corporate Affairs
In office
13 July 2011 – 28 October 2012
Prime MinisterManmohan Singh
Preceded byHansraj Bhardwaj
Succeeded bySachin Pilot
Minister of Power
In office
31 July 2012 – 28 October 2012
Prime MinisterManmohan Singh
Preceded bySushilkumar Shinde
Succeeded byJyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia
Minister of Law and Justice
In office
28 May 2009 – 28 May 2011
Prime MinisterManmohan Singh
Preceded byHansraj Bhardwaj
Succeeded bySalman Khurshid
7th Chief Minister of Karnataka
In office
19 November 1992 – 11 December 1994
Preceded byS. Bangarappa
Succeeded byH. D. Deve Gowda
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
16 May 2009 – 23 May 2019
Preceded byR. L. Jalappa
Succeeded byBache Gowda
ConstituencyChikballapur
Personal details
Born (1940-01-12) 12 January 1940 (age 84)
Moodabidri, South Canara, British India (present Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka)
Political partyIndian National Congress
SpouseMalathi Moily
Children4
Alma materMangalore University
Bangalore University
WebsiteOfficial Website
In this Indian name, the name Marpadi is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Veerappa Moily.

Marpadi Veerappa Moily (born 12 January 1940) is an Indian politician belonging to the Indian National Congress from the state of Karnataka. Moily was the former Chief Minister (and the first ethnic Tuluva CM) of the Indian state of Karnataka (19 November 1992 – 11 December 1994).

He was elected to Karnataka state legislative assembly from Karkala constituency of Udupi district. From 2009 to 2019, he represented the Chikballapur constituency in Lok Sabha. But he lost in 2019 to a BJP candidate when BJP won 25 seats out of 28 Lok Sabha seats in Karnataka. He was the former Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister of Corporate Affairs and Minister of Power in the Indian government.[1]

He is also currently serving as the All India Congress Committee General Secretary in charge of Andhra Pradesh. He is regarded as one of the senior members of the Congress Party, and a close adviser for the Congress Leader Sonia Gandhi.

He announced formal retirement from electoral politics in 2024 prior to the 18th Lok Sabha Elections. [2]

  1. ^ "Council of Ministers – Who's Who – Government: National Portal of India". India.gov.in. Government of India. Retrieved 11 August 2010.
  2. ^ "Veerappa Moily announces retirement from electoral politics". The Economic Times. 10 April 2024. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 19 April 2024.