HD Kumaraswamy

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HD Kumaraswamy (2018)

HD Kumaraswamy ( Haradanahalli Devegowda Kumaraswamy, Kannada : ಹೆಚ್.ಡಿ. ಕುಮಾರಸ್ವಾಮಿ ; born December 16, 1959 in Haradanahalli , Hassan district ) is an Indian politician of the Janata Dal (Secular) (JD (S)) party. He was Chief Minister (Head of Government) of the state of Karnataka from 2006-2007 . He held this office again from May 23, 2018 to July 26, 2019.

biography

Origin and entry into politics

HD Kumaraswamy was on 16 December 1959 village Haradanahalli in the district Hassan was born in southern Karnataka. His father is the politician HD Deve Gowda , who was also Chief Minister of Karnataka from 1994 to 1996 and Prime Minister of India from 1996 to 1997 . Kumaraswamy is Hindu and belongs to the Vokkaliga , a caste that is strongly represented, especially in the south of Karnataka, which, in addition to the numerically strong Lingayat, plays an important role in the politics of Karnataka, which is characterized by caste loyalty. Kumaraswamy completed his education with a Bachelor of Science in Bangalore . After graduating, Kumaraswamy entered the film rental business . He then made a career as a producer in the Kannada film industry . HD Kumaraswamy is married with one son.

HD Kumaraswamy began his political career in the Janata Dal (JD) party led by his father HD Deve Gowda . In the all-Indian parliamentary election in 1996 , he was elected to the Lok Sabha ( lower house of the Indian parliament) for the JD from the Kanakapura constituency. In the new election in 1998 he lost his seat again. Kumaraswamy also failed in his candidacy for the state parliament in Karnatakas in 1999. In the same year he joined the Janata Dal (Secular) (JD (S)) party, which split off from Janata Dal under his father HD Deve Gowda and has since been mainly present in Karnataka.

Chief Minister 2006 to 2007

In the next federal state election in 2004, HD Kumaraswamy made it into the state parliament. In the election, the JD (S) emerged as the third strongest party behind the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Indian National Congress . As a result, Congress Party and JD (S) formed a coalition government with Congress politician N. Dharam Singh as head of government.

At the beginning of 2006 the JD (S) under the leadership of HD Kumaraswamy got out of the coalition with the Congress Party and concluded a government alliance with the BJP. It was agreed that HD Kumaraswamy would take over the post of Chief Minister for the first and BS Yeddyurappa from the BJP for the second half of the remaining legislative term. On February 4, 2006, Kumaraswamy was sworn in as Chief Minister.

When BS Yeddyurappa was supposed to move up to the post of Chief Minister in October 2007, Kumaraswamy refused to resign, which led to the breakup of the coalition. On October 8, 2007, HD Kumaraswamy submitted his resignation to Governor Rameshwar Thakur , who then placed Karnataka under President's rule . In the meantime, the differences between BJP and JD (S) seemed to have settled, so that BS Yeddyurappa could be sworn in as Chief Minister Karnatakas on November 25, 2007. Ultimately, however, the two parties fell out again, so that Yeddyurappa had to resign a week later and Karnataka was again placed under President's rule for six months .

Further political career

In the 2008 election, the BJP emerged as the winner. HD Kumaraswamy entered the state parliament again. He gave up his seat a year later after being elected to Lok Sabha from the constituency of Bangalore Rural in the 2009 Indian general election .

In July 2011, it emerged that HD Kumaraswamy, like his successor BS Yeddyurappa, had been involved in a major corruption scandal involving illegal mining in Karnataka. An independent commission accused Kumaraswamy of illegally granting prospecting licenses to two mining companies during his tenure as chief minister. In December 2011, Kumaraswamy was charged with the corruption charges.

In 2013, HD Kumaraswamy ran again in the state elections in Karnataka. The election turned out disappointing for the JD (S) and ended with a victory for the Congress party. But Kumawaswamy managed to enter parliament and gave up his Lok Sabha seat to take up the mandate of parliament in Karnataka. In the newly elected parliament, Kumaraswamy acted as opposition leader . In 2014, however, he had to give up the office of opposition leader after the BJP had risen to become the largest opposition faction through the change of some MPs.

Chief Minister 2018 to 2019

In the election to the parliament of Karnataka on May 12, 2018, the BJP won strongly and became the strongest party by mandate. However, it missed an absolute majority and as a result a coalition of Congress Party and JD (S) was formed, at the head of which Kumaraswamy was sworn in as Chief Minister. However, this coalition lost its parliamentary majority due to the resignation of several MPs in July 2019 and Kumaraswamy also lost a vote of confidence in parliament, so that he declared his resignation and was replaced by BS Yeddyurappa as the new Chief Minister on July 26, 2019.

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  1. ↑ The name of the place of birth, Haradahalli and the patronymic Devegowda are, as is customary in South India, abbreviated in front of the name, Kumaraswamy is the nickname.
  2. ↑ BBC News: BJP government falls in Karnataka, November 19, 2007.
  3. ↑ The Hindu, May 29, 2009: "Kumaraswamy quits Assembly".
  4. ^ The Hindu, July 21, 2011: Lokayukta report indicts Yeddyurappa, Kumaraswamy .
  5. ^ The Hindu, December 9, 2011: Lokayukta police file FIR against SM Krishna, two other ex-CMs .
  6. ^ The Hindu, May 11, 2013: "Kumaraswamy, Cheluvarayaswamy to resign from Lok Sabha".
  7. ↑ The Hindu, January 23, 2014: "Shettar is Leader of the Opposition".
  8. ↑ HD Kumaraswamy sworn in as Karnataka chief minister amid opposition show of unity. The Times of India, May 23, 2018, accessed May 29, 2018 .
  9. ↑ Yediyurappa wins Karnataka trust vote; Speaker resigns. livemint.com, July 29, 2019, accessed July 31, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Kumaraswamy, HD
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kumaraswamy, Haradanahalli Devegowda; ಕುಮಾರಸ್ವಾಮಿ, ಹೆಚ್.ಡಿ. (Kannada)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Indian politician
DATE OF BIRTH December 16, 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH Haradanahalli