S. M. Krishna

S. M. Krishna

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S. M. Krishna Profile

  • Name:
  • S. M. Krishna
  • Born:
  • May 1, 1938

S. M. Krishna Biography

S. M. Krishna is a member of Indian Parliament elected from Karnataka. He is serving as the Minister of External Affairs. He served as the Chief Minister of Karnataka from the year 1999 to 2004 and as the Governor of Maharashtra from the year 2004 to 2008. He belongs to Indian National Congress

He was born on 1st May 1932 at Somanahalli in Maddur Taluk of Mandya District. His father is S. C. Mallaiah. He completed his Bachelor of Arts degree from Maharaja College, Mysore. Then he received Law degree from University of Law College, Bangalore. He pursued his higher education at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas and The George Washington University Law School in Washington D. C. After he returned back to India, he was elected in the assembly election of Karnataka in 1962. He married Prema on 29th April 1964 and has two daughters.

He served as an MP from Mandya district of Karnataka many times from 1968. He served as member of 4th, 5th, 7th and 8th Lok Sabha. He served as minister both in the tenure of Indira Gandhi between 1983 and 84 and that of Rajiv Gandhi between 1984 and 85. He was the minister of state for industry and minister of finance during those times. He was elected for Rajya Sabha in the years 1996 and 2006. He was elected as the speaker of Karnataka Legislative Assembly and also served as the Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka between 1989 and 1992.

In 1999, he served as the president of KPCC and led his party to victory in the assembly election. He held the position of Chief Minister of Karnataka till 2004. He created power reforms during this time. Later he became the Governor of Karnataka. He resigned his Governor position on 5th March 2008 as he wanted to enter into active politics. He entered Rajya Sabha after that and became the Union Cabinet Minister of External Affairs under Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

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Updated: July 20, 2011

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