Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri (born 10 July 1961) is an Indian politician who is the 23rd and current Speaker of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly since 31 July 2019. He is the member of

Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the ruling political party in India under Narendra Mod ...

in Karnataka. He is six-term MLA from Sirsi. He served as the Minister for Primary and Secondary Education from 2008 to 2013 in the

Government of Karnataka The Government of Karnataka, abbreviated as, GoK, or simply Karnataka Government, is a democratically-elected state body with the governor as the ceremonial head to govern the Southwest Indian state of Karnataka. The governor who is appointed ...

. He completed his B.Com. from

Karnatak University Karnatak University is a public state university in Dharwad district of Karnataka state, India. The university is recognized by University Grants Commission and accredited by National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC). As of 2014, ...

Dharwad Dharwad (), also known as Dharwar, is a city located in the north western part of the Indian state of Karnataka. It is the headquarters of the Dharwad district of Karnataka and forms a contiguous urban area with the city of Hubballi. It was merge ...

. He was an

Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) () is a right-wing all India student organisation affiliated to the Hindu nationalist organization Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). History The ABVP, founded in 1948 with the initiative of the RSS a ...

office bearer during his college days and was an influential students union leader. He represented the

Ankola Ankola is a Town Municipal Council and a taluka in Uttara Kannada district of the Indian state of Karnataka. The name of the place is derived from a forest shrub Ankola grown on the coastal hill side and worshiped by the Halakki Vokkaligas a ...

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constituency for 3 terms: 1994–99, 1999–04 and 2004–2008. After the delimitation process, he shifted to the newly created Sirsi constituency and won the seat in 2008, 2013 and

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. He served as MLA for 5 terms in his political career & is renowned as a very disciplined politician.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kageri, Visvesvara Hegde Living people State cabinet ministers of Karnataka People from Uttara Kannada 1961 births Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Karnataka Karnataka MLAs 2018–2023