Kambadahalli Hanumappa Muniyappa (born 7 March 1948) is an Indian politician who was the Minister of State for Independent charge of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises of India and a Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha representing Kolar Lok Sabha constituency of

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from 1991 to 2019. He is a member of the

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(INC) political party.

Political career

He belongs to

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(

Sakkiliar Arunthathiyar is a scheduled caste community mostly found in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The term has two distinct usages: for the purposes of the state government's positive discrimination program, in 2009 it was designated an umbrella ...

) community. Muniyappa has represented Kolar seven times consecutively: (

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11th Lok Sabha General elections were held in India in April–May 1996 to elect the members of the 11th Lok Sabha. The result of the election was a hung parliament, which would see three Prime Ministers in two years and force the country back to the polls ...

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and

16th Lok Sabha Members of the 16th Lok Sabha were elected during the 2014 Indian general election. The elections were conducted in 9 phases from 7 April 2014 to 12 May 2014 by the Election Commission of India. The results of the election were declared on 16 M ...

). He lost the 2019 elections to a largely unknown face S. Muniswamy by more than one lakh votes. Muniyappa blamed his own partymen for his defeat. He said his party's legislators worked against him, resulting in his defeat. Muniyappa was the

Union Minister The Union Council of Ministers Article 58 of the ''Constitution of India'' is the principal executive organ of the Government of India, which is responsible for being the senior decision making body of the executive branch. It is chaired by t ...

of state for Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises. He was administered the oath of office along with 59 other ministers on 28 May 2009 by

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Pratibha Patil Prathibha DeviSingh Patil (born 19 December 1934) is an Indian politician and lawyer who served as the 12th president of India spanning from 2007 to 2012. She is the first woman to become the president of India. A member of the Indian National ...

Degrees and posts held

1969 onwards Vice-Convenor, Congress (I) Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) Cell, District. Kolar, Karnataka. 1978-83 Vice-President, Taluk Development Board, Sidlaghatta, District. Kolar, Karnataka. 1991 Elected to 10th Lok Sabha Member, Pradesh Congress Committee (P.C.C.) (I), Legal Cell, Karnataka Member, Executive Committee, P.C.C. (I) SC and ST Cell, Karnataka Vice-President, Taluk Congress (I) Committee, Sidlaghatta, District. Kolar, Karnataka Member, District Congress Committee (D.C.C.) (I), Dist. Kolar, Karnataka Member, Food and Civil Supplies (Eradication of Adulteration Committee), District. Kolar, Karnataka 1994 Joint Secretary, All India Congress Committee (A.I.C.C.) 1996 Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (2nd term) 1996-97 Member, Committee on Industry Member, Committee on Subordinate Legislation Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Welfare 1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (3rd term) 1998-99 Member, Committee on Industry Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment Special Invitee, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Steel and Mines 1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (4th term) 1999-2000 Member, Committee on Industry 2004 Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha(5th term) 23 May 2004 onwards Union Minister of State, Ministry of Shipping, Road Transport & Highways 2009 Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (6th term) 2009 - 28 Oct. 2012 Union Minister of State, Railways 28 Oct. 2012 Union Minister of State (Independent Charge), Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises 2014 Re-elected to 16th Lok Sabha (7th term)

Awards

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Honorary Doctorate An honorary degree is an academic degree for which a university (or other degree-awarding institution) has waived all of the usual requirements. It is also known by the Latin phrases ''honoris causa'' ("for the sake of the honour") or ''ad hon ...

- 32nd Annual Convocation of ''

Gulbarga University GUlbarga University is a public university located in Kalaburagi, Karnataka, India. The university is recognized by University Grants Commission (India), University Grants Commission and accredited by National Assessment and Accreditation Counci ...

'' (2014)

References

External links

Official Website: Shri K.H. Muniyappa
www.khmuniyappa.org 1948 births People from Kolar Union ministers of state of India Indian National Congress politicians from Karnataka India MPs 1991–1996 India MPs 1996–1997 India MPs 1998–1999 India MPs 1999–2004 India MPs 2004–2009 India MPs 2009–2014 Living people Lok Sabha members from Karnataka India MPs 2014–2019 {{Karnataka-INC-politician-stub