U. T. Khader Fareed is an Indian politician who is currently serving as the 23rd
Speaker of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly, since May 2023.
He previously served as the
Cabinet Minister for Urban Development and Housing in
Government of Karnataka
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.
Khader is a fourth-term
MLA representing the
Mangalore constituency (previously known as the
Ullal
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10 km from the Mangalore City centre. Ullal City Municipality along with the Mangalore ...
) of the
Karnataka Legislative Assembly
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. He is a member of the
Indian National Congress
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and was the only Congress MLA to win from the
Dakshina Kannada and
Udupi
Udupi (alternate spelling Udipi; also known as Odipu) is a city in the Indian state of Karnataka. Udupi is situated about north of the educational, commercial and industrial hub of Mangalore and about west of state capital Bangalore by road.
...
districts in the
2018 State election. He defeated Santosh Kumar Rai of
BJP
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by a margin of 19,739 votes.
Early life
Khader was born and brought up in
Uppala, Kasargod. His mother is Naseema and his father is the Haji U. T. Fareed. He has three brothers and one sister.
Political career
He was the Minister for Health and Family Welfare of Karnataka from 20 May 2013 to 20 June 2016 as part of the
Siddaramaiah cabinet.
Khader previously served as the deputy opposition leader of the Karnataka legislative assembly.
References
Article published on 30th January on The hindu news paper
External links
U. T. Khadar affidavit
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Living people
State cabinet ministers of Karnataka
Politicians from Mangalore
Karnataka MLAs 2018–2023
Karnataka MLAs 2023–2028
Indian National Congress politicians from Karnataka
1969 births
Karnataka MLAs 2008–2013
Karnataka MLAs 2013–2018
Karnataka MLAs 2004–2007