Sarekoppa Bangarappa
Sarekoppa Bangarappa | |
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| 6th Chief Minister of Karnataka | |
| In office 17 October 1990 – 19 November 1992 | |
| Preceded by | Veerendra Patil |
| Succeeded by | M. Veerappa Moily |
| Member of Parliament for Shimoga | |
| In office 5 June 2005 – 12 February 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Himself |
| Succeeded by | B. Y. Raghavendra |
| In office 6 October 1999 – 10 March 2005 | |
| Preceded by | Ayanur Manjunath |
| Succeeded by | Himself |
| In office 1996–1998 | |
| Preceded by | K. G. Shivappa |
| Succeeded by | Ayanur Manjunath |
| Member of the Karnataka Assembly for Soraba | |
| In office 1967–1996 | |
| Succeeded by | Kumar Bangarappa |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 26 October 1933 Kubaturu, Kingdom of Mysore, British India |
| Died | 26 December 2011 (aged 78) Bengaluru, Karnataka, India |
| Political party | Janata Dal (Secular) (2010–11) |
| Other political affiliations |
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| Spouse |
Shakuntala (m. 1958–2011) |
| Children | 5, including Kumar, Madhu |
Sarekoppa Bangarappa (26 October 1933 – 26 December 2011) was an Indian politician who was the 6th Chief Minister of Karnataka from 1990 to 1992.
He served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly for Karnataka between 1967 and 1996, before contesting a series of six elections for the Lok Sabha from 1996 to 2009, of which he lost two. He founded both the Karnataka Vikas Party and the Karnataka Congress Party during a 44-year career in which his supporters called him Solillada Saradara (a leader who cannot be defeated). As well as these two parties, Bangarappa was at various times a member of the Indian National Congress, the Bharatiya Janata Party, the Samajwadi Party and Janata Dal (Secular), and his critics described him as a party-hopper because of this.