U. T. Khader

Uppala T. Khader Fareed
17th Speaker of Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
24 May 2023
DeputyRudrappa Lamani
Leader of the HouseSiddaramaiah
Preceded byVishweshwar Hegde Kageri
Minister for Health and Family Welfare
In office
20 May 2013  20 June 2016
Minister for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs
In office
20 June 2016  2018
Preceded byDinesh Gundu Rao
Minister for Urban Development and Housing
In office
June 2018  July 2019
Deputy Leader of the Opposition of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
In office
January 2022  13 May 2023
Member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
2008
Preceded byConstituency created
ConstituencyMangalore
In office
2007–2007
Preceded byU. T. Fareed
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
ConstituencyUllal
Personal details
Born (1969-10-12) 12 October 1969
Uppala, Kasargod, Kerala State, India
Political partyIndian National Congress
Parents
  • U. T. Fareed (father)
  • Naseema (mother)
OccupationAdvocate
As of June, 2021
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U. T. Khader Fareed is an Indian politician who is currently serving as the 17th Speaker of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly, since May 2023. He previously served as the Cabinet Minister for Health & Family Welfare, Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs and also for Urban Development and Housing in Government of Karnataka.

Khader is a fourth-term MLA representing the Mangalore constituency (previously known as the Ullal) of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly.

He is a member of the Indian National Congress and was the only Congress MLA to win from the Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts in the 2018 State election.

He defeated Santosh Kumar Rai of BJP by a margin of 19,739 votes in the 2018 assembly election.

He defeated Sathish Kumpala of the BJP by a margin of 22,977 votes in the 2023 assembly election.