Veerappa Moily
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Marpadi Veerappa Moily (born 12 January 1940) is an Indian politician belonging to the Indian National Congress from the state of Karnataka.
M. Veerappa Moily | |
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Ministry of Environment and Forests | |
In office 24 October 2013 – 26 May 2014 | |
Prime Minister | Manmohan Singh |
Preceded by | Jayanthi Natarajan |
Succeeded by | Prakash Javdekar |
Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas | |
In office 28 October 2012 – 26 May 2014 | |
Prime Minister | Manmohan Singh |
Preceded by | Murli Deora |
Succeeded by | Dharmendra Pradhan |
Minister of Corporate Affairs | |
In office 13 July 2011 – 28 October 2012 | |
Prime Minister | Manmohan Singh |
Preceded by | Hansraj Bhardwaj |
Succeeded by | Sachin Pilot |
Minister of Power | |
In office 31 July 2012 – 28 October 2012 | |
Prime Minister | Manmohan Singh |
Preceded by | Sushilkumar Shinde |
Succeeded by | Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia |
Minister of Law and Justice | |
In office 28 May 2009 – 28 May 2011 | |
Prime Minister | Manmohan Singh |
Preceded by | Hansraj Bhardwaj |
Succeeded by | Salman Khurshid |
7th Chief Minister of Karnataka | |
In office 19 November 1992 – 11 December 1994 | |
Preceded by | S. Bangarappa |
Succeeded by | H. D. Deve Gowda |
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
In office 16 May 2009 – 23 May 2019 | |
Preceded by | R. L. Jalappa |
Succeeded by | Bache Gowda |
Constituency | Chikballapur |
Personal details | |
Born | (1940-01-12) 12 January 1940 (age 84) Moodabidri, South Canara, British India (present Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka) |
Political party | Indian National Congress |
Spouse | Malathi Moily |
Children | 4 |
Alma mater | Mangalore University Bangalore University |
Website | Official Website |
Moily was the former Chief Minister (and the first ethnic Tuluva CM) of the Indian state of Karnataka (19 Nov 1992 – 11 Dec 1994). He was elected to Karnataka state legislative assembly from Karkala constituency of Udupi district. From 2009 to 2019, he represented the Chikballapur constituency in Lok Sabha. But he lost in 2019 to a BJP candidate when BJP won 25 seats out of 28 Lok Sabha seats in Karnataka. He was the former Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister of Corporate Affairs and Minister of Power in the Indian government.[1]
He is also currently serving as the All India Congress Committee General Secretary in charge of Andhra Pradesh. He is regarded as one of the senior members of the Congress Party, and a close adviser for the Congress Leader Sonia Gandhi.
He announced formal retirement from electoral politics in 2024 prior to the 18th Lok Sabha Elections. [2]