He held the portfolio of finance minister of Karnataka for seven times. Siddaramaiah took oath as Chief Minister of Karnataka on May 13, 2013 in Kanteerva Stadium in Bangalore. May 13, 2013 is considered a very auspicious day because of Akashya Tritiya.
Early Life
Siddaramaiah was born in a remote village called Siddaramanahundi situated in Varuna Hobli of Mysore district and at a distance of 23 km from Mysore. He was born to a farmer family and is the second amongst the five siblings.
He did not attend school till he was ten years of age and started his education from the fifth standard. But this late entry did not stop him from topping the state board examination.
He went on complete B.Sc. and then Bachelor of Law from Mysore University. He was the first graduate from his village. He became a teacher for a short period at Vidyavardhaka Law College in Mysore before beginning his political career.
Political Career
He began his political career in 1983 after winning from Chamundeshwari constituency in Mysore on a Bharatiya Lok Dal ticket. He later joined the ruling Janata Dal. He held various portfolios as a minister in the Janata Dal governments headed by Ramakrishna Hegde, H.D. Deve Gowda and J.H. Patel. He first suffered defeat in the Assembly elections of 1989. He served as the Secretary General of Janata Dal in 1992.
Among the portfolios handled by Siddaramaiah as a minister of the Janata Dal government are:
•Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka
•Minister for Finance
•Minister for Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Services
•Minister for Sericulture
•Minister for Transport
As a finance minister Siddaramaiah is one of the most experienced and widely respected figures in the state. He presented five successive budgets from 1994. He was appointed a finance minister in the Congress-Janata Dal-Secular government in Karnataka in 2004-2006. He presented the budget twice as finance minister during that period.
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