Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri

Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri (born 10 July 1961) is an Indian politician who Was the 23rd and Ex Speaker of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly since 31 July 2019 to 13 May 2023 He is the member of Bharatiya Janata Party in Karnataka. He was six-term and Formal Member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly from Sirsi May 2023. He served as the Minister for Primary and Secondary Education from 2008 to 2013 in the Government of Karnataka.[1][2]

Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri
Speaker of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
In office 31 July 2019 – 13 May 2023
Preceded by	K. R. Ramesh Kumar
Minister of Primary & Secondary Education Government of Karnataka
In office 30 May 2008 – 13 May 2013
Chief Minister	B. S. Yediyurappa Sadananda Gowda Jagadish Shettar
Preceded by	Basavaraj Horatti
Succeeded by	Kimmane Rathnakar
Member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly
In office 2008 – 13 May 2023
Preceded by	Vivekananda Vaidya
Succeeded by	Bhimanna Naik
Constituency	Sirsi
In office 1994–2008
Preceded by	Umesh Bhat
Succeeded by	Constituency defunct
Constituency	Ankola
Personal details
Born	(1961-07-10) 10 July 1961 Sirsi, Mysore State, India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse	Bharati Hegde
Children	Jayalakshmi, Rajalakshmi, Shreelakshmi
Parent(s)	Anant Shivram Hegde, Sarweshwari Hegde
Alma mater	Karnatak University
Occupation	Farmer, politician

He completed his B.Com. from Karnatak University, Dharwad. He was an Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad office bearer during his college days and was an influential students union leader.[3]

He represented the Ankola Vidhan Sabha constituency for 3 terms: 1994–99, 1999–04 and 2004–2008. After the delimitation process, he shifted to the newly created Sirsi constituency and won the seat in 2008, 2013 and 2018 elections.[4] He served as MLA for 5 terms in his political career & is renowned as a very disciplined politician.