Arbail Shivaram Hebbar

Arbail Shivaram Hebbar is an Indian politician who is the Minister of the Labour Department of Karnataka since 6 February 2020. He was elected to the Karnataka Legislative Assembly from Yellapura in the 2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election as a member of the Indian National Congress but switched to Bharatiya Janata Party in 2019 and won the by-elections in December 2019.^{[3][4][5][6][7]}

Arbail Shivaram Hebbar
Minister of Labour Department of Karnataka
In office 6 February 2021 – 13 May 2023
Preceded by	S. Suresh Kumar, BJP
Minister for Sugar Government of Karnataka
In office 6 February 2020 – 21 January 2021
Preceded by	C. T. Ravi
Succeeded by	M. T. B. Nagaraj
Member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 18 May 2018
Constituency	Yellapura
Personal details
Born	(1956-06-04) 4 June 1956 (age 69)[1] Artibail (Yellapur taluk)[2]
Nationality	Indian
Children	Vivek Hebbar and Shruti Hebbar
Occupation	Politician
Website	https://shivaramhebbar.com/

Early life

Hebbar was born and brought up in the Uttara Kannada district of the southern small village called Shivakar on the banks of river Gangavati in the Indian state of Karnataka.

Political career

In 1983, he was elected to Yellapur APMC and this was his maiden entry to public life. In 2008, he contested the Yellapur-Mundgod Assembly elections as a Congress candidate against V S Patil but lost.^[8]