N. H. Shivashankara Reddy

Nagasandra Hanumantha Shivashankara Reddy (born 24 September 1954)^[1] is an Indian politician from Karnataka. He is a former Member of the Legislative Assembly representing the Indian National Congress. He is the former deputy speaker of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly^[2][3] and 2018 Agriculture minister of Karnataka. He was a Member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly from Gauribidanur Assembly constituency for five consecutive terms.^[4]

N. H. Shivashankara
Minister of Agriculture, Government of Karnataka
In office 6 June 2018 – 25 July 2019
Preceded by	Krishna Byre Gowda
Succeeded by	Laxman Savadi
Constituency	Gauribidanur
Deputy Speaker of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
In office 31 May 2013 – 18 May 2018
Preceded by	G.H Tippareddy
Succeeded by	M. Krishna Reddy
Constituency	Gauribidanur
Member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly for Gauribidanur
In office 1999–2023
Preceded by	N. Jyothi Reddy
Succeeded by	K H Puttaswamy Gowda
Personal details
Born	(1954-09-24) 24 September 1954 (age 70) H. Nagasandra, Gowribidanur
Political party	Indian National Congress (From 2004)
Other political affiliations	Independent (Till 2004)
Spouse	Sujathamma
Children	2
Education	Bachelor of Science in Agriculture

Early life and education

Reddy was born on in a Vokkaliga family^[5] in H. Nagasandra village, Gowribidanur taluk,^[1] Chikkaballapura district, Karnataka to Subhashanamma and N. S. Hanumantha Reddy. He holds a bachelor's degree in agricultural sciences from the University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad.^[6] He married Sujathamma and they have two children.

Career

Reddy was first elected in the Gauribidanur Assembly constituency winning the 1999 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election. He contested as an independent candidate after he was denied a ticket by the Indian National Congress Party. Earlier, he served at the village council level. He retained the seat contesting on the Congress ticket in the 2004 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election and won for three more times in the 2008, 2013 and 2018 Assembly elections.^[7]

In July 2013, he was unanimously elected the Deputy Speaker of the Assembly.^[6] He was the Minister for Agriculture in H D Kumarswamy's second cabinet. In 2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election, he lost the Gauribidanur seat to K H Puttaswamy Gowda, an independent candidate, by a margin 37,286 votes.^[8][9]