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(Redirected from Somanahalli Mallaiah Krishna) Indian politician (1932–2024) In this Indian name, the toponymic surname is Somanahalli. It is not a family name, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Krishna.In this Indian name, the name Mallaiah is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Krishna.

S. M. Krishna
Krishna in 2009

27th Minister of External Affairs
In office 23 May 2009 – 28 October 2012
Prime Minister	Manmohan Singh
Preceded by	Pranab Mukherjee
Succeeded by	Salman Khurshid
18th Governor of Maharashtra
In office 12 December 2004 – 5 March 2008
Chief Minister	Vilasrao Deshmukh
Preceded by	Mohammed Fazal
Succeeded by	S. C. Jamir
10th Chief Minister of Karnataka
In office 11 October 1999 – 28 May 2004
Preceded by	J. H. Patel
Succeeded by	N. Dharam Singh
1st Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka
In office 21 January 1993 – 11 December 1994
Chief Minister	M. Veerappa Moily
Preceded by	Office Established
Succeeded by	J. H. Patel
Constituency	Maddur
13th Speaker of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
In office 18 December 1989 – 20 January 1993
Preceded by	B. G. Banakar, JP
Succeeded by	V. S. Koujalagi, INC

Personal details
Born	(1932-05-01)1 May 1932 Somanahalli, Kingdom of Mysore, British India
Died	10 December 2024(2024-12-10) (aged 92) Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party (March 2017–2023)
Other political affiliations	Indian National Congress (1971 – January 2017) Praja Socialist Party (1962–1971)
Spouse	Prema (m. 1966)
Relatives	V. G. Siddhartha (son-in-law)
Alma mater	Mysore University Southern Methodist University George Washington University

Honours	Padma Vibhushan (2023)

Somanahalli Mallaiah Krishna (1 May 1932 – 10 December 2024) was an Indian politician who served as Minister of External Affairs of India from 2009 to October 2012. He was the 10th Chief Minister of Karnataka from 1999 to 2004 and the 19th Governor of Maharashtra from 2004 to 2008. S. M. Krishna served as the Speaker of the Karnataka Vidhana Soudha from December 1989 to January 1993. He was also a Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha member from 1971 to 2014. He is widely credited with putting Bengaluru on the world map by building the foundation for it to become the IT Hub that it is today during his tenure as Chief Minister. In 2023, Krishna was awarded the Padma Vibhushan, the second highest civilian award of India.

Early life and education

S. M. Krishna was the son of S. C. Mallaiah, born on 1 May 1932 to a Vokkaliga family in a village named Somanahalli in the Maddur Taluk of Mandya district, Karnataka. He finished his High School in Sri Ramakrishna Vidyashala, Mysore. He completed his Bachelor of Arts from Maharaja's College, Mysore. He obtained a law degree from University Law College, which was then known as Government Law College in Bangalore. Krishna studied in the United States, graduating with Masters of Laws degree from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas and The George Washington University Law School in Washington D.C, where he was a Fulbright Scholar.

Political career

Soon after his return to India, Krishna started his electoral political career in the year 1962 by winning the Maddur Vidhana Sabha seat. Krishna ran as an independent, defeating K V Shankar Gowda, the prominent politician from the Indian National Congress for whom Jawaharlal Nehru had campaigned.

He then joined the Praja Socialist Party but lost his race for Maddur in the 1967 elections to Congress' M M Gowda. He won the by-poll for Mandya (Lok Sabha constituency) in 1968 when the sitting MP died, defeating the Congress nominee.

In 1968, he was influential in reconciling members of the Indian National Congress and the Praja Socialist Party. He served three terms as an MP from the Mandya constituency of Karnataka, starting from the 1968 by-poll as a PSP candidate. His following terms were as a Congressman, winning elections in 1971 and 1980. Mandya remained a Congress stronghold, represented in Lok Sabha later by his political proteges such as Ambareesh and Divya Spandana (also known as Ramya). S M Krishna resigned from Lok Sabha in 1972, and became a member of the Karnataka Legislative Council and was appointed a minister by Devaraj Urs.

After he went back to Lok Sabha in 1980, he served as a minister under Indira Gandhi between 1983–84. He lost his run for the Mandya Lok Sabha seat in the 1984 elections. He was reelected to the Karnataka legislative assembly in 1985. He served as Speaker of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly between 18 December 1989 and 20 January 1993. He served as Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka from 1993 to 1994. Later, he became a member of the Rajya Sabha between April 1996 and 1999.

In 1999, as Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee president, he led his party to victory in the 1999 assembly polls and took over as Chief Minister of Karnataka, a post he held until being defeated in 2004 Karnataka Legislative Assembly elections. He was also instrumental in creating power reforms with the ESCOMS and digitization of land records (BHOOMI) and many other citizen-friendly initiatives. He encouraged private-public participation and was a sponsor of the Bangalore Advance Task Force.

Krishna was appointed Governor of Maharashtra on 6 December 2004. Krishna resigned as Governor of Maharashtra on 5 March 2008. It was reported that this was due to his intention to return to active politics in Karnataka. President Pratibha Patil accepted his resignation on 6 March. Krishna entered the Rajya Sabha and subsequently took the oath of office as Union Cabinet Minister of External Affairs in the Council of Ministers under Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on 22 May 2009. In his tenure as the external affairs minister, he visited a number of countries including Tajikistan in 2012 to strengthen economic and energy ties. Krishna resigned as External Affairs Minister on 26 October 2012 indicating a return to Karnataka state politics.

Krishna resigned as a member of INC on 29 January 2017, stating that the party was in a "state of confusion" on whether it needed mass leaders or not. He also complained of having been sidelined by the party and that the party was "dependent on managers and not time-tested people like himself". After speculation concerning his joining the Bharatiya Janata Party, he formally joined the party in March 2017. He announced his retirement from politics in January 2023, citing age-related issues.

Positions held

Duration	Position held	Refs.
1962–67	Elected to 3rd Mysore Legislative Assembly from Maddur.
1968–1970	Elected to 4th Lok Sabha as Socialist MP from Mandya after a by-poll when sitting MP died in 1967
1971–1972	Elected to 5th Lok Sabha, Congress candidate from Mandya
1972–1977	Member of Karnataka Legislative Council
1972–77	Minister for Commerce & Industries & Parliamentary Affairs, Government of Karnataka
1980–1984	Elected to 7th Lok Sabha from Mandya
29 January 1983 – 7 February 1984	Union Minister of State for Industry
7 February 1984 – 7 September 1984	Union Minister of State for Finance
7 September 1984 – 31 October 1984 and 4 November 1984 – 31 December 1984	Union Minister of State for Commerce
1989–1994	Member, 9th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
18 December 1989 – 20 January 1993	Speaker, Karnataka Legislative Assembly
1992 – 9 December 1994	Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka
April 1996 – 1999	Member of Rajya Sabha
1999–2000	President of Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee
October 1999 – 2004	Chief Minister of Karnataka (MLA from Maddur)
2004	Re-elected to Karnataka Legislative Assembly from Chamrajpet constituency
2004–2008	Governor of Maharashtra
2008–2014	Member of Rajya Sabha from Karnataka
22 May 2009 – 26 October 2012	External Affairs Minister, Government of India

Personal life

Krishna was married to Prema. They had two daughters. His daughter Malavika Krishna was married to the Late V. G. Siddhartha, a businessman and the founder of Cafe Coffee Day. He had a younger brother, Shankar (died 2019), who was a member of the Karnataka Legislative Council.

At the dusk of his political life, he released his biography, Smritivahini, in the presence of many dignitaries. He penned many interesting incidents, including Veerappan Kidnapping of Rajkumar during his tenure as the chief minister. He also quoted that the former prime minister of India and national president of Janata Dal (Secular) H. D. Devegowda had strong plans of joining Indian National Congress twice during the period of National emergency.

Krishna died from a long illness at his residence in Bengaluru, on 10 December 2024, at the age of 92. He was cremated with state honours complete with gun salute at his ancestral village of Somanahalli in Maddur taluk of Mandya district on 11 December. The Karnataka Government announced a three day mourning period.

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Second Manmohan Singh ministry

Prime Minister: Manmohan Singh

Cabinet Ministers

Agriculture	Sharad Pawar
Civil Aviation	Ajit Singh
Coal	Shriprakash Jaiswal
Commerce and Industry	Anand Sharma
Communications and IT	Kapil Sibal
Culture	Chandresh Kumari Katoch
Defence	A. K. Antony
Earth Sciences	Jaipal Reddy
External Affairs	Salman Khurshid
Finance	P. Chidambaram
Food Processing Industries	Sharad Pawar
Health and Family Welfare	Ghulam Nabi Azad

Heavy Ind. & Public Enterprises	Praful Patel
Home Affairs	Sushilkumar Shinde
Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation	Girija Vyas
Human Resource Development	Pallam Raju
Labour and Employment	Sis Ram Ola
Law and Justice	Kapil Sibal
Mines	Dinsha Patel
Minority Affairs	K. Rahman Khan
New and Renewable Energy	Farooq Abdullah
Overseas Indian Affairs	Vayalar Ravi
Parliamentary Affairs	Kamal Nath
Petroleum and Natural Gas	Veerappa Moily

Railway	Mallikarjun Kharge
Road Transport and Highways	Oscar Fernandes
Rural development	Jairam Ramesh
Science and Technology	Jaipal Reddy
Social Justice and Emp.	Selja Kumari
Steel	Beni Prasad Verma
Shipping	G. K. Vasan
Textiles	Kavuri Samba Siva Rao
Tribal Affairs	Kishore Chandra Deo
Urban Development	Kamal Nath
Water Resources	Harish Rawat

Ministers of State (Independent Charge)

Chemicals and Fertilizers	Srikant Kumar Jena
Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution	K. V. Thomas
Corporate Affairs	Sachin Pilot
Development of North Eastern Region	Paban Singh Ghatowar
Drinking Water and Sanitation	Bharatsinh Madhavsinh Solanki
Environment and Forests	Jayanthi Natarajan
Information and Broadcasting	Manish Tewari

MSME	K. H. Muniyappa
Power	Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia
Statistics and Programme Implementation	Srikant Kumar Jena
Tourism	K. Chiranjeevi
Women and Child Dev.	Krishna Tirath
Youth Affairs and Sports	Jitendra Singh

Ministers of State

Agriculture	Charan Das Mahant, Tariq Anwar
Civil Aviation	K. C. Venugopal
Coal	Pratik Prakashbapu Patil
Commerce and Industry	Daggubati Purandeswari, E. M. Sudarsana Natchiappan
Comm. & IT	Killi Krupa Rani, Milind Murli Deora
Corporate Affairs	R. P. N. Singh
Defence	Jitendra Singh
External Affairs	E. Ahamed, Preneet Kaur
Finance	Namo Narain Meena, S. S. Palanimanickam
Food Processing Ind.	Charan Das Mahant

Health and Family Welfare	Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury, S. Gandhiselvan
Home Affairs	Mullappally Ramachandran, R. P. N. Singh
Human Resource Development	Jitin Prasada, Shashi Tharoor
Information and Broadcasting	S. Jagathrakshakan
Labour and Employment	Kodikunnil Suresh
Minority Affairs	Ninong Ering
Parliamentary Affairs	Paban Singh Ghatowar, Rajeev Shukla
Petroleum and Natural Gas	Panabaka Lakshmi, R. P. N. Singh
New and Renewable Energy	S. Jagathrakshakan
Personnel, Public Griev. & Pensions	V. Narayanasamy
Planning Commission	Rajeev Shukla

Power	K. C. Venugopal
PMO	V. Narayanasamy
Railway	Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, K. J. Surya Prakash Reddy
Road Trans. & Highways	Sarvey Sathyanarayana, Tushar Amarsinh Chaudhary
Rural development	Lal Chand Kataria, Pradeep Jain Aditya
Shipping	Milind Murli Deora
Social Justice and Emp.	Balram Naik, Manikrao Hodlya Gavit
Textiles	Panabaka Lakshmi
Tribal Affairs	Mahadeo Singh Khandela, Ranee Narah
Urban Development	Deepa Dasmunsi

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Secretary (West)	Vikas Swarup (incumbent)
Secretary (East)	Riva Ganguly Das (incumbent)
Foreign Secretary	K. P. S. Menon Sr. R. K. Nehru Subimal Dutt M. J. Desai Y. D. Gundevia C. S. Jha Rajeshwar Dayal T. N. Kaul Kewal Singh J. S. Mehta R. D. Sathe M. K. Rasgotra Romesh Bhandari A. P. Venkateswaran K. P. S. Menon Jr. Shilendra Kumar Singh Muchukund Dubey J. N. Dixit Krishnan Srinivasan Salman Haidar K. Raghunath Lalit Mansingh Chokila Iyer Kanwal Sibal Shashank Shyam Saran Shivshankar Menon Nirupama Rao Ranjan Mathai Sujatha Singh Subrahmanyam Jaishankar Vijay Keshav Gokhale Harsh Vardhan Shringla (incumbent)

External affairs
ministers

Ministers of state
for external affairs

V. K. Singh
V. Muraleedharan (incumbent)

v t e Chief ministers of Karnataka
Mysore	K. Chengalaraya Reddy K. Hanumanthaiah K. Manjappa S. Nijalingappa B. D. Jatti S. R. Kanthi Veerendra Patil D. Devaraj Urs
Karnataka	D. Devaraj Urs R. Gundu Rao Ramakrishna Hegde S. R. Bommai S. Bangarappa Veerappa Moily H. D. Deve Gowda J. H. Patel S. M. Krishna Dharam Singh H. D. Kumaraswamy B. S. Yeddyurappa D. V. Sadananda Gowda Jagadish Shettar Siddaramaiah (incumbent) Basavaraj Bommai
Coorg	C. M. Poonacha

v t e Deputy chief ministers of Karnataka
S. M. Krishna (1993–1994) J. H. Patel (1994–1996) Siddaramaiah (1996–1999, 2004–2005) M. P. Prakash (2005–2006) B. S. Yeddyurappa (2006–2007) R. Ashoka (2012–2013) K. S. Eshwarappa (2012–2013) G. Parameshwara (2018–2019) C. N. Ashwath Narayan (2019–2021) Govind Karjol (2019–2021) Laxman Savadi (2019–2021) D. K. Shivakumar (2023–present)
Chief ministers