B. S. Yediyurappa

B. S. Yediyurappa
19th Chief Minister of Karnataka
In office 26 July 2019 – 28 July 2021
Preceded by	H. D. Kumaraswamy
Succeeded by	Basavaraj Bommai
In office 17 May 2018 – 23 May 2018
Preceded by	Siddaramaiah
Succeeded by	H. D. Kumaraswamy
In office 30 May 2008 – 4 August 2011
Preceded by	President's rule
Succeeded by	D. V. Sadananda Gowda
In office 12 November 2007 – 19 November 2007
Preceded by	President's rule
Succeeded by	President's rule
5th Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka
In office 3 February 2006 – 8 October 2007
Chief Minister	H. D. Kumaraswamy
Ministry Portfolios	Minister of Finance Minister of Excise Minister of Large & Medium Industries
Preceded by	M. P. Prakash
Succeeded by	R. Ashoka K. S. Eshwarappa
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 16 May 2014 – 19 May 2018
Preceded by	B. Y. Raghavendra
Succeeded by	B. Y. Raghavendra
Constituency	Shimoga
Leader of Opposition Karnataka Legislative Assembly
In office 27 December 1994 – 18 December 1996
Chief Minister(s)	H. D. Deve Gowda J. H. Patel
Preceded by	R. V. Deshpande
Succeeded by	Mallikarjun Kharge
In office 9 June 2004 – 2 February 2006
Chief Minister	Dharam Singh
Preceded by	Jagadish Shettar
Succeeded by	Dharam Singh
In office 25 May 2018 – 26 July 2019
Chief Minister	H. D. Kumaraswamy
Preceded by	Jagadish Shettar
Succeeded by	Siddaramaiah
Member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly
In office 16 May 2018 – 13 May 2023
Preceded by	B. Y. Raghavendra
Succeeded by	B. Y. Vijayendra
Constituency	Shikaripura
In office 2004–2014
Preceded by	B. N. Mahalingappa
Succeeded by	B. Y. Raghavendra
Constituency	Shikaripura
In office 1983–1999
Preceded by	K. Yenkatappa
Succeeded by	B. N. Mahalingappa
Constituency	Shikaripura
Member of Karnataka Legislative Council
In office 18 June 2000 – 17 May 2004
Constituency	elected by Legislative Assembly members
President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Karnataka
In office 8 April 2016 – 26 July 2019
Preceded by	Pralhad Joshi
Succeeded by	Nalin Kumar Kateel
In office 1998–1999
Preceded by	K. S. Eshwarappa
Succeeded by	Ananth Kumar
In office 1988–1992
Preceded by	B. B. Shivappa
Succeeded by	K. S. Eshwarappa
Personal details
Born	Bookanakere Siddalingappa Yediyurappa (1943-02-27) 27 February 1943 (age 81)[1] Bookanakere, Kingdom of Mysore, British India (present-day Karnataka, India)
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party (1980-2012; 2014–present)
Other political affiliations	Karnataka Janata Paksha (2012–2014) Janata Party (1977–1980) Bharatiya Jana Sangh (till 1977)
Spouse	Mythradevi ​ ​ (m. 1967; died 2004)​
Children	5, including B. Y. Raghavendra, B. Y. Vijayendra
Signature
Website	yeddyurappa.in

Bookanakere Siddalingappa Yediyurappa // ^ⓘ (born 27 February 1943), often referred to by his initials BSY, is an Indian politician. He is currently serving as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Parliamentary board committee since 17 August 2022, termed as the highest office of authority in the party. He served as the 13th Chief Minister of Karnataka, and he was former Member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly between 1983 - 2022 in different timelines. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He is also the only politician so far in Karnataka to have served four times as the Chief Minister and three times as the Leader of the Opposition in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly. He is the longest serving BJP Chief Minister of Karnataka. He is former MLA from Shikaripura constituency in Shimoga district, from where he has been elected eight times.

In 2008, Yediyurappa became the chief minister after leading the BJP to victory in the Karnataka Assembly elections, a first for the BJP in a South Indian state.^[2] In 2011, he resigned after being indicted over a corruption case; he was acquitted in 2016.^[3] Owing to alleged ill-treatment meted out to Yediyurappa by the BJP High Command, he left the BJP and formed his own party, the Karnataka Janata Paksha.^[4][5] In 2014 he merged his party with the BJP and was subsequently elected to the 16th Lok Sabha from the Shivamogga constituency, which he quit after being elected to the Karnataka Legislative Assembly in the May 2018 state elections.^[6][7] On 17 May 2018, he was sworn in as the Chief Minister for the third time.^[8][9] However, he was unable to get majority support in the Assembly and resigned just two days after taking office, after which H. D. Kumaraswamy took oath as the Chief Minister.^[10][11] After the government of Kumaraswamy lost its majority in July 2019 with the resignation of 17 MLAs, Yediyurappa took oath as the Chief Minister and proved his majority. In the December by-elections, BJP won 12 seats out of 15 and gained a majority of 117 seats under his leadership, cementing his win.

After days of speculation, Yediyurappa resigned as Chief Minister on 26 July 2021, the second anniversary of his fourth term. He was succeeded by his protégé, Basavaraj Bommai, on 28 July 2021.^[12]