R. V. Deshpande

Raghunath Vishwanath Deshpande
Minister of Revenue Government of Karnataka
In office 8 June 2018 – 23 July 2019
Chief Minister	H. D. Kumaraswamy
Preceded by	Kagodu Thimmappa
Succeeded by	R. Ashoka
chairperson of the Administrative Reforms Commission Government of Karnataka
Incumbent
Assumed office 29 Dec 2023
Chief Minister	Siddaramaiah
Member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 19 May 2018
Constituency	Haliyal
Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee President
In office 2008–2010
Personal details
Born	(1947-03-16) 16 March 1947 (age 77) Haliyal, Mysore State, (present-day Karnataka, India)
Political party	Indian National Congress

Raghunath Vishwanath Deshpande (born 16 March 1947) is an Indian politician who is chairperson of the Administrative Reforms Commission with Cabinet Minister Rank and also was the revenue minister of Karnataka 8 June 2018 to 23 July 2019. Member of the Legislative Assembly for the Haliyal constituency and he was the Minister for Medium & Heavy Industries in the cabinets headed by Siddaramaiah as well as S. M. Krishna.^[1][2]