U. T. Khader

Ullal T. Khader Fareed
23rd Speaker of Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
24 May 2023
DeputyR. M. Lamani
Preceded byVishweshwar Hegde Kageri
Minister for Health and Family Welfare
In office
20 May 2013 – 20 June 2016
Minister for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs
In office
20 June 2016 – 2018
Preceded byDinesh Gundu Rao
Minister for Urban Development and Housing
In office
June 2018 – July 2019
Deputy Leader of the Opposition of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
In office
January 2022 – 13 May 2023
Member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
2008
Preceded byConstituency created
ConstituencyMangalore
In office
2007–2007
Preceded byU. T. Fareed
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
ConstituencyUllal
Personal details
Born (1969-10-12) 12 October 1969 (age 54)
Uppala, Kasargod, Kerala State, India
Political partyIndian National Congress
Parents
  • U. T. Fareed (father)
  • Naseema (mother)
OccupationAdvocate
As of June, 2021
Source: [1]

U. T. Khader Fareed is an Indian politician who is currently serving as the 23rd Speaker of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly, since May 2023.[1] He previously served as the Cabinet Minister for Health & Family Welfare, Food, Civil Suplies and Consumer Affairs and also for Urban Development and Housing in Government of Karnataka.[2]

Khader is a fourth-term MLA representing the Mangalore constituency (previously known as the Ullal) of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly.

He is a member of the Indian National Congress and was the only Congress MLA to win from the Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts in the 2018 State election.[3]

He defeated Santosh Kumar Rai of BJP by a margin of 19,739 votes.[4]

  1. ^ The Hindu (24 May 2023). "U.T. Khader unanimously elected Speaker of Karnataka Assembly". Archived from the original on 5 June 2023. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  2. ^ "Karnataka: Newly inducted housing minister vows to provide houses for poor". The Times of India. 9 June 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  3. ^ "U.T. Khader makes it to the State Ministry again". The Hindu. 7 June 2018. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  4. ^ "Constituencywise Trends". Eciresults.nic.in. 16 May 2018. Retrieved 7 June 2018.

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