Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri

Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri (born 10 July 1961) is an Indian politician who is the 17th and current Speaker of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly. He is the member of Bharatiya Janata Party in Karnataka. He is six-term MLA from Sirsi. He served as the Minister for Primary and Secondary Education in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Government of Karnataka.[1][2]

Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri
21st Speaker of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 31 July 2019
Preceded by	K. R. Ramesh Kumar
Minister of Primary and Secondary Education (Government of Karnataka)
In office 30 May 2008 – 23 May 2013
Preceded by	President's Rule
Succeeded by	Kimmane Rathnakar
Constituency	Sirsi
Member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 2008
Constituency	Sirsi
In office 1994–2008
Preceded by	Umesh Bhat
Constituency	Ankola
Personal details
Born	(1961-07-10) 10 July 1961 Sirsi, Mysore State, India
Nationality	Indian
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Alma mater	Karnatak University
Occupation	Agriculturist, Politician

He completed his B.Com from Karnatak University, Dharwad. He was an Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad office bearer during his college days and was an influential students union leader.[3]

He represented the Ankola Vidhan Sabha constituency for 3 terms: 1994–99, 1999–04 and 2004–2008. After the delimitation process, he shifted to the newly created Sirsi constituency and won the seat in 2008, 2013 and 2018 elections.[4] He served as MLA for 5 terms in his political career & renowned as a very disciplined politician.