Karnataka Cabinet – Council of Ministers in SM Krishna’s Govt
This was last updated on Nov 28, 2002. Here is SM Krishna’s cabinet ministers list before he resigned in 2004. After the elections Dharam Singh took over as the CM.
| Name | Cabinet Rank | |
| S M Krishna (Chief Minister) |
Finance/Cabinet Affairs/DPAR/BMRDA,KUWSDB from Urban Dept/Police intelligence | |
| Mallikarjuna Kharge | Home & Minor Irrigation | |
| H K Patil | Water Resources | |
| M Y Ghorpade | Rural Development & Panchayat Raj excluding Rural Water Supply & External Aid | |
| K H Ranganath | Forest | |
| D B Chandre Gowda | Law and Parliamentary Affairs | |
| H C Srikantaiah | Revenue | |
| Dharam Singh | Public Works | |
| Kagodu Thimmaappa | Health & Family Welfare / Information | |
| Motamma | Women & Child Welfare | |
| C R Sagir Ahmed | Housing | |
| Dr A B Maalaka Reddy | Medical Education | |
| H. Vishwanath | Co-operation | |
| R V Deshpande | Large and Medium Industries | |
| Qamar- Ul – Islam | Labour | |
| A Krishnappa | Social Welfare | |
| Roshan Baig | Small Scale Industries/Haj | |
| D K Shivakumar | Urban Development | |
| V S Koujalgi | Agriculture & Agro Processing | |
| V Muniyappa | Mines & Geology | |
| M Mahadev | Animal Husbandry & Sugar | |
| B Ramanath Rai | Transport | |
| B S Patil (Sasanur) | Agricultural Marketing | |
| R B Thimmapur | Planning, Institutional Finance/Statistics | |
| M Shivanna | Horticulture | |
| Dr G Parameshwar | Higher Education | |
| Ramalinga Reddy | Food and Civil Supplies | |
| H M Revanna | Textiles/ Sericulture | |
| Name | Ministers of State | |
| Prof. B.K. Chandrashekar | Primary and Secondary Education | |
| Suma Vasanth | Muzrai | |
| S. Kumar Bangarappa | Municipal Administration | |
| S.S. Mallikarjuna | Youth Services & Sports | |
| D.B. Inamdar | Information Technology / Tourism | |
| Baburao Chinchunsoor | Small Savings | |
| Baburao Chavan | Adult Education / Libraries / Printing/ Stationery | |
| M. M. Nanaiah | Excise | |
| Rani Satish | Kannada & Culture | |
| Nafees Fazal | Science & Technology / Indian Systems of Medicine / Homoeopathy | |
| M. Mallikarjun Nagappa | Revenue | |
| Raja Amareswara Naik | Prisons, Home Guards / Civil Defence, Legal Metrology | |
| T.John | Civil Aviation | |
| K N Gaddi | Forests | |
| M L Ustad | Welfare and Wakfs | |
| Raju Gowda | Agro Processing | |
| Vasanth Saliyan | Fisheries and Ports | |
| Basavaraj H Patil | Power | |
| K B Koliwad | Rural Water Supply | |
| Diwakar Babu | Co-operation (attached to Vishwanath) | |