Ministers in SM Krishna’s Govt

This was last updated on Nov 28, 2002. This is the cabinet of SM Krishna’s government 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)