Adagur H. Vishwanath

Adagooru Huchegowda Vishwanath

Member of Parliament, 15th Lok Sabha
In office 2009–2014
Preceded by	C.H. Vijayashankar
Succeeded by	Pratap Simha
Constituency	Mysore
MLA, 11th Assembly
In office Oct 1999 – May 2004
Constituency	Krishnarajanagar
MLA, 9th Assembly
In office Dec 1989 – Sep 1994
Constituency	Krishnarajanagar
MLA, 6th Assembly
In office Mar 1978 – Jun 1983
Constituency	Krishnarajanagar
Personal details
Born	(1949-12-15) 15 December 1949 Krishnarajanagara, Mysore State, India
Nationality	Indian
Political party	Indian National Congress
Spouse(s)	Shantamma
Children	4
Residence	Mysore & New Delhi
Alma mater	University of Mysore Sarada Vilas College
Profession	Advocate, agriculturist, politician

Adagooru Huchegowda Vishwanath (born 15 December 1949) is an Indian politician and a former Member of Parliament of India. Vishwanath was member of the 15th Lok Sabha of India and represented the Mysore constituency of Karnataka. He is a member of the Indian National Congress political party.^[1]^[2]

Early life and education

Adagooru Huchegowda Vishwanath was born in Krishnarajanagara, Mysore district in the state of Karnataka. Vishwanath attended University of Mysore & Sarada Vilas College and holds BSc & LL.B. degrees. He is an advocate and an agriculturist by profession.^[1]

Adagooru Huchegowda Vishwanath has been in active politics since 1970s. He was a member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly for three terms, held State & Cabinet minister posts in the Government of Karnataka. Vishwanath is a member of the Indian National Congress political party. In 2009, he contested for 15th Lok Sabha and succeeded C.H. Vijayashankar. During his term as M.P, Vishwanath is also member of several committees.^[2]^[1]^[3]

#	From	To	Position
01	1978	1983	Member, 6th Assembly
02	1989	1994	Member, 9th Assembly
03	1999	2004	Member, 11th Assembly
04	1993	1994	Minister of State, Government of Karnataka
05	1999	2004	Cabinet Minister, Government of Karnataka
06	2009	2014	Member, 15th Lok Sabha
07	2009	2014	Member, Committee on Urban Development
08	2009	2014	Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Human Resource Development
09	2009	2014	Convenor, Congress, Parliamentary Party (CPP), Karnataka

1 2 3 "Member Profile". Lok Sabha website. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
1 2 "Election Results 2009". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
↑ "Earlier Lok Sabha". Lok Sabha website. Retrieved 14 October 2016.

Members of the 15th Lok Sabha from Karnataka

Bharatiya Janata Party (19)	Katti Ramesh Vishwanath Suresh Angadi Gaddigoudar P.C. Ramesh Jigajinagi Shivkumar Chanabasappa Udasi Pralhad Joshi Ananthkumar Hegde Siddeswara G. M. B. Y. Raghavendra Nalin Kumar Kateel Janardhana Swamy G.S. Basavaraj D. B. Chandre Gowda P. C. Mohan Ananth Kumar D. V. Sadananda Gowda Sanna Pakirappa Shivaramagouda Shivanagouda J. Shantha

Indian National Congress (9)	Mallikarjun Kharge N. Dharam Singh Adagur H. Vishwanath R.Dhruvanarayana M. Veerappa Moily K. H. Muniyappa K. Jayaprakash Hegde Ramya D. K. Suresh

Janata Dal (Secular) (3)	H. D. Devegowda H.D. Kumaraswamy N. Chaluvaraya Swamy

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