Veerappa Moily Politician

Marpadi Veerappa Moily(born 12 January 1940) is an Indian politician from the state of Karnataka. He is a member of the 16th Lok Sabha and represents the Chikballapur constituency. He was the former Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister of Corporate Affairs and Minister of Power in the Indian government. Moily was elected as MP of the Chickballapur district by a wide margin in 2009.Moily was the former Chief Minister (and the first ethnic Tuluva CM) of the Indian state of Karnataka (19 Nov 1992 - 11 Dec 1994). He was elected to Karnataka state legislative assembly from Karkala constituency of Udupi district. he has now been selected as member of parliament from chikkabalapur consistency on 16 May 2014.He is also currently serving as the All India Congress Committee General Secretary in charge of Andhra Pradesh. He is regarded as one of the senior members of the Congress Party, and a close adviser for the Congress Leader Sonia Gandhi.

Personal facts

Veerappa Moily
Birth dateJanuary 12, 1940
Birth place
Moodabidri , Presidencies and provinces of British India
Education
Mangalore University
University Law College Bangalore

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