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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Belooru Basappa Shivappa
| term_start1 = 1 July 1984
| successor2 = H. M. Vishwanath
| predecessor2 = Gurudev
| term_start2 = 1994
| term_end2 = 2004
| office2 = Member of [[Karnataka Legislative Assembly]]
| constituency1 = ''elected by Legislative Assembly Members''
| constituency2 = [[Sakleshpur (Karnataka Assembly constituency)|Sakleshpur]]
| term_end1 = 30 June 1990
| predecessor = [[Vijay Sankeshwar]]
| term_end = 20 June 2014
| term_start = 19 March 2013
| constituency = ''Nominated''
| office = Member of [[Karnataka Legislative Council]]
| caption =
| image =
| term_end3 = 1988
| children =
| residence =
| nationality = [[India]]n
| spouse = Smt. Susheela
| profession = Politician
| education =
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| death_date = {{nobreak|{{Death date and age|2017|07|31|1929|9|19|df=y}}}}
| office3 = President<br/>[[Bharatiya Janata Party, Karnataka]]
| birth_place = [[Somwarpet]], [[Kodagu]]<br/>[[Karnataka]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1929|09|19}}
| birth_name =
| successor3 = [[B. S. Yediyurappa]]
| predecessor3 = A. K. Subbaiah
| term_start3 = 1983
| source =
}}
'''B. B. Shivappa''' (19 September 1929 – 31 July 2017) was a senior [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP) leader and one of the founders of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party, Karnataka|BJP]] in [[Karnataka]], India. He has the distinction of having been elected in both houses of [[Karnataka Legislature]].

== Early life and political career ==
Shivappa was born on 19 September 1929 in [[Somwarpet]], [[Coorg State]] (present day [[Karnataka]]).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Shivappa B. B|url=http://www.kla.kar.nic.in/council/members/EXMEMBERS/ShivappaBB.htm|access-date=2021-09-13|website=www.kla.kar.nic.in}}</ref> He belonged to Lingayat community.<ref>{{Cite web|title=BJP leader Shivappa laid to rest in native town|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/2017/aug/02/bjp-leader-shivappa-laid-to-rest-in-native-town-1637082.html|access-date=2021-09-13|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref>

His political career began with his initial association with [[Congress (O)]] before joining [[Janata Party]]. He later became one of the founding father of the [[BJP Karnataka]]. He was the second state President of the party after A. K. Subbaiah in 1983.

In 1984, he was elected to the [[Karnataka Legislative Council]] from the legislative assembly and continued to be the member of the house till 1990. He later went on to contest elections from [[Sakleshpur (Karnataka Assembly constituency)|Sakleshpur]] and was elected in [[1994 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election|1994]] for the first time. He was re-elected in [[1999 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election|1999]] and continued to be a member till 2004.<ref name="indiatimes">{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/shivappa-built-bjp-and-led-it-from-front/articleshow/59859139.cms|title=Belooru Basappa Shivappa: Shivappa built BJP and led it from front | Bengaluru News|website=The Times of India|date=2017-08-01|access-date=2021-09-13}}</ref>

Following the ouster of [[Yediyurappa]] from the BJP in 2012, he was nominated as [[Karnataka Legislative Council|Member of Karnataka Legislative Council]] for the remainder term of [[Vijay Sankeshwar]] who had quit as [[Karnataka Legislative Council|MLC]] to join [[Karnataka Janata Paksha]] led by [[Yediyurappa]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=March 19, 2013|first=Anil|last=Kumar M.|title=BJP veteran Shivappa nominated MLC|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/bjp-veteran-shivappa-nominated-mlc/articleshow/19051355.cms|access-date=2021-09-13|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Karnataka]]
[[Category:1929 births]]
[[Category:2017 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Kodagu district]]

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