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{{short description|Indian politician}}

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{{Use Indian English|date=September 2021}}

{{Infobox officeholder
| name = D. N. Jeevaraj
| term_end2 = 13 May 2013
| image =
| office = Political Secretary to the [[Chief Minister of Karnataka]]
| term_start = 30 September 2021
| alongside =[[M. P. Renukacharya]]
| 1blankname = [[Chief Minister of Karnataka|Chief Minister]]
| 1namedata = [[Basavaraj Bommai]]
| term_start1 = 19 December 2020
| term_end1 = 4 August 2021
| alongside1 = [[M. P. Renukacharya]]
| 1blankname1 = [[Chief Minister of Karnataka|Chief Minister]]
| 1namedata1 = [[B. S. Yediyurappa]]
| office2 = [[Cabinet Minister]]<br/>[[Government of Karnataka]]
| term_start2 = 12 July 2012
| caption =
| 1namedata2 = {{centre|'''Term'''}}
| 1blankname2 = {{centre|Ministry}}
| 2blankname2 = Minister of Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs
| 2namedata2 = 12 July 2012 - 13 May 2013
| office3 = Member of [[Karnataka Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start3 = 2004
| term_end3 = 2018
| constituency3 = [[Sringeri (Vidhana Sabha constituency)|Sringeri]]
| predecessor3 = [[D. B. Chandregowda]]
| successor3 = T. D. Raje Gowda
| birth_name =
| birth_date ={{birth date and age|1964|10|03|df=y}}
| birth_place =[[Thirthahalli]]
| occupation = [[Politician]]
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| nationality = [[India]]n
}}

'''D. N. Jeevaraj''' is an Indian politician associated with [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] in [[Karnataka]]. He is currently serving as Political Secretary to the [[Chief Minister of Karnataka]] along with [[M. P. Renukacharya]] since 1 October 2020.

== Political career ==
D. N. Jeevaraj entered mainstream politics by contesting [[1994 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election|1994 Karnataka election]] from [[Sringeri (Vidhana Sabha constituency)|Sringeri]]. He lost the election against H. G. Govinda Gowda of [[Janata Dal]]. He contested from [[Sringeri (Vidhana Sabha constituency)|Sringeri]] again in [[1999 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election|1999 Karnataka election]] and lost to [[D. B. Chandregowda]] who had contested from the ticket of [[Indian National Congress]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Sringeri Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs|url=https://www.elections.in/karnataka/assembly-constituencies/sringeri.html|access-date=2021-10-01|website=Elections in India}}</ref>

In [[2004 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election|2004]] he defeated sitting MLA [[D. B. Chandregowda]] by a margin of 18,221 votes and was consecutively re-elected in [[2008 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election|2008]] and [[2013 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election|2013]]. He was sworn in as a Minister in the [[Shettar ministry|Jagadish Shettar ministry]] and allotted the department of Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs, a post which he held till the [[Shettar ministry|Jagadish Shettar]] led Govt lost power to the [[Indian National Congress]] in the [[2013 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election]].<ref>{{cite web |date=2012-07-14|title=Minister promises to develop Sringeri|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/264334/minister-promises-develop-sringeri.html|access-date=2021-10-01|website=Deccan Herald|language=en}}</ref>

He lost the [[2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election]] from [[Sringeri (Vidhana Sabha constituency)|Sringeri]] to T. D. Rajegowda of [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] with a meagre margin of 1989 votes. He was appointed as Political Secretary to the [[Chief Minister of Karnataka]] [[B. S. Yediyurappa]] on 19 December 2020 after [[S. R. Vishwanath]] resigned.<ref>{{Cite news|others=Special Correspondent|date=2020-11-27|title=S.R. Vishwanath quits as CM's political secretary|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/sr-vishwanath-quits-as-cms-political-secretary/article33189111.ece|access-date=2021-10-01|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=ಸಿಎಂ ಬಿಎಸ್ ಯಡಿಯೂರಪ್ಪನವರ ರಾಜಕೀಯ ಕಾರ್ಯದರ್ಶಿಯಾಗಿ ಮಾಜಿ ಶಾಸಕ ಜೀವರಾಜ್ ನೇಮಕ|url=https://www.kannadaprabha.com/politics/2020/dec/19/jeevaraj-appointed-as-cm-bs-yediyurappa-political-secretary-435303.html|access-date=2021-10-01|website=Kannadaprabha|language=kn}}</ref> On 30 September 2021 [[Basavaraj Bommai]] re-appointed him as his Political Secretary, despite the fact that [[Basavaraj Bommai|Bommai]] himself had relieved him from this responsibility.<ref>{{cite web |last1=BengaluruAugust 4|first1=Nagarjun Dwarakanath|last2=August 4|first2=2021UPDATED|last3=Ist|first3=2021 08:04|title=Reshuffle in Karnataka CMO as CM Basavaraj Bommai drops officials appointed by BS Yediyurappa|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/karnataka-cm-basavaraj-bommai-revamps-cmo-1836447-2021-08-04|access-date=2021-10-01|website=India Today|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|others=Special Correspondent|date=2021-09-30|title=BSY loyalists Renukacharya, Jeevaraj appointed political secretaries to CM|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/bsy-loyalists-renukacharya-jeevaraj-appointed-political-secretaries-to-cm/article36763000.ece|access-date=2021-10-01|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:21st-century Indian politicians]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Karnataka MLAs 2004–2007]]
[[Category:Karnataka MLAs 2008–2013]]
[[Category:Karnataka MLAs 2013–2018]]
[[Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Karnataka]]
[[Category:1964 births]]

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