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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| image = gm siddeswara.jpg<br />
| office1 = [[Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises (India)|Minister of State for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises]]<br />
| primeminister1 = [[Narendra Modi]]<br />
| term_start1 = 9 November 2014<br />
| term_end1 = 12 July 2016<br />
| predecessor1 = [[Pon Radhakrishnan]]<br />
| successor1 = [[Babul Supriyo]]<br />
| office2 = [[Ministry of Civil Aviation (India)|Minister of State for Civil Aviation]]<br />
| term_start2 = 26 May 2014<br />
| term_end2 = 9 November 2014<br />
| predecessor2 = [[K. C. Venugopal]]<br />
| successor2 = [[Mahesh Sharma]]<br />
|office3 = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]<br />
|constituency3 = [[Davangere (Lok Sabha constituency)|Davangere]]<br />
|term_start3 = 2004<br />
|term_end3 = <br />
|predecessor3 = Gowdara Mallikarjunappa<br />
|successor3 =<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1952|7|5|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Chitradurga]], [[Mysore State]] (now [[Karnataka]]), India<br />
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br />
| spouse = G. S. Gayithri<br />
| children = 2<br />
| website = [http://www.gmsiddeshwara.com/ Official Website]<br />
| footnotes = <br />
| date = 14 February<br />
| year = 2009 <br />
|source=https://web.archive.org/web/20080417172226/http://164.100.24.209/newls/Biography.aspx?mpsno=3977 Member of 14th Lok Sabha<br />
}}<br />
'''Gowdara Mallikarjunappa Siddeshwara''' (born 5 July 1952), popularly known as '''G. M. Siddeshwara''', is a member of the [[16th Lok Sabha]], representing [[Davangere (Lok Sabha constituency)|Davangere]] constituency of [[Karnataka]]. He represents [[Davangere (Lok Sabha constituency)|Davangere Constituency]] in [[14th Lok Sabha|14th]],[[15th Lok Sabha|15th]],[[16th Lok Sabha|16th]] and [[17th Lok Sabha]]. He was the Union [[Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises (India)|Minister of State for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises]] and prior to that, [[Ministry of Civil Aviation (India)|Minister of State for Civil Aviation]] of [[India]]<ref>[http://www.ndtv.com/elections/article/people/minister-of-state-civil-aviation-gm-siddeshwara-531198 Profile - NDTV]</ref> till he resigned from the Ministry after a few days of cabinet reshuffle in July 2016.<br />
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==Personal life==<br />
Siddeshwara was born on 5 July 1952.<ref name=bs0716/> His father G. Mallikarjunappa (died 2002)<ref>{{cite news |title=Davangere MP dead |url=http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/dec01/i3.asp |access-date=27 September 2020 |work=Deccan Herald |date=1 December 2003 |archive-url=http://web-old.archive.org/web/20031221210531/http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/dec01/i3.asp |archive-date=21 December 2003}}</ref> was also a Member of Parliament for two terms: 1996–1998 and 1999–2002. Mallikarjunappa was affiliated to the RSS before joining the BJP electoral politics.<br />
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==Political career==<br />
Being an active member of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]], he served as the Vice-President of the Karnataka State (2009-2010) and the National Parliamentary Party Treasurer of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] from 2004-2014.<ref name="lok">{{cite web |url=http://164.100.47.132/lssnew/Members/Biography.aspx?mpsno=3977|title= Fifteenth Lok Sabha&nbsp;— Members Bioprofile&nbsp;— Siddeshwara,Shri Gowdar Mallikarjunappa|quote=Father's Name: Late Shri G. Mallikarjunappa, M.P. |publisher= Lok Sabha Secretariat. |access-date= 12 April 2012 }}</ref><ref name="ind_gov">{{cite web|url=http://india.gov.in/govt/loksabhampbiodata.php?mpcode=3977 |title=Detailed Profile: Shri Gowdar Mallikarjunappa Siddeshwara |quote=Elected to 14th Lok Sabha Member; Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (2nd term) |publisher=india.gov.in |access-date=12 April 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120504175241/http://india.gov.in/govt/loksabhampbiodata.php?mpcode=3977 |archive-date= 4 May 2012 |df=dmy }}</ref> Hitherto, he served as the Secretary of Karnataka state BJP; Member of Parliamentary Consultative Committee for Ministry of ''Human Resource Development'' and Member of the Parliamentary Committee on ''Finance'' (2004 to 2009), Member of Parliamentary Committee on ''Water Resources'' (2009-2010); Member of Parliamentary Committee on ''Finance''; and Member of Parliamentary Consultative Committee for the Ministry of ''Commerce & Industry'' (March 2010 - May 2014).<ref name="lok"/><ref name="ind_gov"/> He was re-elected to the [[16th Lok Sabha]] from [[Davangere (Lok Sabha constituency)|Davangere]] for the third time successively with a margin of 17, 607 votes defeating his Congress rival.<ref name=it0716>{{citation |title=Najma Heptulla, G M Siddeshwara resign from Modi Cabinet |url=http://m.indiatoday.in/story/najma-heptulla-g-m-siddeshwara-resign-naqvi-becomes-minority-affairs-minister/1/713432.html |work=[[India Today]] |date=12 July 2016 }}</ref><ref name=bs0716>{{citation |title=Why Najma Heptulla, G M Siddeswara were forced to quit Modi Cabinet |url=http://wap.business-standard.com/article/politics/why-najma-heptulla-g-m-siddeswara-were-forced-to-quit-modi-cabinet-116071201174_1.html |work=[[Business Standard]] |date=13 July 2016 |last1=Mohan |first1=Archis }}</ref><br />
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He served as Minister of State for [[Ministry of Civil Aviation (India)|Civil Aviation]] from 26 May 2014 to 9 November 2015 and Minister of State for [[Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises (India)|Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises]] from 9 November 2014 to 12 July 2016.<ref name=it0716/><ref name=bs0716/><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.bjp.org Bharatiya Janata Party ]<br />
* [http://www.bjp.org/en/bjp-in-parliament/parliamentary-party]<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080417172226/http://164.100.24.209/newls/Biography.aspx?mpsno=3977 Members of fifteenth Lok Sabha - Parliament of India website]<br />
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