M.Veerappa
Moily was born at Mudubidre in the Karkala taluk of the Dakshina Kannada
district, then in the Madras Presidency, on 12th January 1940. He
completed his Primary and High School education at Moodabidri. In 1962
he graduated from the Govt. College Mangalore. He began his career in
Fisheries Department and later in LIC. Meanwhile he earned a BL degree
from the Govt. Law College, Bangalore. He began his legal career at
Karkal, Mangalore and later at High Court of Karnataka. In 1969 he found
The Kissan Sabha Trust. In 1968 he took to Politics by becoming a Member
of Congress Party. Mr. Moily served as MLA for six terms from 1972
to1999 from the Karkala Assembly constituency, in Dakshina Kannada
District. From 1974-77 he became Minister for Small Scale Industries.
From 1980-1982 he served as Minister for Finance and Planning. Mr. Moily
underwent a change of position by becoming the Leader of Opposition from
1983-1985. During the period from 1989 to 1992 he occupied different
offices like the Minister for law, Youth Service, Culture, Information,
Parliamentary affairs and Education. In the year 1992 he became the
Chief Minister of Karnataka and continued in the same position till
1994.
M.Veerappa Moily's political career:
» 1974-77 Minister of State for Small Scale Industries.
» 1980-82 Minister for Finance and Planning (1980-82)
» 1983-85 Leader of Opposition (1983-85)
» 1990-92 Minister for Law and Parliamentary Affairs, Planning,
Information and Tourism, Youth Services, Commerce and
Industries.Minister for Education and Parliamentary Affairs.
» 1992 Veerappa Moily took over as Chief Minister of Karnataka.
A number of Awards have been bestowed on Mr. Moily. In the year 2000 he
received the first Al-Ameen Sadbhavana Award 2000. The Award Devaraj Urs
Prashasthi for the year 2001 was conferred on him in recognition of his
contribution to the upliftment of Backward classes and Minorities. He
also won the Aryabhatta Award for 2001. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Award for 2002
for Samagra Sahitya from Goruru Prathistana was bestowed on him.
