Speakers of Karnataka

Name	Period
V. Venkatappa	1949–52
H. Siddaiah	1952–54
H.S. Rudrappa	1954–56
S.R. Kanthi	1956–62
Vaikuntha Baliga	1962–68
S.D. Kothavale	1968–72
K.S. Nagarathnamma	1972–78
P. Venkataramana	1978–80
K.H. Ranganath	1980–83
D.B. Chandregowda	1983–85
B.G. Banakar	1985–90
S.M. Krishna	1990–93
V.S. Koujalagi	1993–94
K.R. Ramesh Kumar	1994–99
M.V. Venkatappa	1999–2004
Krishna	2004–2008
Jagdish Shettar	2008–2009
K.G. Bopaiah	2009–2013
Kagodu Thimmappa	2013–2016
K.B. Koliwad	2016–2018
K.R. Ramesh Kumar	2018–2019
Vishveshwara Hegde Kageri	31.07.2019 – Present