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'''Anantkumar Hegde'''<ref>{{Cite web|title=Anantkumar Hegde - Profile|url=https://anantkumarhegde.com/site/profile|access-date=2021-06-11|website=anantkumarhegde.com}}</ref> (born 20 May 1968) is an Indian politician, the former [[Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship|Union Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship]] and the incumbent [[Member of parliament, Lok Sabha|Member of Parliament]] for [[Uttara Kannada (Lok Sabha constituency)|Uttara Kannada]] constituency. Hegde, a member of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP), is known for his controversial remarks against | '''Anantkumar Hegde'''<ref>{{Cite web|title=Anantkumar Hegde - Profile|url=https://anantkumarhegde.com/site/profile|access-date=2021-06-11|website=anantkumarhegde.com}}</ref> (born 20 May 1968) is an Indian politician, the former [[Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship|Union Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship]] and the incumbent [[Member of parliament, Lok Sabha|Member of Parliament]] for [[Uttara Kannada (Lok Sabha constituency)|Uttara Kannada]] constituency. Hegde, a member of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP), is known for his controversial remarks against radical Islamists. Hegde is a [[Hindutva|Hindu nationalist]] and member of the right-wing [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh]] (RSS).<ref name=indianexpress>{{cite news|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/who-is/who-is-anant-kumar-hegde-4826135/|title=Who is Anant Kumar Hegde?|work=[[The Indian Express]]|date=3 September 2017|access-date=17 December 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Who is Anant Kumar Hegde?|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/who-is/who-is-anant-kumar-hegde-4826135/|work=[[The Indian Express]]|access-date=17 December 2017|date=3 September 2017}}</ref> | ||
==Early life== | ==Early life== | ||
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== Career == | == Career == | ||
Six-time Lok Sabha member as of 2020, Hegde was first elected to the 11th [[Lok Sabha]] in 1996 from Uttar Kanara seat, then re-elected in 1998. He narrowly lost in the next election in 1999 to Margaret Alva of Congress. Since then, he has been re-elected four consecutive times from [[Uttara Kannada (Lok Sabha constituency)]] from 2004 | Six-time Lok Sabha member as of 2020, Hegde was first elected to the 11th [[Lok Sabha]] in 1996 from Uttar Kanara seat, then re-elected in 1998. He narrowly lost in the next election in 1999 to Margaret Alva of Congress. Since then, he has been re-elected four consecutive times from [[Uttara Kannada (Lok Sabha constituency)]] from 2004 to 2009 Lok Sabha to 2019–2024.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.skilldevelopment.gov.in/assets/images/mos/Shri%20Anant%20Kumar%20Hegde.pdf|title=Shri Anant Kumar Hegde|website=Skill Development portal, Government of India|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180506103856/http://www.skilldevelopment.gov.in/assets/images/mos/Shri%20Anant%20Kumar%20Hegde.pdf|archive-date=6 May 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/Members/Biography.aspx?mpsno=3688|title=Hegde,Shri Anant Kumar Dattatreya|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120101020140/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/Members/Biography.aspx?mpsno=3688|access-date=19 September 2020|archive-date=1 January 2012}}</ref> | ||
He was appointed the Union Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship in [[First Modi ministry|Prime Minister Narendra Modi's cabinet]] since September 2017.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/cabinet-reshuffle-karnataka-lawmaker-and-taekwondo-expert-ananthkumar-hegde-becomes-minister-of-stat-1745491|title=Karnataka Lawmaker And Taekwondo Expert Ananthkumar Hegde Becomes Minister Of State|work=NDTV.com|access-date=5 May 2018}}</ref> | He was appointed the Union Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship in [[First Modi ministry|Prime Minister Narendra Modi's cabinet]] since September 2017.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/cabinet-reshuffle-karnataka-lawmaker-and-taekwondo-expert-ananthkumar-hegde-becomes-minister-of-stat-1745491|title=Karnataka Lawmaker And Taekwondo Expert Ananthkumar Hegde Becomes Minister Of State|work=NDTV.com|access-date=5 May 2018}}</ref> | ||