Veerappa Moily

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M. Veerappa Moily
Ministry of Environment and Forests
In office 24 October 2013 – 26 May 2014
Prime Minister	Manmohan Singh
Preceded by	Jayanthi Natarajan
Succeeded by	Prakash Javdekar
Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas
In office 28 October 2012 – 26 May 2014
Prime Minister	Manmohan Singh
Preceded by	Murli Deora
Succeeded by	Dharmendra Pradhan
Minister of Corporate Affairs
In office 13 July 2011 – 28 October 2012
Prime Minister	Manmohan Singh
Preceded by	Hansraj Bhardwaj
Succeeded by	Sachin Pilot
Minister of Power
In office 31 July 2012 – 28 October 2012
Prime Minister	Manmohan Singh
Preceded by	Sushilkumar Shinde
Succeeded by	Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia
Minister of Law and Justice
In office 28 May 2009 – 28 May 2011
Prime Minister	Manmohan Singh
Preceded by	Hansraj Bhardwaj
Succeeded by	Salman Khurshid
7th Chief Minister of Karnataka
In office 19 November 1992 – 11 December 1994
Preceded by	S. Bangarappa
Succeeded by	H. D. Deve Gowda
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 16 May 2009 – 23 May 2019
Preceded by	R. L. Jalappa
Succeeded by	Bache Gowda
Constituency	Chikballapur
Personal details
Born	(1940-01-12) 12 January 1940 (age 84) Moodabidri, South Canara, British India (present Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka)
Political party	Indian National Congress
Spouse	Malathi Moily
Children	4
Alma mater	Mangalore University Bangalore University
Website	Official Website

Marpadi Veerappa Moily (born 12 January 1940) is an Indian politician belonging to the Indian National Congress from the state of Karnataka. Moily was the former Chief Minister (and the first ethnic Tuluva CM) of the Indian state of Karnataka (19 Nov 1992 – 11 Dec 1994).

He was elected to Karnataka state legislative assembly from Karkala constituency of Udupi district. From 2009 to 2019, he represented the Chikballapur constituency in Lok Sabha. But he lost in 2019 to a BJP candidate when BJP won 25 seats out of 28 Lok Sabha seats in Karnataka. He was the former Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister of Corporate Affairs and Minister of Power in the Indian government.^[1]

He is also currently serving as the All India Congress Committee General Secretary in charge of Andhra Pradesh. He is regarded as one of the senior members of the Congress Party, and a close adviser for the Congress Leader Sonia Gandhi.

He announced formal retirement from electoral politics in 2024 prior to the 18th Lok Sabha Elections. ^[2]