Chief Ministers of karnataka

1 Kysamballi Chengalraya Reddy 25 Oct1947-30 Mar1952
2 Kengal Hanumanthaiah 30 Mar1952 -19 Aug1956
3 Kadidal Manjappa 19 Aug 1956 -31 Oct1956
4 S. Nijalingappa 1 Nov 1956 -16 May 1958
5 B.D. Jatti 16 May 1958 -9 Mar1962
6 S.R. Kanthi 14 Mar1962 -20 June1962
6.S. Nijalingappa 21 June1962-29 May 1968
7 Veerendra Patil 29 May 1968-18 Mar1971
*President's rule19 Mar1971-20 Mar1972
8 Devaraj Urs 20 Mar1972 -31 Dec1977 *President's rule31 Dec1977 -28 Feb1978
D. Devaraj Urs 28 Feb1978-7 Jan1980
9 R. Gundu Rao 12 Jan1980-6 Jan1983
10 Ramakrishna Hegde10 Jan1983- 29 Dec 1984
Ramakrishna Hegde 8 Mar1985 -13 Feb1986
Ramakrishna Hegde 16 Feb1986 -10 Aug 1988
11 S. R. Bommai 13 Aug1988 -21 Apr1989
*President's rule 21 Apr1989 -30 Nov1989 Veerendra Patil 30 Nov1989 -10 Oct1990
12 S.Bangarappa 17 Oct1990 -19 Nov1992
13 M. Veerappa Moily 19 Nov1992 -11 Dec1994
14 H.D. Deve Gowda 11 Dec 1994 -31 May 1996
15 J. H. Patel 31 May 1996 -7 Oct 1999
16 S. M. Krishna 11 Oct 1999-28 May 2004
17 Dharam Singh 28 May 2004- 28 Jan 2006
18 H. D. Kumaraswamy 3 Feb2006- 8 Oct2007
* President's rule 9 Oct2007 11 Nov 2007
19 B. S. Yeddyurappa 12 Nov2007 -19 Nov 2007
*President's rule 20 Nov2007 29 May 2008
20 B. S. Yeddyurappa 30 May 2008 Present