Name	:	Mallikarjun Kharge
Father		Mapanna Kharge
Address (Permanant)	:	“Lumbini”, Aiwan-E-Shahi Area Gulbarga-585 102 Gulbarga District.
Address (Present)	:	No.289, 17th Cross, Sadashivanagar, Bangalore-560 080
Telephone	:	080-23615555/22385599
Date of Birth	:	21st July 1942
Educational Qualification	:	B.A., L.L.B.

 Political Background

• Joined the Congress Party in 1969.
• Since 1972 continuously a Member of Legislative Assembly from Gurumitkal (8) & Chitapur (1) Assembly Constituencies in Gulbarga District (9 terms).
• Ex-President, Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee.
• Ex-Opposition Leader, Karnataka Legislative Assembly
• Presently Union Minister - Labor & Employment

Responsibilities Discharged

• 1972- Chairman, Octroi Abolition Committee.
• 1972- Chairman, LIDKAR.
• 1976- Minister of State for Primary Education.
• 1979- Cabinet Minister for Revenue.
• 1980- Minister for Revenue.
• 1990- Minister for Rural Development & Revenue.
• 1992- Minister for Co-operation.
• 1994- Minister for Major Industries.
• 1983-89- Deputy Leader of Opposition during the regime of Janata Party.
• 1994-99- Leader of Opposition in Karnataka Legislative Assembly.
• 1999-04- Minister for Home, Minor Irrigation and Infrastructure Development in Sri.S.M.Krishna Cabinet.
• 2004-06- Minister for Water Resources and Transport in Coalition Government headed by Sri Dharamsingh Cabinet.
• 2005-2008 September - President, Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee.
• Founder Chairman, Karnataka Peoples Education Society, Gulbarga which is running several Educational Institutions imparting quality Education to poor and needy.

Present Position

• Opposition Honorable Minister of Labor and Employment, Indian Union