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S. M. Krishna

1932 - 2024

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Somanahalli Mallaiah Krishna (1 May 1932 – 10 December 2024) was an Indian politician who served as Minister of External Affairs of India from 2009 to October 2012. He was the 10th Chief Minister of Karnataka from 1999 to 2004 and the 19th Governor of Maharashtra from 2004 to 2008. S. M. Krishna served as the Speaker of the Karnataka Vidhana Soudha from December 1989 to January 1993. He was also a Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha member from 1971 to 2014. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. S. M. Krishna is the 16,384th most popular politician (down from 15,770th in 2019), the 812th most popular biography from India (down from 726th in 2019) and the 217th most popular Indian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, S. M. Krishna ranks 16,384 out of 19,576. Before him are Tim Ryan, Mariann Fischer Boel, Joe Borg, Arnaldo Otegi, Donald Dewar, and Suthep Thaugsuban. After him are Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, Jeroen Dijsselbloem, Nazi-Maruttash, Ute Bock, José Ruperto Monagas, and Dmytro Firtash.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, S. M. Krishna ranks 470. Before him are Dany Carrel, Max Streibl, Kenneth Appel, George Gruntz, Pál Gábor, and Antonio Maspes. After him are Guido Vincenzi, Sergio Caprari, Richard Dawson, Peggy Ann Garner, Nasif Estéfano, and Christopher Lasch. Among people deceased in 2024, S. M. Krishna ranks 426. Before him are Richard Tandy, Elke Erb, Peter Schickele, Göran Hagberg, Anatoli Polivoda, and Kathryn Crosby. After him are David Seidler, Robert Dill-Bundi, Richard M. Sherman, Phil Donahue, Janusz Majewski, and Mustapha Moussa.

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In India

Among people born in India, S. M. Krishna ranks 812 out of 1,861. Before him are Ali Akbar Khan (1922), Har Dayal (1884), Mohan Bhagwat (1950), Anita Desai (1937), Yogi Adityanath (1972), and Sachin Tendulkar (1973). After him are J. H. C. Whitehead (1904), Sudeep (1973), Vijay Mallya (1955), Radhanath Sikdar (1813), Jagjit Singh (1941), and Cornelia Sorabji (1866).

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Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, S. M. Krishna ranks 217. Before him are K. Sivan (1957), Muiz ud din Bahram (null), J. P. Nadda (1960), Surendranath Banerjee (1848), Gopal Swarup Pathak (1896), and Yogi Adityanath (1972). After him are M. K. Stalin (1953), Renuka Chowdhury (1954), Sheila Dikshit (1938), Naveen Patnaik (1946), Kalyan Singh (1932), and Madhavrao I (1745).

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