U. T. Khader

Ullal T. Khader Fareed
Ullal T. Khader Fareed
23rd Speaker of Karnataka Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 24 May 2023
Deputy	Rudrappa Lamani
Preceded by	Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri
Minister for Health and Family Welfare
	In office; 20 May 2013 – 20 June 2016
Minister for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs
	In office; 20 June 2016 – 2018
Preceded by	Dinesh Gundu Rao
Minister for Urban Development and Housing
	In office; June 2018 – July 2019
Deputy Leader of the Opposition of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
	In office; January 2022 – 13 May 2023
Member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 2008
Preceded by	Constituency created
Constituency	Mangalore
	In office; 2007–2007
Preceded by	U. T. Fareed
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Constituency	Ullal
Personal details
Born	12 October 1969 (age 54); Uppala, Kasargod, Kerala State, India
Political party	Indian National Congress
Parents	U. T. Fareed (father); Naseema (mother);
Occupation	Advocate
	As of June, 2021Source: [1]

U. T. Khader Fareed is an Indian politician who is currently serving as the 23rd Speaker of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly, since May 2023.^[1] He previously served as the Cabinet Minister for Health & Family Welfare, Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs and also for Urban Development and Housing in Government of Karnataka.^[2]

Khader is a fourth-term MLA representing the Mangalore constituency (previously known as the Ullal) of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly.

He is a member of the Indian National Congress and was the only Congress MLA to win from the Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts in the 2018 State election.^[3]

He defeated Santosh Kumar Rai of BJP by a margin of 19,739 votes.^[4]

Early life

Khader was born and brought up in Uppala, Kasargod. His mother is Naseema and his father is the Haji U. T. Fareed. He has three brothers and one sister.^[5]