Ramakrishna Hegde 1983-84; 1985-86; 1986-88

Ramakrishna Hegde (second from left) with his wife. He became the first non-Congress chief minister of Karnataka with the support of BJP. First from January 10, 1983 – December 29, 1984 followed by term from March 8, 1985 – February 13, 1986 and finally from February 16, 1986 – August 10, 1988. He has the rare distinction of presenting 13 finance budgets in the State Assembly.