Jagadish Shivappa Shettar (born 17 December 1955) is an Indian politician, who served as the 15th Chief Minister of Karnataka[2][3] from 2012 to 2013.

[6][7] Earlier in 2023 he had joined the Indian National Congress, where he quit the BJP on being denied the MLA ticket in 2023.

[11] On 20 August 2019, he was inducted as the Cabinet Minister for Large and medium scale industries excluding sugar and Public Enterprise department in the BJP Government led by B. S. Yediyurappa.

Shettar was born on 17 December 1955 in Kerur village of Badami taluk in the Bijapur district (now part of Bagalkot) of the erstwhile Mysore State (now Karnataka).

Jagadish holds bachelor of commerce and law degrees, and was a practising lawyer for 20 years at the Hubli Bar.

[17] Ahead of assembly polls which were held in May 2013, BJP declared Shettar as its Chief Ministerial candidate for Karnataka state.

BJP suffered a big loss in the May 2013 assembly elections as the Congress wrested Karnataka.