| Ullal T. Khader Fareed | |
| Birth Date: | 12 October 1969 |
| Birth Place: | Uppala, Kasargod, Kerala State, India |
| Party: | Indian National Congress |
| Office: | 23rd Speaker of Karnataka Legislative Assembly |
| Term Start: | 24 May 2023 |
| Predecessor: | Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri |
| Office2: | Minister for Health and Family Welfare |
| Term Start2: | 20 May 2013 |
| Term End2: | 20 June 2016 |
| Office3: | Minister for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs |
| Term Start3: | 20 June 2016 |
| Term End3: | 2018 |
| Predecessor3: | Dinesh Gundu Rao |
| Office4: | Minister for Urban Development and Housing |
| Term Start4: | June 2018 |
| Term End4: | July 2019 |
| Office5: | Deputy Leader of the Opposition of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly |
| Term Start5: | January 2022 |
| Term End5: | 13 May 2023 |
| Office6: | Member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly |
| Constituency6: | Mangalore |
| Term Start6: | 2008 |
| Predecessor6: | Constituency created |
| Constituency7: | Ullal |
| Term Start7: | 2007 |
| Term End7: | 2007 |
| Predecessor7: | U. T. Fareed |
| Successor7: | Constituency abolished |
| Occupation: | Advocate |
| Father: | U. T. Fareed |
| Mother: | Naseema |
| Deputy: | Rudrappa Lamani |
| Date: | June |
| Year: | 2021 |
| Source: | https://www.oneindia.com/politicians/u-t-abdul-khadar-ali-fareed-5495.html |
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 Suplies 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]
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]
He was the Minister for Health and Family Welfare of Karnataka from 20 May 2013 to 20 June 2016 as part of the Siddaramaiah cabinet.[6] [7]
Khader previously served as the deputy opposition leader of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly.[8]