| Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri | |
| Office: | 22nd Speaker of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly |
| Term Start: | 31 July 2019 |
| Term End: | 20 May 2023 |
| Predecessor: | K. R. Ramesh Kumar |
| Successor: | U. T. Khadar |
| Office1: | Minister of Primary & Secondary Education Government of Karnataka |
| Term Start1: | 30 May 2008 |
| Term End1: | 13 May 2013 |
| 1Blankname1: | Chief Minister |
| 1Namedata1: | B. S. Yediyurappa Sadananda Gowda Jagadish Shettar |
| Predecessor1: | Basavaraj Horatti |
| Successor1: | Kimmane Rathnakar |
| Office2: | Member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly |
| Term Start2: | 2008 |
| Term End2: | 13 May 2023 |
| Predecessor2: | Vivekananda Vaidya |
| Successor2: | Bhimanna Naik |
| Constituency2: | Sirsi |
| Term Start3: | 1994 |
| Term End3: | 2008 |
| Predecessor3: | Umesh Bhat |
| Successor3: | Constituency defunct |
| Constituency3: | Ankola |
| Birth Date: | 1961 7, df=yes |
| Office4: | Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha |
| Constituency4: | Uttara Kannada |
| Term Start4: | 4 June 2024 |
| Predecessor4: | Ananth Kumar Hegde |
| Birth Place: | Sirsi, Uttara Kannada, Mysore State, India |
| Nationality: | Indian |
| Party: | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Occupation: | Farmer, politician |
| Alma Mater: | Karnatak University |
| Spouse: | Bharati Hegde |
| Children: | Jayalakshmi, Rajalakshmi, Shreelakshmi |
| Parents: | Anant Shivram Hegde, Sarweshwari Hegde |
Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri (born 10 July 1961) is an Indian politician and the incumbent Member of Parliament of Uttara Kannada Lok Sabha constituency. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Karnataka. He was a six-term and Formal Member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly from Sirsi.He served as the Minister for Primary and Secondary Education from 2008 to 2013 in the Government of Karnataka.He also served as the 22nd Speaker of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly from 31 June 2019 to 20 May 2023.
He completed his B.Com. from Karnatak University, Dharwad. He was an Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad office bearer during his college days and was an influential student union leader.[1]
He represented the Ankola Vidhan Sabha constituency for 3 terms: 1994–99, 1999–04, and 2004–2008. After the delimitation process, he shifted to the newly created Sirsi constituency and won the seat in 2008, 2013, and, 2018 elections.[2] He served as MLA for 6 terms in his political career & is renowned as a very disciplined politician. He was a very good speaker of the Karnataka assembly and a disciplined politician of the BJP Karnataka assembly. However, he lost his seat to a Congress candidate during the 2023 Karnataka elections. In March 2024, he was announced as the BJP candidate from the Uttara Kannada Constituency for the 2024 Lok Sabha Elections.[3] which he won[4]