# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ananth-kumar
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:51:19.406Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ananth-kumar"
name: "Ananth Kumar"
slug: "ananth-kumar"
description: "Hegannahalli Narayana Shastry Ananth Kumar was an Indian politician who served as 1st Minister of Culture from 1999 to 2001. He was the Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers, Parliamentary Affairs of India from 2014 until his death in 2018. Ananth Kumar was an MP from South Bangalore 6 times, Minister of Chemicals and fertilizers from 26 May 2014, and Parliamentary affairs from 2016. He was a member of the Parliament for over two decades, having been elected to the Lok Sabha, the lower house, from Bangalore South, from 1996 until his death. He also served as Minister for Civil Aviation, Tourism, Sports, Urban Development, and Poverty Alleviation."
tagline: "Indian politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/The_Union_Minister_for_Chemicals_%26_Fertilizers_and_Parliamentary_Affairs%2C_Shri_Ananth_Kumar_addressing_the_Media_on_the_Pradhan_Mantri_Bhartiya_Janaushadhi_Pariyojana_(PMBJP)%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_May_12%2C_2017.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "IN"
category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1959-07-22"
deathDate: "2018-11-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump