# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/r-ashoka
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:06:26.858Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/r-ashoka"
name: "R. Ashoka"
slug: "r-ashoka"
description: "Ramaiah Ashoka is an Indian politician who served as the Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka from 2011 to 2013. Serving as 18th Leader of Opposition in Karnataka Legislative Assembly since 2023, he previously served as the Deputy Leader of Opposition in Karnataka Legislative Assembly, Minister of Revenue, Minister of Home Affairs and Minister of Transport under the BJP government. He has also served as the Minister of Health and Family Welfare under the coalition government of BJP and JDS. He is a seven-time MLA for Padmanabhanagar Assembly Constituency."
tagline: "Indian politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/R._Ashoka.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1957-07-01"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.78
  momentum:             11.45646627164034
  historical:           4.5888
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "R. Ashoka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ಆರ್. ಅಶೋಕ್"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "आर. अशोक"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "இரா. அசோகா"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%86%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%8D._%E0%B0%85%E0%B0%B6%E0%B1%8B%E0%B0%95"
    title: "ఆర్. అశోక"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7273461"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump