What is S. M. Krishna?
{{Infobox officeholder | office = 27th [[Minister of External Affairs (India)|Minister of External Affairs]] | image = S M Krishna.jpg | image_size = 220px | caption = Krishna in 2009. | predecessor = [[Pranab Mukherjee]] | primeminister = [[Manmohan Singh]] | successor = [[Salman Khurshid]] | office2 = 10th [[List of Chief Ministers of Karnataka|Chief Minister of Karnataka]] | predecessor2 = [[J. H. Patel]] | party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br />{{small|(March 2017 – 2023)}} | otherparty = {{plainlist| * [[Indian National Congress]]<br />{{small|(1971 – January 2017)}} * [[Praja Socialist Party]]<br />{{small|(1962–1971)}}}} | 1blankname1 = Chief Minister | 1namedata1 = [[Vilasrao Deshmukh]] | office1 = 18th [[List of Governors of Maharashtra|Governor of Maharashtra]] | predecessor1 = [[Mohammed Fazal]] | successor1 = [[S. C. Jamir]] | successor2 = [[N. Dharam Singh]] | birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1932|05|01}} | birth_place = [[Mandya district|Somanahalli]], [[Kingdom of Mysore]], [[British Raj|British India]]<br>(now in [[Karnataka]], India) | death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2024|12|10|1932|05|01}} | death_place = [[Bengaluru]], [[Karnataka]], India | spouse = Prema(1966-2024) | alma_mater = [[University Law College, Bangalore|Mysore University]]<br />[[Dedman School of Law|Southern Methodist University]]<br />[[George Washington University Law School]] | term_start = 23 May 2009 | term_end = 28 October 2012 | term_start1 = 12 December 2004 | term_end1 = 5 March 2008 | term_start2 = 11 October 1999 | term_end2 = 28 May 2004 | constituency3 = [[Maddur (Vidhana Sabha constituency)|Maddur]] | office3 = 1st [[Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka]] | term_start3 = 21 January 1993 | term_end3 = 1