somanahalli mallaiah krishna (born 1 may 1932) is an indian politician. he was minister of external affairs of india from 2009 to october 2012. he was a member of the indian parliament in the rajya sabha. krishna was the 16th chief minister of karnataka from 1999 to 2004 and the 19th governor of maharashtra from 2004 to 2008.