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by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Rahul_Gandhi" title="Rahul Gandhi">Rahul Gandhi</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9689576"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em 0.2em"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leader_of_the_Opposition_in_Rajya_Sabha&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha (not yet started)">Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />16 February 2021<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2021-02-16</span>)</span> and 17 December 2022<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2022-12-17</span>)</span> – 1 October 2022 and Incumbent</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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Sadananda Gowda</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9689576"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em 0.2em"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Minister_of_Labour_and_Employment_(India)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Minister of Labour and Employment (India) (not yet started)">Minister of Labour and Employment</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />29 May 2009 – 16 June 2013</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9689576"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Manmohan_Singh" title="Manmohan Singh">Manmohan Singh</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Oscar_Fernandes" title="Oscar Fernandes">Oscar Fernandes</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sis_Ram_Ola&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sis Ram Ola (not yet started)">Sis Ram Ola</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9689576"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em 0.2em"><a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Opposition" title="Leader of the Opposition">Leader of the Opposition in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />19 December 1996 – 7 July 1999</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9689576"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=B._S._Yediyurappa&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="B. S. Yediyurappa (not yet started)">B. S. Yediyurappa</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jagadish_Shettar&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jagadish Shettar (not yet started)">Jagadish Shettar</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9689576"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />5 June 2008 – 28 May 2009</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9689576"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=N._Dharam_Singh&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="N. Dharam Singh (not yet started)">N. Dharam Singh</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Siddaramaiah" title="Siddaramaiah">Siddaramaiah</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9689576"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em 0.2em"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament,_Rajya_Sabha" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha">Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><div style="width:100%; margin:0; background-color: lavender"><b><a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">Incumbent</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>Assumed office</b></span> <br />12 June 2020</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9689576"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rajeev_Gowda&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rajeev Gowda (not yet started)">Rajeev Gowda</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Karnataka" title="Karnataka">Karnataka</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9689576"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em 0.2em">General Secretary of <br /><a href="/w/index.php?title=All_India_Congress_Committee&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="All India Congress Committee (not yet started)">AICC</a> and Incharge for <a href="/wiki/Maharashtra" title="Maharashtra">Maharashtra</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />22 June 2018 – 11 September 2020</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9689576"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Position Created</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=H._K._Patil&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="H. K. Patil (not yet started)">H. K. Patil</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9689576"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em 0.2em"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament,_Lok_Sabha" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha">Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />31 May 2009 – 23 May 2019</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9689576"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iqbal_Ahmed_Saradgi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Iqbal Ahmed Saradgi (not yet started)">Iqbal Ahmed Saradgi</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Umesh._G._Jadhav&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Umesh. G. Jadhav (not yet started)">Umesh. G. Jadhav</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gulbarga_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gulbarga (Lok Sabha constituency) (not yet started)">Gulbarga</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9689576"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em 0.2em">President of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Karnataka_Pradesh_Congress_Committee&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (not yet started)">Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />2005–2008</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9689576"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Janardhana_Poojary&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Janardhana Poojary (not yet started)">Janardhana Poojary</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=R._V._Deshpande&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="R. V. Deshpande (not yet started)">R. V. Deshpande</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9689576"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em 0.2em">Member of the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Karnataka_Legislative_Assembly&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Karnataka Legislative Assembly (not yet started)">Karnataka Legislative Assembly</a>, <a href="/wiki/Karnataka" title="Karnataka">Karnataka</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1972–2008</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9689576"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=N._Yenkappa&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="N. Yenkappa (not yet started)">N. Yenkappa</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Baburao_Chinchansur&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Baburao Chinchansur (not yet started)">Baburao Chinchansur</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gurmitkal_(Vidhana_Sabha_constituency)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gurmitkal (Vidhana Sabha constituency) (not yet started)">Gurmitkal</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9689576"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />2008–2009</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9689576"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vishwanath_Patil_Hebbal&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vishwanath Patil Hebbal (not yet started)">Vishwanath Patil Hebbal</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Valmiki_Naik&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Valmiki Naik (not yet started)">Valmiki Naik</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chittapur_(Vidhana_Sabha_constituency)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chittapur (Vidhana Sabha constituency) (not yet started)">Chittapur</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9689576"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em 0.2em"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Home_Affairs&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ministry of Home Affairs (not yet started)">Ministry of Home Affairs</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Government_of_Karnataka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Government of Karnataka (not yet started)">Government of Karnataka</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1999–2004</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9689576"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Chief_Minister" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Minister">Chief Minister</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/S._M._Krishna" title="S. M. Krishna">S. M. Krishna</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9689576"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em 0.2em"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Rural_Development_(India)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ministry of Rural Development (India) (not yet started)">Minister of Rural Development</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Government_of_Karnataka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Government of Karnataka (not yet started)">Government of Karnataka</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1978–1980</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9689576"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1990–1992</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1942-07-21</span>) </span>21 July 1942<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 82)</span><br />Warwatti, Bhalki taluka, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Bidar_district&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bidar district (not yet started)">Bidar district</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hyderabad_State" title="Hyderabad State">Hyderabad State</a>, <a href="/wiki/British_Raj" title="British Raj">British India</a> (present-day <a href="/wiki/Karnataka" title="Karnataka">Karnataka</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r9640852">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;">Radhabai Kharge</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r9671803">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span title="13 May 1968" class="rt-commentedText tooltip">1968</span>)<wbr /></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">5</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Government College, Gulbarga <br /> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Gulbarga_University&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gulbarga University (not yet started)">Gulbarga University</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Mapanna Mallikarjun Kharge</b> (born 21 July 1942) is an Indian politician. He is the <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament,_Rajya_Sabha" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha">Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha</a> from <a href="/wiki/Karnataka" title="Karnataka">Karnataka</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Leader_of_the_Opposition_in_Rajya_Sabha&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha (not yet started)">Leader of the Opposition of Rajya Sabha</a> from 17 December 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Railways_(India)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ministry of Railways (India) (not yet started)">Minister of Railways</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Labour_and_Employment_(India)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ministry of Labour and Employment (India) (not yet started)">Minister of Labour and Employment</a>. Kharge is a member of the <a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> (INC) political party.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was a <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_India" title="Parliament of India">Member of Parliament</a> for <a href="/w/index.php?title=Gulbarga_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gulbarga (Lok Sabha constituency) (not yet started)">Gulbarga</a>, <a href="/wiki/Karnataka" title="Karnataka">Karnataka</a> from 2009 to 2019. On October 19, 2022, Kharge was elected as the President of the Congress Party. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mallikarjun_Kharge&veaction=edit&section=1" title="Change section: References" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mallikarjun_Kharge&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section's source code: References"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r9724317">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-1">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r9724332">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/congress-names-mallikarjun-kharge-for-leader-of-opposition-in-rajya-sabha/articleshow/80874690.cms">"Congress names Mallikarjun Kharge for leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Times_of_India" title="The Times of India">The Times of India</a></i>. 12 February 2021<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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