H. D. Deve Gowda

H. D. Deve Gowda
Gowda in 2015
Prime Minister of India[1]
In office 1 June 1996 – 21 April 1997
President	Shankar Dayal Sharma
Preceded by	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Succeeded by	Inder Kumar Gujral
President of Janata Dal (Secular)
Incumbent
Assumed office July 1999
Preceded by	Office established
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office 26 June 2020
Preceded by	D. Kupendra Reddy
Constituency	Karnataka
In office 23 September 1996 – 2 March 1998
Preceded by	Leeladevi Renuka Prasad
Succeeded by	A. Lakshmisagar
Constituency	Karnataka
Union Minister of Home Affairs
In office 1 June 1996 – 28 June 1996
Prime Minister	Himself
Preceded by	Murli Manohar Joshi
Succeeded by	Indrajit Gupta
8th Chief Minister of Karnataka
In office 11 December 1994 – 31 May 1996
Governor	Khurshed Alam Khan
Preceded by	Veerappa Moily
Succeeded by	Jayadevappa Halappa Patel
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 17 May 2004 – 23 May 2019
Preceded by	G. Puttaswamy Gowda
Succeeded by	Prajwal Revanna
Constituency	Hassan, Karnataka
In office 2 February 2002 – 16 May 2004
Preceded by	M. V. Chandrashekara Murthy
Succeeded by	Tejashwini Sreeramesh
Constituency	Kanakapura, Karnataka
In office 10 March 1998 – 26 April 1999
Preceded by	Rudresh Gowda
Succeeded by	G. Puttaswamy Gowda
Constituency	Hassan, Karnataka
In office 20 June 1991 – 11 December 1994
Preceded by	H. C. Srikantaiah
Succeeded by	Rudresh Gowda
Constituency	Hassan, Karnataka
Member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly
In office 1994 (1994)–1996 (1996)
Preceded by	CM Lingappa
Succeeded by	CM Lingappa
Constituency	Ramanagara
In office 1962 (1962)–1989 (1989)
Preceded by	Y. Veerappa
Succeeded by	G. Puttaswamy Gowda
Constituency	Holenarasipur
Personal details
Born	(1933-05-18) 18 May 1933 (age 91) Haradanahalli, Kingdom of Mysore, British India
Political party	Janata Dal (Secular) (1999–present)
Other political affiliations	National Democratic Alliance (2007-08; 2023-present) Janata Dal (1990–1999) Janata Party (1977–1990) Indian National Congress (Organisation) (1972–1976) UOP (1976–1977)[2] Indian National Congress (1953–1962)
Spouse	Chennamma ​ (m. 1954)​
Children	6 children; including H. D. Revanna, H. D. Kumaraswamy
Education	Diploma in Civil Engineering
Alma mater	L. V. Polytechnic, Hassan
Profession	Politician agriculturist civil engineer
Signature
Website	hddevegowda.in
Nickname(s)	Mannina Maga Dodda Gowdaru

Haradanahalli Doddegowda Deve Gowda (pronunciation^ⓘ; born 18 May 1933)^[3] is an Indian politician who served as the Prime Minister of India from 1 June 1996 to 21 April 1997.^[4][5] He was previously the 14th Chief Minister of Karnataka from 1994 to 1996. He presently is a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha representing Karnataka. He is the national president of the Janata Dal (Secular) party.^[6] Born in a farming family, he joined the Indian National Congress party in 1953, and remained a member until 1962. He was imprisoned during the Emergency. He became President of the state unit of Janata Dal in 1994, and was considered to be a driving force in the party's victory in Karnataka. He served as the 8th Chief Minister of Karnataka from 1994 to 1996. In the 1996 general elections, no party won enough seats to form a government. When the United Front, a coalition of regional parties, formed the central government with the support of the Congress, Deve Gowda was unexpectedly chosen to head the government after V. P. Singh and Jyoti Basu declined the post ^[7][8]and he was elected Prime Minister. During his tenure as prime minister, he also served as Home Minister for some time. His prime ministerial tenure lasted for less than a year. After his prime ministerial tenure, he was elected to the 12th (1998), 14th (2004), 15th, and 16th Lok Sabha, as Member of Parliament for the Hassan Lok Sabha constituency. He lost Lok Sabha elections in 2019 from Tumkuru but has been elected to Rajya Sabha since.^[9]