Sadananda Gowda

Sadananda Gowda
Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers
In office
14 November 2018 – 7 July 2021 [1]
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byAnanth Kumar
Succeeded byMansukh L. Mandaviya
Minister of Statistics and Programme Implementation
In office
5 July 2016 – 24 May 2019
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byV. K. Singh
Succeeded byRao Inderjit Singh
Minister of Law and Justice
In office
9 November 2014 – 5 July 2016
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byRavi Shankar Prasad
Succeeded byRavi Shankar Prasad
Minister of Railways
In office
26 May 2014 – 9 November 2014
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byMallikarjun Kharge
Succeeded bySuresh Prabhakar Prabhu
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
5 June 2014 – 4 June 2024
Preceded byD. B. Chandre Gowda
Succeeded byShobha Karandlaje
ConstituencyBangalore North
Majority147,518 (9.4%)
In office
22 May 2009 – 4 August 2011
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byK. Jayaprakash Hegde
ConstituencyUdupi-Chikmagalur
Majority27,018 (3.2%)
In office
17 May 2004 – 22 May 2009
Preceded byV. Dhananjay Kumar
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
ConstituencyMangalore
Majority33,415 (4.2%)
Leader of the Opposition in Karnataka Legislative Council
In office
23 May 2013 – 26 May 2014
Preceded byS. R. Patil, INC
Succeeded byK. S. Eshwarappa, BJP
20th Chief Minister of Karnataka
In office
4 August 2011 – 11 July 2012
Preceded byB. S. Yeddyurappa
Succeeded byJagadish Shettar
President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Karnataka
In office
2006–2010
Preceded byJagadish Shettar
Succeeded byK. S. Eshwarappa
Member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly
In office
1994–2004
Preceded byVinay Kumar Sorake
Succeeded byShakunthala T. Shetty
ConstituencyPuttur
Personal details
Born
Devaragunda Venkappa Sadananda Gowda

(1953-03-18) 18 March 1953 (age 71)
Mandekolu, Madras State, (present-day Karnataka) India[2]
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Spouse
Datty
(m. 1981)
Children2
Alma materSt. Philomena's College, Puttur
Vaikunta Baliga College of Law
Websitesadanandagowda.com

Devaragunda Venkappa Sadananda Gowda (born 18 March 1953) is an Indian politician who served as the Union Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers of India in the Second Modi ministry from 14 November 2018 to 7 July 2021. He also served as the Minister of Statistics and Programme Implementation of India from 5 July 2016 to 24 May 2019 in the First Modi ministry. He is represented the Bangalore North constituency in the parliament from 2014 to 2024. He also held Ministry of Railways and other cabinet positions in the First Modi ministry. He also served as the 14th Chief Minister of Karnataka.

He previously served as the Minister of Law and Justice, having been shifted from the Ministry of Railways in the cabinet reshuffle of 5 July 2016.[3] At the end of the previous Lok Sabha, he was the Minister of Statistics and Program Implementation. He then stepped down from his post of Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers ahead of the cabinet reshuffle in July 2021.

  1. ^ PTI (14 November 2018). "Sadananda Gowda takes charge of chemicals and fertilisers ministry". The Economic Times. Archived from the original on 4 December 2021. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  2. ^ "Shri D.V. Sadananda Gowda | Department of Fertilizers". Archived from the original on 27 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Manohar Parrikar gets Defence, Suresh Prabhu Railways, Sadananda Gowda shifted to Law and Justice". News 18. Press Trust of India. 9 November 2014. Archived from the original on 18 August 2022. Retrieved 10 November 2014.