H. D. Deve Gowda

H. D. Deve Gowda
Official portrait, 2005
Prime Minister of India
In office 1 June 1996 – 21 April 1997
President	Shankar Dayal Sharma
Vice President	Kocheril Raman Narayanan
Preceded by	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Succeeded by	Inder Kumar Gujral
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
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
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
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 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
President of Janata Dal (Secular)
Incumbent
Assumed office July 1999
Preceded by	Office established
Personal details
Born	(1933-05-18) 18 May 1933 (age 91) Haradanahalli, Kingdom of Mysore, British India (present-day Haradanahalli, Karnataka, 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)[1] Indian National Congress (1953–1962)
Spouse	Chennamma ​ (m. 1954)​
Children	6 children; including H. D. Revanna and 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)^[2] is an Indian politician who served as the prime minister of India from 1996 to 1997.^[3][4] He previously served as the Chief Minister of Karnataka from 1994 to 1996 and as a Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha. A member of the Janata Dal (Secular), he has been serving as the party's president since 1999 and has been Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha representing Karnataka since 2020.^[5]

Born in a family of farmers, Deve Gowda joined the Indian National Congress in 1953 and remained a member until 1962. He became president of the state unit of the 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 and Deve Gowda was elected to serve as prime minister as head of the United Front coalition.^[6][7] His premiership lasted for less than a year and he left office in April 1997. After his prime ministerial tenure, he was re-elected to the Lok Sabha as a Member of Parliament until his defeat in 2019.^[8] Deve Gowda was elected to the Rajya Sabha in 2020.