DV Sadananda Gowda
| D. V. Sadananda Gowda | |
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| Minister of Statistics and Programme Implementation | |
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Assumed office 5 July 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Preceded by | V. K. Singh |
| Minister of Law and Justice | |
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In office 9 November 2014 – 5 July 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Preceded by | Ravi Shankar Prasad |
| Succeeded by | Ravi Shankar Prasad |
| 37th Minister of Railways | |
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In office 26 May 2014 – 9 November 2014 |
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| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Preceded by | Mallikarjun Kharge |
| Succeeded by | Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu |
| 20th Chief Minister of Karnataka | |
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In office 4 August 2011 – 12 July 2012 |
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| Governor | Hans Raj Bhardwaj |
| Preceded by | B. S. Yeddyurappa |
| Succeeded by | Jagadish Shettar |
| Member of the Indian Parliament for Bangalore North |
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Assumed office 2014 |
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| Preceded by | D. B. Chandre Gowda |
| Member of the Indian Parliament for Udupi-Chikmagalur |
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In office 2009–2012 |
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| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | K. Jayaprakash Hegde |
| Member of the Indian Parliament for Mangalore |
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In office 2004–2009 |
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| Preceded by | V. Dhananjay Kumar |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Personal details | |
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Devaragunda Venkappa Sadananda Gowda 18 March 1953 Sullia, Dakshina Kannada, Madras State (present-day Karnataka), India |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Spouse(s) | Datty |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | St. Philomena’s College, Puttur Vaikunta Baliga College of Law |
| Website | www |
Devaragunda Venkappa Sadananda Gowda (born 18 March 1953) is an Indian politician who was the 20th Chief Minister of Karnataka and is currently the Minister of Statistics and Programme Implementation in the Government of India. He previously served as Minister of Law and Justice shifted from the Ministry of Law and Justice in the cabinet reshuffle of 5 July 2016. He is a member of the 16th Lok Sabha representing the Bangalore North constituency.
Sadananda Gowda was born in 1953 to Venkappa Gowda and Kamala of Mandekolu Village in Sulya taluk Karnataka. His birth village is very close to Kerala border.
Gowda graduated in Science from the St. Philomena College, Puttur and then went on to obtain his degree in law at Udupi Vaikunta Baliga College of Law. He became active in student politics during this period and was elected as the General Secretary of the Students Union of the Law College. Subsequently, he became the District General Secretary of the ABVP
In 1976, he started practising law at both Sulya and Puttur. He was a public prosecutor for a brief period in Sirsi in Uttara Kannada district but resigned his job to concentrate on his political career.
He began his political career as a member of the Jan Sangh. He was President of the party's Sulya Assembly segment. After the split of the Janata Party, he became a member of the BJP. Later on, he served the BJP as Dakshina Kannada BJP Yuva Morcha President, Dakshina Kannada BJP Vice-President, State BJP Yuva Morcha Secretary (1983–88), State BJP Secretary (2003–04) and National Secretary of the party (2004).
Sadananda Gowda was elected to the Karnataka Legislative Assembly in 1994 and 1999 from the Puttur Assembly seat in Dakshina Kannada. He became Deputy Leader of the Opposition in his second term as MLA. He has served in various committees of the Karanataka State legislature including the Cell for preparing Draft Bill on prohibiting Atrocities on Women, Karnataka, the Committee of Energy, Fuel and Power, and the Committee for Public Undertaking. He was nominated as the President of the Public Accounts Committee in 2003.
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