Devegowda
| H. D. Deve Gowda | |
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Deve Gowda in 2015
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| 11th Prime Minister of India | |
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In office 1 June 1996 – 21 April 1997 |
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| President | Shankar Dayal Sharma |
| Preceded by | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| Succeeded by | I. K. Gujral |
| Minister of Home Affairs | |
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In office 1 June 1996 – 29 June 1996 |
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| Preceded by | Murli Manohar Joshi |
| Succeeded by | Indrajit Gupta |
| Chief Minister of Karnataka | |
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In office 11 December 1994 – 31 May 1996 |
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| Governor | Khurshed Alam Khan |
| Preceded by | Veerappa Moily |
| Succeeded by | Jayadevappa Halappa Patel |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
18 May 1933 Haradanahalli, Kingdom of Mysore, British India (now in Karnataka, India) |
| Political party |
Janata Dal (Secular) (1999–present) |
| Other political affiliations |
Indian National Congress (1953–1962) Janata Party (1977–1988) Janata Dal (1988–1999) |
| Spouse(s) | Chennamma (m. 1954) |
| Children | 6; including H. D. Revanna, H. D. Kumaraswamy |
| Profession | Agriculturist, politician |
| Signature |  |
| Website | hddevegowda |
Haradanahalli Doddegowda Deve Gowda (born 18 May 1933) is an Indian politician who was the Prime Minister of India from June 1996 to April 1997. Previously he was the 14th Chief Minister of Karnataka from 1994 to 1996.
He is a member of the 16th Lok Sabha representing the Hassan constituency of Karnataka, is the National President of the Janata Dal (Secular) party, and enjoys strong support in the Vokkaliga community which is at the forefront of the state politics.
Gowda was born on 18 May 1933 in Haradanahalli, a village in Holenarasipura taluk, of the erstwhile Kingdom of Mysore (now in Hassan, Karnataka) into a middle-class family of Vokkaligas. His father was Dodde Gowda was a paddy farmer and mother, Devamma.
He earned a diploma in civil engineering from L. V. Polytechnic, Hassan, in the late 1950s. In his youth, Gowda helped his father with farming. He worked as a contractor for a while before entering politics in 1953. He married Chennamma in 1954. They have six children together: four sons including politician H. D. Revanna and H. D. Kumaraswamy and two daughters.
Gowda joined the Indian National Congress party in 1953 and remained a member until 1962. During that period, he was President of Anjaneya Cooperative Society of Holenarasipura and later became a member of the Taluk Development Board of Holenarasipura.
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