Party Name : Janata Dal (Secular)
Constituency : Hassan
State : Karnataka
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 6 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 16
Father's Name : Late Shri Dodde Gowda
Mother's Name : Smt. Devamma
Date of birth : 18 May 1933
Profession : Agriculturist Engineer, Farmer, Social Worker
Positions held :
1962-89 Member, Karnataka Legislative Assembly (seven terms)1972-76 Leader of Opposition, Karnataka Legislative Assembly1983-89 Minister, Public Works and Irrigation, Government of Karnataka1985-1989 Chairman, Public Accounts Committee, Karnataka Legislative Assembly1991 Elected to 10th Lok Sabha1991-94 Member, Standing Committee on CommerceMember, Joint Parliamentary Committee on FertilizersMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Agriculture1993-94 President, Janata Dal, KarnatakaMember, Karnataka Legislative Assembly1994-96 Chief Minister, Government of KarnatakaJun. 1996 - Apr. 1997 Prime Minister of India and also incharge of Ministries/Departments of Petroleum and Chemicals, Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Atomic Energy, Home Affairs, Agriculture, Food Processing Industries, Urban Affairs and Employment and Non-Conventional Energy Sources1996-98 Member, Rajya SabhaNov. 1996-Apr. 1997 Leader of the House, Rajya Sabha1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (2nd term)National President, Janata Dal (S)2002 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha in bye-election (3rd term)2004 Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha( 4th term)5 Aug. 2006-2008 Member, Standing Committee on Railways2009 Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (5th term)Leader, Janata Dal (Secular) Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha31 Aug. 2009 Member, Standing Committee on DefenceMay, 2014 Re-elected to 16th Lok Sabha (6th term)1 Sep. 2014 onwards Member, Standing Committee on DefenceMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Urban Development, Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation
More Information :
Special Interests
Agriculture and Horticulture
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Reading
Countries Visited
Widely travelled; as Minister, Chief Minister, Prime Minister and as a Member, Indian Parliamentary Delegations, Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, London
Other Information
Participated in the freedom struggle as a student leader; Member, Indian National Congress, 1952-62; imprisoned under Maintenance of Internal Security Act (MISA) during Emergency 1976; Member, (i) Taluk Development Board; and (ii) Co-operative Societies
