Party Name : Bharatiya Janata Party
Constituency : Bangalore North
State : Karnataka
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 4 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 17
Father's Name : Shri Venkappa Gowda
Mother's Name : Smt. Kamala
Date of birth : 18 Mar 1953
Profession : Advocate Agriculturist
Positions held :
1994 - 2004 Member, Karnataka Legislative Assembly (two terms)1995 - 1996 Member, Cell for Preparing Draft Bill on Prohibiting Atrocities on Women, Government of Karnataka1999 - 2004 Deputy Leader, Opposition, Karnataka Legislative Assembly2001 - 2002 Member, Committee for Engery, Fuel & Power, Karnataka Legislative Assembly2002 - 2003 Member, Public Undertaking Committee, Karnataka Legislative Assembly2003 - 2004 Chairman, Public Accounts Committee, Karnataka Legislative Assembly2004 Elected to 14th Lok Sabha8 May 2004 - May 2005 and May 2006 - Aug. 2008 Member, Standing Committee on CommerceNational Secretary, B.J.P.18 Jan. 2006 Member, Sub-committee of the Department Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Commerce for Special Economic Zones2009 Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (2nd term)9 June 2009 Member, House Committee31 Aug. 2009 Member, Standing Committee on Science & Technology, Environment & Forests4 Aug. 2011 - 12 July 2012 Chief Minister, Karnataka29 Dec. 2011 Resigned from 15th Lok Sabha22 Dec. 2012 - 23 May 2014 Member, Karnataka Legislative Council17 May 2013 - 23 May 2014 Leader of Opposition, Karnataka Legislative CouncilMay, 2014 Re-elected to 16th Lok Sabha (3rd term)27 May 2014 - 9 Nov. 2014 Union Cabinet Minister, Railways9 Nov. 2014 - 5 July 2016 Union Cabinet Minister, Law and Justice5 July 2016 - 25 May 2019 Union Cabinet Minister, Statistics and Programme ImplementationMay, 2019 Re-elected to 17th Lok Sabha (4th term)30 May 2019 onwards Union Cabinet Minister, Chemicals and Fertilizers
More Information :
Social And Cultural Activities
Co-operative active participation in all Janapada & Cultural activities
Special Interests
Participating in "Yakshagana" Folk Art famous in Dakshina Kannada District, Karnataka
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Chatting with family members, friends and Party workers
Sports and Clubs
Kho-Kho (represented Mysore University); badminton & tennis
Countries Visited
Australia, Dubai, Moldova, New Zealand, Russia, Singapore and USA
Other Information
State Secretary, BJP Yuva Morcha, 1983-88; President, Karnataka Industries Staff Union, 1977-82; Assistant Public Prosecutor, 1979-82;Director, CAMPCO, Manglore, Karnataka, 1991-94; Vice-President, SCDCC Bank, Mangalore; Member, State L.D. Bank, Staff Selection Committee, 1989-90;
