Deve Gowda ministry was the Council of Ministers in Karnataka, a state in South India headed by H. D. Deve Gowda that was formed after the 1994 Karnataka elections.

In the government headed by H. D. Deve Gowda, the chief minister was from the Indian National Congress party. Apart from the chief minister, there were deputy chief minister and other ministers in the government.

Tenure of the government In 1994, Janata Dal emerged victorious and H. D. Deve Gowda was elected as leader of the Party, hence sworn in as Chief Minister of Karnataka and J. H. Patel was picked as Deputy Chief Minister. The ministry was dissolved when H. D. Deve Gowda became the Prime Minister of India after Janata Dal forged United Front alliance with INC and 11 other parties

Council of Ministers

Chief Minister and deputy Chief Minister SI No.NameConstituencyPortfolio Term of OfficeParty1.H. D. Deve GowdaChief MinisterRamanagaraOther departments not allocated to a Minister.11 December 199431 May 1996Janata Dal2. J. H. PatelDeputy chief MinisterChannagiriPower Tourism11 December 199431 May 1996Janata Dal

Cabinet Ministers SI No.NameConstituencyPortfolio Term of OfficeParty1. SiddaramaiahChamundeshwariFinance 1994 1996Janata Dal2.D. Manjunath HiriyurRevenue11 December 199431 May 1996Janata Dal3.Vaijnath PatilChincholi Urban development11 December 199431 May 1996Janata Dal4. R. L. Jalappa Doddaballapur Co operation 1995 1996 Janata Dal5.Basavaraj Rayareddy Yelburga Housing 1994 1996 Janata Dal6.Merajuddin Patel Humnabad Municipal Affairs 1994 1996 Janata Dal7.D. B. Chandregowda MLC Law & Parliamentary Affairs 1994 1996 Janata Dal8.Muniyappa Muddappa Kalmala Irrigation 1994 1996 Janata Dal9.C. Byre Gowda Vemagal 1994 1996 Janata Dal10.M. C. NanaiahMLCRural Development & Panchayati Raj Forests19941996 Janata Dal11.M. P. PrakashHadagali19941996 Janata Dal12.H. C. MahadevappaT. NarasipurHealth & Family Welfare 19941996 Janata Dal13H. G. Govinde GowdaSringeriPrimary & Secondary Education 19941996 Janata Dal14.R. V. DeshpandeHaliyalIndustries 19941996 Janata Dal

Minister of State S.NoPortfolioMinisterConstituency Term of Office Party1.Tourism, Home, Wakf, Bangalore development and Small scale industriesR. Roshan Baig Shivajinagar11 December 199431 May 1996Janata Dal

If the office of a Minister is vacant for any length of time, it automatically comes under the charge of the Chief Minister.

See also

Karnataka Legislative Assembly

References

External links

Council of Ministers