H. D. Revanna

H. D. Revanna
Member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
for Holenarsipur
Preceded by A. Doddegowda
In office
11 December 1994  7 October 1999
Succeeded by G. Puttaswamy Gowda
Personal details
Born (1957-12-17) 17 December 1957
Haradanahalli, Mysore State, India
Political party Janata Dal (Secular)
Spouse(s) Bhavani Revanna
Children Suraj
Prajwal
Parents H. D. Deve Gowda
Chennamma
Relatives

H. D. Kumaraswamy (brother)

Nikhil Gowda (nephew)

Hardanahalli Devegowda Revanna (born 17 December 1957) is an Indian politician from the state of Karnataka, and a member of the Legislative Assembly in the state of Karnataka, representing the Holenarasipur constituency in Hassan district. His political party is Janata Dal (Secular).[1] He is currently minister of public works department in the cabinet of H D Kumaraswamy.

Personal life and family

He is one of the sons of former Prime Minister of India H. D. Deve Gowda. And also brother of incumbent chief minister H D Kumaraswamy. He is married to Bhavani Revanna and he has two sons Suraj and Prajwal.[1]

Political career

He won the Holenarasipur Karnataka Legislative Assembly seat in 1994. He again contested unsuccessfully in 1999, he was elected again in the 2004 General Elections for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly from the same Constituency. This time he became Minister for PWD (Public Works Department) and Energy Department in Dharam Singh and H. D. Kumaraswamy Government.[1]

H.D.Revanna was also the president of Karnataka Milk Federation (KMF) for 9 years.[1]

In 2018 Karnataka assembly elections, HD Revanna took 92,713 votes from Holenarasipur [2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "H.D. Revanna". Janata Dal (Secular) Official Website. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
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