GT Devegowda

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Gungralchatra Tammegowda Devegowda
Member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly from Chamundeshwari
Assumed office
2013
Preceded by M. Sathyanarayana
Minister of Higher Education of Karnataka [1]
In office
23 May 2018 23 July 2019
Chief Minister H. D. Kumaraswamy
Preceded by Basavaraj Rayareddy
Succeeded by C. N. Ashwath Narayan
Constituency Chamundeshwari
Personal details
Born
Gungaralu Tammegowda Devegowda

(1949-11-25) 25 November 1949 (age 71)
Gungralchatra [2]
NationalityIndian
Political party Janata Dal (Secular)
Spouse(s)K. Lalitha
RelationsTammegowda [3]
(father)
ProfessionPolitician

Gungralchatra Tammegowda Devegowda is an Indian politician who was the Minister of Higher Education of Karnataka in the JDS and Indian National Congress Coalition government in the Second H. D. Kumarswamy ministry from 23 May 2018 to 23 July 2019 . He started his political career with Congress in 1970s, and later joined Janata Dal (Secular). [1] In the 2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election, he won by a large margin against incumbent chief minister Siddaramaiah, from Chamundeshwari Assembly segment. [4]

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References

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