H. D. Deve Gowda ministry

H. D. Deve Gowda ministry
15th ministry of the Republic of India
Date formed	1 June 1996
Date dissolved	21 April 1997
People and organisations
Head of government	H. D. Deve Gowda
Head of state	Shankar Dayal Sharma
Member party	Janata Dal (United Front) (supported by Indian National Congress)
Status in legislature	Coalition
Opposition party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Opposition leader	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
History
Legislature term(s)	10 months and 20 days
Predecessor	First Vajpayee ministry
Successor	I. K. Gujral ministry

H. D. Deve Gowda was sworn in as Prime Minister of India on 1 June 1996. In his initial ministry the ministers were as follows.^[1]

Cabinet ministers


Portfolio		Took office	Left office	Party
Prime Minister	H. D. Deve Gowda	1 June 1996	21 April 1997	Janata Dal
Minister of External Affairs	I. K. Gujral	1 June 1996	I. K. Gujral Ministry	Janata Dal
Minister of Finance	P. Chidambaram	1 June 1996	21 April 1997	TMC
Minister of Home Affairs	H. D. Deve Gowda	1 June 1996	29 June 1996	Janata Dal
Minister of Home Affairs	Indrajit Gupta	29 June 1996	I. K. Gujral Ministry	CPI
Minister of Defence	Mulayam Singh Yadav	1 June 1996	I. K. Gujral Ministry	SP
Minister of Railways	Ram Vilas Paswan	1 June 1996	I. K. Gujral Ministry	Janata Dal
Minister of Textiles (Independent Charge)	R. L. Jalappa^[2]	1 June 1996	I. K. Gujral Ministry	Janata Dal
Minister of Industry	Murasoli Maran	1 June 1996	I. K. Gujral Ministry	DMK
Minister of Agriculture	Chaturanan Mishra	10 July 1996	I. K. Gujral Ministry	CPI
Minister of Water Resources	Janeshwar Mishra	10 July 1996	I. K. Gujral Ministry	SP
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs	Ram Vilas Paswan^[3]	1 June 1996	29 June 1996	Janata Dal
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs	Srikant Kumar Jena^[3]	29 June 1996	I. K. Gujral Ministry	Janata Dal

Ministers of State (Independent Charge)

Bolla Buli Ramaiah, Ministry of Commerce.
Dilip Kumar Ray, Ministry of Food Processing Industries.
Raghubans Prasad Singh, Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying in the Ministry of Agriculture.
Ramakant D. Khalap, Department of Legal Affairs, Legislative Department and Department of Justice.
Shees Ram Ola, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers.
Yoginder K. Alagh, Ministry of Planning and Programme Implementation and Ministry of Science and Technology.

Ministers of State

R. Dhanuskodi Athithan, Department of Youth Affairs and Sports in the Ministry of Human Resource Development.
Mohd. Maqbool Dar, Ministry of Home Affairs.
Muhi Ram Saikia, Department of Education in the Ministry of Human Resource Development.
N. V. N. Somu, Ministry of Defence.
Satpal Maharaj, Ministry of Railways.
S.R. Balasubramoniyan, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs.
T. R. Baalu, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas.

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Indian union ministries

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