# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/v-s-ramadevi
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:45:38.373Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/v-s-ramadevi"
name: "V. S. Ramadevi"
slug: "v-s-ramadevi"
description: "V. S. Ramadevi was an Indian politician who was the first lady to become the 8th Governor of Karnataka and 9th Chief Election Commissioner of India from 26 November 1990 to 11 December 1990. She was the first woman to become Chief Election Commissioner of India. She was succeeded by T. N. Seshan. Ramadevi was the first woman to serve as Secretary General of the Rajya Sabha, from 1 July 1993 to 25 September 1997. She was also the first and to date, the only female Governor of Karnataka, from 2 December 1999 to 20 August 2002."
tagline: "Indian politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/VS_RamaDevi.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
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  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1934-01-15"
deathDate: "2013-04-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.3982300884955752
  historical:           10.443236
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump