A drive device comprising: a main switching element connected to a main current path and including a higher potential side terminal, a lower potential side terminal, and a control terminal; a push-pull circuit including a higher potential side switching element and a lower potential side switching element, wherein an output terminal of the higher potential side switching element and an input terminal of the lower potential side switching element is electronically connected to the control terminal; a first resistance connected between the input terminal of the lower potential side switching element and the control terminal; a first capacitor parallelly connected to the first resistance; and a second capacitor connected between a connection point of the first resistance and control terminal, and the higher potential side terminal, wherein the higher potential side switching element and the lower potential side switching element, through a parallel circuit including the first resistance and the first capacitor, are electrically connected in series, and the second capacitor is connected in parallel to a parasitic capacitance of the main switching element between the control terminal and the higher potential side terminal, wherein the drive device satisfies a following formula: C 1 C 2 > C a C b wherein C 1 denotes an electrostatic capacitance of the first capacitor, C 2 denotes an electrostatic capacitance of the second capacitor, C a denotes a parasitic capacitance of the main switching element between the control terminal and the lower potential side terminal, and C b denotes the parasitic capacitance of the main switching element between the control terminal and the higher potential side terminal. a main switching element connected to a main current path and including a higher potential side terminal, a lower potential side terminal, and a control terminal; a push-pull circuit including a higher potential side switching element and a lower potential side switching element, wherein an output terminal of the higher potential side switching element and an input terminal of the lower potential side switching element is electronically connected to the control terminal; a first resistance connected between the input terminal of the lower potential side switching element and the control terminal; a first capacitor parallelly connected to the first resistance; and a second capacitor connected between a connection point of the first resistance and control terminal, and the higher potential side terminal, wherein the higher potential side switching element and the lower potential side switching element, through a parallel circuit including the first resistance and the first capacitor, are electrically connected in series, and the second capacitor is connected in parallel to a parasitic capacitance of the main switching element between the control terminal and the higher potential side terminal, wherein the drive device satisfies a following formula: C 1 C 2 > C a C b wherein C 1 denotes an electrostatic capacitance of the first capacitor, C 2 denotes an electrostatic capacitance of the second capacitor, C a denotes a parasitic capacitance of the main switching element between the control terminal and the lower potential side terminal, and C b denotes the parasitic capacitance of the main switching element between the control terminal and the higher potential side terminal.