Dinesh Gundu Rao

Dinesh Gundu Rao (born 9 October 1969) is an Indian politician of Indian National Congress from Karnataka. He is serving as the Minister for Health and Family Welfare in the Government of Karnataka.[1] He is also the Incharge of All India Congress Committee of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.[2] He was the President of Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee.[3] and the member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly.

Dinesh Gundu Rao
Cabinet Minister, Government of Karnataka
Assumed office
27 May 2023
GovernorThawarchand Gehlot
CabinetSecond Siddaramaiah ministry
Chief MinisterSiddaramaiah
Ministry and DepartmentsHealth & Family Welfare
Preceded byK.Sudhakar
In office
20 May 2015 – 21 June 2016
GovernorVajubhai Vala
CabinetFirst Siddaramaiah ministry
Chief MinisterSiddaramaiah
Ministry and Departments
  • Food & Civil Supplies
  • Consumer Affairs
Preceded byD. N. Jeevaraj
Succeeded byU. T. Khader
Member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
25 October 1999
Preceded byB. Muniyappa
ConstituencyGandhi Nagar
Incharge of
AICC for Puducherry and Tamil Nadu
Assumed office
11 September 2020
PresidentMallikarjun Kharge
President of Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee
In office
4 July 2018 – 11 March 2020
Preceded byG. Parameshwara
Succeeded byD. K. Shivakumar
Personal details
Born (1969-10-09) 9 October 1969
Kushalanagar, Mysore State, India
Political partyIndian National Congress
ParentR. Gundu Rao
Residence(s)Bengaluru, Karnataka
Alma materB.M.S. College of Engineering,B.M.S. Institute of Technology and Management

Personal life

He was born in Kushal Nagar, Coorg. He is the second of the three sons of former Chief Minister of Karnataka, R. Gundu Rao.[4]

Gundu Rao attended Bishop Cotton Boys' School in Bangalore. He completed a B.E in Electronics and Communications from B.M.S. College of Engineering in 1992.[5]

He married Tabassum Rao and has two daughters, living in Bangalore, Karnataka.

Political career

Gundu Rao was the Congress candidate for Assembly Constituency (Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike District) in the 1999 Karnataka Legislative Assembly Elections. The count of total votes polled for this election was 61212. Out of these, Dinesh Gundurao of Congress secured 40797 votes to win the seat, defeating the nearest rival Nagaraj V of JD (S) by a margin of 28268 votes.

He was president of the Karnataka Youth Congress, and is currently a Member of the Legislative Assembly for fifth time (MLA).[6] He is five time winner in the Karnataka elections.[7] Dinesh Gundu Rao was minister of state for food, civil supplies and consumer affairs in the government of Karnataka, and he was President of the KPCC.[8]

On 11 September 2020 he was appointed as All India Congress Committee incharge of Goa, Puducherry & Tamil Nadu. On 4th January 2023 Manickam Tagore succeeded him as AICC incharge of Goa.

References
  1. "Government will enroll doctors at IIMB: Dinesh Gundu Rao". The Hindu. 1 July 2023. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  2. Govtofkarnataka and Congress India website
  3. http://www.politicalworld.in/karnataka-mla-img/DINESHGUNDURAO/index.html
  4. "Here, it's advantage Dinesh Gundurao". Deccan Chronicle. 18 April 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  5. "Profile". www.bangalorewaves.com. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  6. "Chaos in House,near-fight outside". The Times of India. 10 July 2010. Archived from the original on 20 August 2012. Retrieved 10 June 2011.
  7. Prabhu, Nagesh (28 April 2018). "Bengaluru has become more aspirational: Dinesh Gundu Rao". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  8. "Dinesh Gundu Rao, Gandhinagar constituency Karnataka election results 2018: Congress retains seat". The Financial Express. 14 May 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
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