Dinesh Gundu Rao

Dinesh Gundu Rao
Cabinet Minister, Government of Karnataka
Incumbent
Assumed office 27 May 2023
Governor	Thawarchand Gehlot
Cabinet	Second Siddaramaiah ministry
Chief Minister	Siddaramaiah
Ministry and Departments	Health & Family Welfare
Preceded by	K.Sudhakar
In office 20 May 2015 – 21 June 2016
Governor	Vajubhai Vala
Cabinet	First Siddaramaiah ministry
Chief Minister	Siddaramaiah
Ministry and Departments	Food & Civil Supplies Consumer Affairs
Preceded by	D. N. Jeevaraj
Succeeded by	U. T. Khader
Member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 25 October 1999
Preceded by	B. Muniyappa
Constituency	Gandhi Nagar
Incharge of AICC for Puducherry and Tamil Nadu
In office 11 September 2020 – 24 December 2023
President	Mallikarjun Kharge
Succeeded by	Ajoy Kumar
President of Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee
In office 4 July 2018 – 11 March 2020
Preceded by	G. Parameshwara
Succeeded by	D. K. Shivakumar
Personal details
Born	(1969-10-09) 9 October 1969 (age 55) Kushalanagar, Mysore State, India
Political party	Indian National Congress
Spouse	Tabassum Rao
Children	2
Parent	R. Gundu Rao
Residence(s)	Bengaluru, Karnataka
Alma mater	Bishop Cotton Boys' School,B.M.S. College of Engineering,B.M.S. Institute of Technology and Management

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.