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{{Infobox Indian politician
| name = Dinesh Gundu Rao
| image = The Minister of State for Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs and Dharwad District Incharge Minister, Karnataka, Shri Dinesh Gundu Rao calling on the Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution (cropped).jpg
| caption =
| office = Member of [[Karnataka Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start = 25 October 1999
| term_end =
| predecessor = B. Muniyappa
| successor =
| constituency = [[Gandhi Nagar (Vidhana Sabha constituency)|Gandhi Nagar]]
| office1 = Incharge of <br/>[[All India Congress Committee|AICC]] for [[Goa]], [[Puducherry (union territory)|Puducherry]] and [[Tamil Nadu]]
| president1 = [[Sonia Gandhi]]
| predecessor1 =
| successor1 =
| term_start1 = 11 September 2020
| term_end1 =
| office2 = Minister for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs
| term_start2 = 20 May 2015
| term_end2 = 21 June 2016
| 1blankname2 = Chief Minister
| 1namedata2 = [[Siddaramaiah]]
| predecessor2 = [[D. N. Jeevaraj]]
| successor2 = [[U. T. Khader]]
| office3 = President of [[Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee]]
| term_start3 = 4 July 2018
| term_end3 = 11 March 2020
| predecessor3 = [[G. Parameshwara]]
| successor3 = [[D. K. Shivakumar]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1969|10|09}}
| birth_place = [[Kushalanagar]]
| residence = [[Bengaluru]], [[Karnataka]]
| death_date =
| death_place =
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
| nationality = [[India|Indian]]
| religion =
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| website =
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| footnotes =
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| parents = [[R. Gundu Rao]]
}}
'''Dinesh Gundu Rao''' (born 9 October 1969) is an [[Indian politician]] from [[Indian National Congress|INC]] who is the current Incharge of [[All India Congress Committee]] of Goa, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.<ref>Govtofkarnataka and Congress India website}}</ref>He was the President of [[Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee]].<ref>http://www.politicalworld.in/karnataka-mla-img/DINESHGUNDURAO/index.html</ref>and the member of [[Karnataka Legislative Assembly]].

== 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]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/politics/180418/here-its-advantage-dinesh-gundurao.html|title=Here, it's advantage Dinesh Gundurao|date=2018-04-18|work=Deccan Chronicle|access-date=2018-05-18|language=en}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bangalorewaves.com/politics/profile.html|title=Profile|website=www.bangalorewaves.com|access-date=2018-05-03}}</ref>

He married Tabassum Rao and has two children, living in [[Bangalore]], Karnataka.

== 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 Legislative Assembly|Member of the Legislative Assembly for fifth time]] (MLA).<ref>{{cite news |title=Chaos in House,near-fight outside |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-07-10/bangalore/28282246_1_reddy-brothers-illegal-mining-t-h-suresh-babu |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120820014728/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-07-10/bangalore/28282246_1_reddy-brothers-illegal-mining-t-h-suresh-babu |url-status=dead |archive-date=20 August 2012 |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=10 July 2010 |accessdate=10 June 2011 }}</ref>
He is five time winner in the Karnataka elections.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/elections/karnataka-2018/bengaluru-has-become-more-aspirational-dinesh-gundu-rao/article23713267.ece|title=Bengaluru has become more aspirational: Dinesh Gundu Rao|last=Prabhu|first=Nagesh|date=2018-04-28|work=The Hindu|access-date=2018-05-18|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/elections/karnataka-assembly-elections-2018/dinesh-gundu-rao-gandhinagar-constituency-karnataka-election-result-2018-all-you-need-to-know/1166597/|title=Dinesh Gundu Rao, Gandhinagar constituency Karnataka election results 2018: Congress retains seat|date=2018-05-14|work=The Financial Express|access-date=2018-05-18|language=en-US}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:1969 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Karnataka]]
[[Category:People from Kodagu district]]
[[Category:Karnataka MLAs 2008–2013]]
[[Category:Karnataka MLAs 2018–2023]]

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