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{{short description|Member of the Legislative Assembly, Chikkaballapur}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = K. Sudhakar
| honorific_prefix =
| image = K. Sudhakar (politician) 1.jpg
| image_size = 150px
| caption = Sudhakar in 2021
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1973|06|27|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Chikkaballapura]], [[Karnataka]], India
| office = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]
| term_start = 4 June 2024
| term_end =
| predecessor = [[B. N. Bache Gowda]]
| successor =
| constituency = [[Chikballapur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Chikballapur]]
| office2 = [[Cabinet Minister]]<br/>[[Government of Karnataka]]
| term_start2 = 6 February 2020
| term_end2 = 13 May 2023
| 1blankname2 = {{centre|Ministry}}
| 1namedata2 = {{centre|'''Term'''}}
| 2blankname2 = Minister of Health & Family Welfare
| 2namedata2 = 12 October 2020 - 13 May 2023
| 3blankname2 = Minister of Medical Education
| 3namedata2 = 6 February 2020 - 13 May 2023
| residence = [[Sadashivanagar, Bangalore]]
| death_date =
| death_place =
| office3 = Member of [[Karnataka Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start3 = 2013
| term_end3 = 2023
| constituency3 = [[Chikballapur (Vidhana Sabha constituency)|Chikballapur]]
| predecessor3 = K. P. Bache Gowda
| successor3 = Pradeep Eshwar
| office4 = Minister in-charge of Chikkaballapur District
| term_start4 = April 2020
| term_end4 = May 2023
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata party]] <br />{{small|(2019–present)}}
| otherparty = [[Indian National Congress]]<br />{{small|(2013–2019)}}
| spouse = Preethi
| children = 3
| website =
| footnotes =
| year =
| education = [[Sri Siddhartha Medical College]] ([[M.B.B.S]])
}}

'''Keshavareddy Sudhakar''' is an Indian politician and also he was Ex-Minister of Medical Education and Health of Karnataka from 6 February 2020 to 13 May 2023. He was elected to the [[Karnataka Legislative Assembly]] from [[Chikkaballapur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Chikkaballapur]] in the [[2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election]] as a member of the [[Indian National Congress]] and later was re-elected to the house in 2019 as a member of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://myneta.info/karnatka2008/candidate.php?candidate_id=691|title=PRATAP GOUDA PATIL(Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- Maski(RAICHUR) - Affidavit Information of Candidate|website=myneta.info|access-date=2020-04-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oneindia.com/india/karnataka-election-results-2018-full-list-of-winners-bjp-congress-jds-2696524.html|title=Karnataka MLA's List 2018: Full List of Winners From BJP, Congress, JDS and More|last=Madhuri|date=2018-05-15|website=www.oneindia.com|language=en|access-date=2020-04-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/disqualified-karnataka-mlas-barring-roshan-baig-join-bjp/articleshow/72051891.cms|title=Disqualified Karnataka MLAs, barring Roshan Baig, join BJP|date=2019-11-14|work=The Economic Times|access-date=2020-04-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/rebel-karnataka-mlas-barring-roshan-baig-to-join-bjp-after-sc-allows-them-to-contest-bypolls|title=Rebel Karnataka MLAs barring Roshan Baig to join BJP after SC allows them to contest bypolls|website=Free Press Journal|language=en|access-date=2020-04-13}}</ref> He also contested [[2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election]] in [[Chikballapur (Vidhana Sabha constituency)|Chikballapur]] from BJP but lost to INC candidate [[Pradeep Eshwar]]. In March 2024, he was announced as the BJP candidate from the [[Chikballapur Lok Sabha constituency|Chikballapur Constituency]] for the [[2024 Indian general election|2024 Lok Sabha Elections]]. He was elected to the [[Lok Sabha]] from [[Chikkaballapur Lok Sabha constituency|Chikkaballapur]] in the [[18th Lok Sabha]] as a member of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fifth-list-bjp-candidates-ensuing-general-elections-2024-parliamentary-constituencies |url=https://www.bjp.org/pressreleases/fifth-list-bjp-candidates-ensuing-general-elections-2024-parliamentary-constituencies |access-date=25 March 2024}}</ref>

He was the youngest cabinet minister in the [[Fourth B. S. Yeddyurappa ministry]] being only 46 years old at the time of taking charge, serving as the Minister of Medical education from Health and Family Welfare Department. He was again sworn-in as a minister in the [[Basavaraj Bommai ministry]].

During the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Karnataka]] he was part of the COVID-19 Response team for Karnataka along with Chief Minister [[B. S. Yeddyurappa]] and Minister of Health and Family Welfare [[B. Sriramulu]] and few others. He was key participant of key policy making and rapid response to the pandemic.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.livemint.com/news/india/karnataka-government-forms-rapid-response-teams-to-contain-coronavirus-11583316625193.html|title = Karnataka government forms rapid response teams to contain coronavirus|date = 4 March 2020}}</ref><ref name="Doctors {{!}} Healthy corps">{{cite news|last1=India Today|title=Doctors {{!}} Healthy corps|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/18th-lok-sabha-the-debutants/story/20240722-doctors-healthy-corps-2565856-2024-07-13|accessdate=9 November 2024|date=13 July 2024|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20241109153202/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/18th-lok-sabha-the-debutants/story/20240722-doctors-healthy-corps-2565856-2024-07-13|archivedate=9 November 2024|language=en}}</ref>

==Controversies==
===Operation Kamala===
{{Main|Operation Kamala|Operation Kamala in Karnataka}}
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He was one of the 15 MLAs who fell in Operation Kamala and resigned in July 2019, effectively bringing down the [[H. D. Kumaraswamy]]-led coalition government of [[Indian National Congress]] and [[Janata Dal (Secular)]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/galleries/nation/2019/jul/24/the-15-mlas-who-brought-down-kumaraswamy-government-102416.html|title=The 15 MLAs who brought down Kumaraswamy government|newspaper=[[The New Indian Express]]|access-date=28 July 2019}}</ref>

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[[Category:India MPs 2024–2029]]

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