| Dinesh Gundu Rao | |
| Office: | Cabinet Minister, Government of Karnataka |
| Predecessor: | K.Sudhakar |
| Governor: | Thawarchand Gehlot |
| 1Blankname: | Chief Minister |
| 1Namedata: | Siddaramaiah |
| Subterm: | Cabinet |
| Suboffice: | Second Siddaramaiah ministry |
| 2Blankname: | Ministry and Departments |
| 2Namedata: | Health & Family Welfare |
| Term Start: | 27 May 2023 |
| Predecessor1: | D. N. Jeevaraj |
| Successor1: | U. T. Khader |
| Governor1: | Vajubhai Vala |
| 1Blankname1: | Chief Minister |
| 1Namedata1: | Siddaramaiah |
| Subterm1: | Cabinet |
| Suboffice1: | First Siddaramaiah ministry |
| 2Blankname1: | Ministry and Departments |
| 2Namedata1: |
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| Term Start1: | 20 May 2015 |
| Term End1: | 21 June 2016 |
| Office2: | Member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly |
| Term Start2: | 25 October 1999 |
| Predecessor2: | B. Muniyappa |
| Constituency2: | Gandhi Nagar |
| Office3: | Incharge of AICC for Puducherry and Tamil Nadu |
| President3: | Mallikarjun Kharge |
| Successor3: | Ajoy Kumar |
| Term Start3: | 11 September 2020 |
| Term End3: | 24 December 2023 |
| Office4: | President of Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee |
| Term Start4: | 4 July 2018 |
| Term End4: | 11 March 2020 |
| Predecessor4: | G. Parameshwara |
| Successor4: | D. K. Shivakumar |
| Birth Date: | 1969 10, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Kushalanagar, Mysore State, India |
| Residence: | Bengaluru, Karnataka |
| Party: | Indian National Congress |
| Nationality: | Indian |
| Spouse: | Tabassum Rao |
| Children: | 2 |
| Parents: | R. Gundu Rao |
| 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 was also the Incharge of All India Congress Committee of Tamil Nadu,Goa and Puducherry.[2] He was the President of Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee[3] He served as a Minister for Food and Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs from 2013-16 in the earlier Siddaramiah led Congress Govt.The flagship program Anna Bhagya(Hunger Free Karnataka) was successfully implemented by him.__TOC__
Rao was born in a Hindu family[4] [5] [6] in Kushal Nagar, Coorg. He is the second of the three sons of former Chief Minister of Karnataka, R. Gundu Rao.[7]
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.[8]
He married Tabassum Rao and has two daughters, living in Bangalore, Karnataka.
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 sixth time (MLA).[9] He is six time winner in the Karnataka elections.[10] 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.[11]
On 11 September 2020 he was appointed All India Congress Committee incharge of Goa, Puducherry & Tamil Nadu. On 4th January 2023 Manickam Tagore succeeded him as AICC incharge of Goa.