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<div>{{short description|Member of the Legislative Assembly, Chikkaballapur}}<br />
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}<br />
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2019}}<br />
{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| honorific_prefix =Dr.<br />
| name = K. Sudhakar<br />
| image = Dr K Sudhakar.jpg<br />
| caption = <br />
| birth_name = Keshava Sudhakar<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1973|06|06|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place =Peresandra ([[Chikkaballapur, Karnataka]], India)<br />
| residence = [[Sadashivanagar, Bangalore]]<br />
| death_date = <br />
| death_place = <br />
| office = Minister of Heath and Family Welfare <br /> [[Government of Karnataka]] <br />
| term_start = 12th October 2020<br />
| term_end = <br />
| predecessor = [[B. Sriramulu]]<br />
| office4 = [[Member of Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly]]<br />
| term_start4 = 13 May 2013<br />
| term_end4 = <br />
| chief minister = <br />
| predecessor1 = <br />
| successor1 = <br />
| governor = <br />
| office2 = Minister of Medical Education <br /> [[Government of Karnataka]]<br />
| term_start2 = 6th February 2020<br />
| predecessor2 = [[C. N. Ashwath Narayan]]<br />
| office3 = <br />
| term_start3 = <br />
| term_end3 = <br />
| constituency4 = [[Chikkaballapur]]<br />
| predecessor4 = K. P. Bache Gowda<br />
| successor2 = [[J. C. Madhuswamy]]<br />
| 1blankname = Chief Minister<br />
| 1namedata = [[B. S. Yediyurappa]]<br />
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata party]] <br />(2019–present)<br />
| otherparty = [[Indian National Congress]]<br />(till 2019)<br />
| spouse = manjula<br />
| children = 5<br />
| website = <br />
| footnotes = <br />
| year = <br />
| education = [[M.B.B.S]] at [[Sri Siddhartha Medical College]]<br />
}}<br />
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Dr. '''Keshava <ref>myneta}}</ref> Sudhakar''' is an Indian politician who is the current [[Medical Education]] & [[Health]] minister of [[Karnataka]]. Also District in charge of [[Chikkaballapura]] [[district]].He was elected to the [[Karnataka Legislative Assembly]] from [[Chikkaballapur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Chikkaballapur]] in the [[2013 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]] In Bye election.<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|first=|date=2018-05-15|website=www.oneindia.com|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|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><br />
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He is 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.<br />
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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 many key policy making and rapid response to the pandemic.<ref>https://www.livemint.com/news/india/karnataka-government-forms-rapid-response-teams-to-contain-coronavirus-11583316625193.html</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://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]]|accessdate=28 July 2019}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:1979 births]]<br />
[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:Members of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly]]<br />
[[Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Karnataka]]<br />
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Karnataka]]<br />
[[Category:People from Chikkaballapur]]<br />
[[Category:Karnataka MLAs 2018–]]<br />
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