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Dr.
K. Sudhakar
File:Dr K Sudhakar.jpg
Minister of Heath and Family Welfare
Government of Karnataka
Assumed office
12th October 2020
Chief MinisterB. S. Yediyurappa
Preceded byB. Sriramulu
Minister of Medical Education
Government of Karnataka
Assumed office
6th February 2020
Preceded byC. N. Ashwath Narayan
Succeeded byJ. C. Madhuswamy
Member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
13 May 2013
Preceded byK. P. Bache Gowda
ConstituencyChikkaballapur
Personal details
Born
Keshava Sudhakar

(1973-06-06) 6 June 1973 (age 53)
Peresandra (Chikkaballapur, Karnataka, India)
Political partyBharatiya Janata party
(2019–present)
Other political
affiliations
Indian National Congress
(till 2019)
Spouse(s)manjula
Children5
ResidenceSadashivanagar, Bangalore
EducationM.B.B.S at Sri Siddhartha Medical College

Dr. Keshava [1] 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 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.[2][3][4][5]

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.

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.[6][7]

References

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  3. Madhuri (15 May 2018). "Karnataka MLA's List 2018: Full List of Winners From BJP, Congress, JDS and More". www.oneindia.com. Retrieved 13 April 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. "Disqualified Karnataka MLAs, barring Roshan Baig, join BJP". The Economic Times. 14 November 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  5. "Rebel Karnataka MLAs barring Roshan Baig to join BJP after SC allows them to contest bypolls". Free Press Journal. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  6. https://www.livemint.com/news/india/karnataka-government-forms-rapid-response-teams-to-contain-coronavirus-11583316625193.html
  7. "The 15 MLAs who brought down Kumaraswamy government". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 28 July 2019.