Rudresh Gowda

{{short description|Indian politician}}

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{{Use Indian English|date=May 2018}}{{Infobox Indian politician

| name = Rudresh Gowda

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| birth_name = Rudresh Gowda

| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1955|10|17}}

| birth_place = Belur, Karnataka, India

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| death_date = {{Death date and age|2018|3|24|1955|10|17|df=y}}

| death_place = Bangalore, Karnataka, India

| office = Member of Lok Sabha

| term_start = 15 May 1996

| term_end = 4 December 1997

| constituency = Hassan

| predecessor =

| successor = H. D. Deve Gowda

| office2 = Member of the Legislative Assembly

| term_start2 = 22 May 2008

| term_end2 = 23 March 2018

| constituency2 = Belur

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| successor2 = K. S. Lingesha

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| party = *Indian National Congress
{{small|(2004– 2018)}} ,

• Janata Dal (Secular)
  {{small|(1999-2004)}} ,
• Janata Party
  {{small|(1985-1999)}}

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| children = 2

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|education= LLB

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Rudresh Gowda (16 October 1955{{Cite web |url=http://vijayavani.net/belur-mla-y-n-rudresh-gowda-passed-away-in-bengaluru-due-to-heart-attack/ |title=ಬೇಲೂರು ಶಾಸಕ ವೈ.ಎನ್ . ರುದ್ರೇಶ್ ಗೌಡ ಇನ್ನಿಲ್ಲ – ವಿಜಯವಾಣಿ |access-date=25 April 2018 |archive-date=26 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180426011726/http://vijayavani.net/belur-mla-y-n-rudresh-gowda-passed-away-in-bengaluru-due-to-heart-attack/ |url-status=dead }} – 24 March 2018) was an Indian politician.

Gowda trained to be a lawyer.{{cite news|title=Belur MLA Rudresh Gowda dies of multiple organs failure|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/666233/belur-mla-rudresh-gowda-dies.html|accessdate=24 March 2018|work=Deccan Herald|date=24 March 2018}} He joined the Janata Party in 1985 and was elected to the Hassan District Council until 1996.{{cite news|title=Belur Cong. MLA Rudresh Gowda dies in Bengaluru hospital|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/belur-cong-mla-rudresh-gowda-dies-in-bengaluru-hospital/article23340673.ece|accessdate=24 March 2018|work=The Hindu|date=24 March 2018}} Gowda sat in the 11th Lok Sabha, representing Janata Dal and the Janata Party in between 1996 and 1997.{{cite news|title=Rudresh Gowda, Congress MLA, dead|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/rudresh-gowda-congress-mla-dead/article23345134.ece|accessdate=24 March 2018|work=The Hindu|date=24 March 2018}} He left Janata Dal (Secular) in 2004 for the Indian National Congress. Gowda won election to the Karnataka Legislative Assembly as a representative of Belur in 2008 and 2013. He suffered a heart attack on 23 March 2018 and died of multiple organ failure the next day at a hospital in Bangalore, aged 62.{{cite news|title=Congress MLA Rudresh Gowda passes away after prolonged illness|url=http://www.uniindia.com/~/congress-mla-rudresh-gowda-passes-away-after-prolonged-illness/States/news/1178069.html|accessdate=24 March 2018|publisher=United News of India|date=24 March 2018}}{{cite news|title=Congress MLA Rudresh Gowda Dies of Multiple Organ Failure|url=http://www.india.com/news/india/congress-mla-rudresh-gowda-dies-of-multiple-organ-failure-at-bengaluru-hospital-2961209/|accessdate=24 March 2018|publisher=Penske Media Corporation|date=24 March 2018}}