Kumbakudi Sudhakaran (born 7 June 1948) is an Indian politician[3] and president of the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC).

He is currently serving as Member of Parliament (MP), Lok Sabha from Kannur, Kerala and member of Parliamentary Standing Committees on Rural Development and Welfare of OBCs.

He was also a four-term member in the Kerala Legislative Assembly and represented the Kannur constituency from 1996 to 2009.

[5][6] K. Sudhakaran was born on 7 June 1948 in a small village called Nadal in Kannur district.

[7] He was arrested by the Kerala Police as part of the investigation in a cheating case and was released as per the interim bail order of the Kerala High Court in June 2023.