Rendra Kresna (born 22 March 1962) is an Indonesian former politician who was the regent of Malang Regency, East Java between 2010–2015 and 2016–2018.

He received basic education in Pamekasan before enrolling at the economics faculty of Muhammadiyah University Malang [id], graduating in 1989.

[1] His involvement in politics began in 1997, when he was elected into the Malang Regency Regional House of Representatives as a Golkar member.

He ran as the regent candidate in the 2010 regency election with Ahmad Subhan as his running mate, and they won with 672,511 votes (62.04%).

[7] In 2018, Kresna was designated a suspect of receiving Rp 3.45 billion (~USD 220,000) in bribes for a municipal contract, and the Corruption Eradication Commission arrested him on 15 October 2018, several days after he had resigned from Nasdem due to the investigation.