Galla Aruna Kumari (born 1 August 1944) is an Indian politician. She is the daughter of former Indian parliamentarian and social activist

Paturi Rajagopala Naidu Paturi Rajagopala Naidu, better known as Rajanna (5 April 1920 – 21 October 1996), was an Indian freedom fighter, parliamentarian, and kisan (farmer) leader. He was the political guru of Nara Chandrababu Naidu. He was an exponent of the peasant ...

. She is currently a polit buro member of the

Telugu Desam Party The Telugu Desam Party (; TDP) is an Indian regional political party operating in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana at the state and central level. Since its founding by N. T. Rama Rao (often referred to as NTR) on 29 March 1982, the party has foc ...

. She was the Minister for Geology and Mines in the

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, India and MLA for the Chandragiri constituency. On 8 March 2014, she joined Telugu Desam Party. Aruna Kumari is married to

Galla Ramachandra Naidu Galla Ramachandra Naidu (born 10 June 1938) is an Indian industrialist, the founder and former chaiman of the Amara Raja Group of companies. He is married to Galla Aruna Kumari, an ex.minister in the Andhra Pradesh state government. Personal l ...

, an industrialist and founder of

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of Companies. She has a B.S. in Computer Science from Lake View College. She worked for the

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as computer programmer and departmental head for Management Information Systems in the sales division. Her prior roles in her political career include that of President of the Andhra Pradesh Mahila Congress and General Secretary, Pradesh Congress Committee. She was also the MLA for Chandragiri constituency from 1989 to 1994,1999–2014 and Health Education and Insurance Minister in the first term of

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Chief Minister, late

Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy Yeduguri Sandinti Rajasekhara Reddy (8 July 1949 – 2 September 2009), popularly known as YSR, was the 14th chief minister of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, serving from 2004 to 2009. Reddy was elected to the 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12t ...

, during which time, she was responsible for creating the universal health programme, ''Aarogyasri''. She also held the ministry for Roads and Buildings during second term of Congress government for some time. Aruna Kumari wrote several novels in

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