Chintakayala Ayyanna Patrudu (born 4 September 1957) is a politician from

Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh (, abbr. AP) is a state in the south-eastern coastal region of India. It is the seventh-largest state by area covering an area of and tenth-most populous state with 49,386,799 inhabitants. It is bordered by Telangana to the ...

. He was elected to the

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several times from

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Constituency.

Early life

Patrudu was born in Velama Community Family at Narsipatnam in the Visakhapatnam district. He earned a bachelor's degree in Arts from PR Government College,

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, in 1978.

Rise in the party and political career

He started politics as a member of Telugu Desam Party. Later, he was nominated as the Candidate of TDP for Narsipatnam constituency in Visakhapatnam district. He was elected to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly from the same constituency, on a Telugu Desam Party ticket for six terms—1983–88, 1994–96, 1999–2009 and 2014. He was also elected as a member of parliament during 1996–98 from Anakapalli constituency. He lost the election from same MLA constituency during 1989–93, 2009 and in 2019 and he served as a Cabinet minister in Government of

from 2014 -19.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Patrudu, Chintakayala Ayyanna India MPs 1996–1997 Telugu politicians Living people 1956 births Politicians from Visakhapatnam Lok Sabha members from Andhra Pradesh Telugu Desam Party politicians