Gade Venkat Reddy is a senior most politician from Prakasam district and 5 terms MLA of the

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Em ...

Party. He was first elected in 1967 from

Parchur Parchur or Parchuru is a town and an Assembly constituency in Bapatla district of Andhra Pradesh, India. It is also the mandal headquarters of Parchur mandal in chirala revenue division. Geography Parchur is located at . According to the ...

Constituency, then within

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Taluk and

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district. He is an advocate and businessman by profession and entered into politics later. He has been elected to serve as the

Member of the Legislative Assembly A member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) is a representative elected by the voters of a constituency to a legislative assembly. Most often, the term refers to a subnational assembly such as that of a state, province, or territory of a country. S ...

for

Assembly constituency in

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 ...

, India, between 2004 and 2014. He represents the

Early life

Gade Venkata Reddy was born at Pavuluru in Prakasam district to Gade Veera Reddy. He has graduated B.A (LLB) in 1959 in

Political career

He was elected as

Member of Legislative Assembly A member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) is a representative elected by the voters of a constituency to a legislative assembly. Most often, the term refers to a subnational assembly such as that of a state, province, or territory of a country. S ...

(Assembly constituency) seat during 2009 assembly elections.

Ministerial portfolios held

*Cabinet Minister for Endowments under

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 ...

Konijeti Rosaiah Konijeti Rosaiah (4 July 1933 – 4 December 2021) was an Indian politician who served as the List of chief ministers of Andhra Pradesh, 15th chief minister of United Andhra Pradesh from 2009 to 2010. He also served as the Governor of Karnataka ...

between 2009 and 2010. *Cabinet Minister for Excise & Prohibition under

Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy (16 August 1920 – 27 September 2001) served as the chief minister of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh in 1983 and then from 1992 to 1994. Reddy was a member of the Indian National Congress and was elected t ...

in 1993.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Reddy, Gade Venkata 1945 births Living people Indian National Congress politicians from Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh MLAs 2004–2009 People from Guntur district Andhra Pradesh MLAs 2009–2014