Karumuri Venkata Nageswara Rao (born 2 October 1964) is the minister for Civil Supplies and consumer affairs in Andhra Pradesh government. He is

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of the Indian state of

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 ...

, representing

Tanuku Tanuku is a town in West Godavari district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is the mandal headquarters of Tanuku mandal in Narasapuram revenue division. Tanuku is the fourth largest city in the West Godavari district after Bhimavaram, ...

. He is a member of the

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party. He started his political career in Congress Party, he was

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of Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee from 2009 to 2014. He also served as chairperson for West Godavari Zilla Parishad for three years before being elected as MLA for the first time in 2009. He was awarded honorary doctorate in social service by Westbrook University, US in 2007. He has been appointed

of Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee on 9 June 2013. He was elected for second term as MLA from Tanuku in 2019 elections representing YSR Congress. He is the current cabinet Minister for Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs in Andhra Pradesh

Early life and family

Karumuri Nageswara Rao was born to Karumuri Ramakrishna and Karumuri Suryakathamma 2 October 1964, in

Attili Attili is a village in West Godavari district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It belongs to Tanuku Assembly constituency, Tanuku Constituency in Bhimavaram revenue division. Attili has its own train station. Attili is the headquarters of A ...

, West Godavari district. He moved to

Hyderabad Hyderabad ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana and the ''de jure'' capital of Andhra Pradesh. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River (India), Musi River, in the northern part ...

at the age of 18 and started his own business. He has two sisters and a brother who is a chemistry professor in

. In 1989 he was married to Lakshmi Kiran. The couple have a son and daughter.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nageswara Rao, Karumuri Venkata 1964 births Living people Indian National Congress politicians from Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh MLAs 2009–2014 Andhra Pradesh MLAs 2019–2024 Andhra Pradesh district councillors People from West Godavari district