Kodela Siva Prasada Rao (2 May 1947 – 16 September 2019) was an Indian politician from the Telugu Desam Party and also a former Member of the Legislative Assembly from Sattenapalle. Beginning 2014 he served for five years as the Speaker of the first Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly. In a career spanning three decades, he served as a cabinet minister in the N. T. Rama Rao and

N. Chandrababu Naidu Nara Chandrababu Naidu ( born 20 April 1950) is an Indian politician and current leader of opposition of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly. He was also the leader of the opposition of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly from 2004 to ...

governments, serving at various times as Minister of Home Affairs, Health, Major Irrigation department, Panchayat Raj and Rural Development, and Civil Supplies.

Life and education

Kodela Siva Prasada Rao was born in Kandlagunta,

Guntur district Guntur district is one of the twenty six districts in the Coastal Andhra region of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The administrative seat of the district is located at Guntur, the largest city of the district in terms of area and with a po ...

, Andhra Pradesh, India on 2 May 1947. He and his wife Sasikala had three children, a daughter, and two sons. He completed his Primary education in Siripuram, Guntur district and studied pre-university at Loyola College, Vijayawada. He graduated with a M.B.B.S. from Guntur Medical College, Guntur, and earned his MS (General Surgery) from Banaras Hindu University.

Positions held

* 1983 - 1985 : Member APLA * 1985 - 1989 : Member APLA * 1989 - 1994 : Member APLA * 1994 - 1999 : Member APLA * 1999 - 2003 : Member APLA, * 2014 : Member APLA - Speaker, APLA - Chairman, Business Advisory Committee AS MEMBER OF LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY * 1983 : Elected from Narasaraopet (Assembly constituency) * 1985 : Elected from Narasaraopet (Assembly constituency) * 1989 : Elected from Narasaraopet (Assembly constituency) * 1994 : Elected from Narasaraopet (Assembly constituency) * 1999 : Elected from Narasaraopet (Assembly constituency) * 2014 : Elected from

Sattenapalle (Assembly constituency) Sattenapalle Assembly constituency is a constituency in Palnadu district of Andhra Pradesh, representing the state legislative assembly in India. It is one of the seven assembly segments of Narasaraopet Lok Sabha constituency, along with Peda ...

AS MINISTER * 1987 - 1988: Minister for Home * 1996 - 1997: Minister for Major & Medium Irrigation * 1997 - 1999: Minister for Panchayat Raj

References

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