''Pasupuleti Balaraju (born 12 June 1964) is an Indian politician and a legislator from

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, India. He belongs to YSRCP Party and he worked in

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party. He is a former minister for Tribal welfare in the

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Early life

Pasupuleti Balaraju was born in Gudem Kotha Veedhi mandal in

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district of

. He earned a master's degree in Arts from

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. Before entering into politics he worked as Conductor, Teacher & Coffee board president. He entered into politics at the age of 25 as mandal president.

Political career

Pasupuleti Balaraju was elected to the

legislative assembly from the Chintapalle constituency in 1989 and from

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constituency in 2009 in

district of

party ticket. He became a minister in the cabinets of

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 ...

Balaraju gets a break in his second stint as MLA
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N. Kiran Kumar Reddy Nallari Kiran Kumar Reddy (born 13 September 1959) is an Indian politician who served as the 16th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh between 25 November 2010 and 1 March 2014. He was the last Chief Minister of the United Andhra Pradesh before the ...

holding Tribal Welfare portfolio. He served as the Minister for rural and interior development and Tribal Welfare in the government of

during 2009–2014.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Balaraju, Pasupuleti Andhra Pradesh MLAs 1989–1994 Indian National Congress politicians from Andhra Pradesh People from Visakhapatnam district Living people 1964 births Andhra Pradesh MLAs 2009–2014 Annamalai University alumni Jana Sena Party politicians