Neelakantapuram Raghuveera Reddy Yadav (born 12 February 1957) is an Indian politician belonging to the

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. He was appointed President, Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee in March, 2014.

Early life

Raghuveera Reddy was born on 12 February 1957 in Anantapur district to N. Kaveerappa and he belongs to a

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a caste. He did his B.Sc. and Bachelors in Law from SK University. Kannada film director

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is Reddy's cousin.

Career

Raghuveera Reddy Yadav, is a three times M.L.A. from

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Assembly Constituency. He has been changed to

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Constituency during 2009 elections after the reorganisation of constituencies. Raghuveera Reddy contested and won from

Assembly Constituency in 2009 elections. He served as a Minister for Agriculture in Y. S. Rajasekhar Reddy’s cabinet and continued with the same in

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’s government as well. In

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's government he had crucial portfolio of Revenue Minister in the reorganisation of cabinet.

President, APCC

He was elected as the Congress Committee President for the residual Andhra Pradesh (post bifurcation into Andhra Pradesh and Telangana) on 11 March 2014.

Personal life

N.Raghuveera Reddy, is married to Sunitha and has a daughter and a son.

Positions held

* President for Students Union, S.K. University, Anantapur * Chairman, Neelakantapuram Group of Temples * Chairman, Kallur Subbarao Trust * Minister for Agriculture,

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in 2004, 2009 cabinets. * Minister for Revenue Minister,

in the recent reformation of cabinet * APPCC President 2014-2019 *

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Reddy, Raghu Veera Indian National Congress politicians from Andhra Pradesh Living people 1957 births People from Anantapur district Andhra Pradesh MLAs 1989–1994 State cabinet ministers of Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh MLAs 1994–1999 Andhra Pradesh MLAs 1999–2004 Andhra Pradesh MLAs 2004–2009 Andhra Pradesh MLAs 2009–2014