Raghu Veera Reddy
{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2018}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2018}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = N. Raghuveera Reddy
| image = N. Raghu Veera Reddy.png
| caption = Reddy in 2016
| birth_name = Raghuveera Reddy
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1957|02|12}}
| birth_place = Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh, India
| residence = Hyderabad, Telangana, India
| office = 21st President of the
Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee
| 1blankname = AICC President
| 1namedata =
- Sonia Gandhi
- Rahul Gandhi
- Sonia Gandhi (Interim)
| term_start = 11 March 2014
| term_end = 16 January 2020
| predecessor = Botsa Satyanarayana
| successor = Sake Sailajanath
| office1 = Minister of Revenue, Relief,
Rehabilitation, Disaster Management and ULC
Government of Andhra Pradesh
| term_start1 = 25 November 2010
| term_end1 = 21 February 2014
| governor1 = E. S. L. Narasimhan
| 1blankname1 = Chief Minister
| 1namedata1 = Kiran Kumar Reddy
| predecessor1 = Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh
| successor1 = Office Dissolved
| office2 = Minister of Agriculture
Government of Andhra Pradesh
| term_start2 = 25 May 2009
| term_end2 = 24 November 2010
| governor2 =
| 1blankname2 = Chief Minister
| 1namedata2 =
| predecessor2 = Himself
| successor2 = Kanna Lakshminarayana
| office3 = Minister of Agriculture, Horticulture, Sericulture, RSAD and Agriculture Technology Mission
Government of Andhra Pradesh
| term_start3 = 14 May 2004
| term_end3 = 20 May 2009
| governor3 =
| 1blankname3 = Chief Minister
| 1namedata3 = Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy
| predecessor4 = Vadde Sobhanadreeswara Rao
| successor4 = Ramreddy Venkat Reddy
| office5 = Member of Legislative Assembly
Andhra Pradesh
| term_start5 = 2009
| term_end5 = 2014
| predecessor5 = B C Govindappa
| successor5 = Hanumantaraya Chowdary
| constituency5 = Kalyandurg
| term_start6 = 1999
| term_end6 = 2009
| predecessor6 = Y. T. Prabhakara Reddy
| successor6 = K. Sudhakar
| constituency6 = Madakasira
| term_start7 = 1989
| term_end7 = 1994
| predecessor7 = H. B. Narase Gowd
| successor7 = Y. T. Prabhakara Reddy
| constituency7 = Madakasira
| children = 2
| spouse =
| party = Indian National Congress
}}
Neelakantapuram Raghuveera Reddy (born 12 February 1957) is an Indian politician belonging to the Indian National Congress. He was appointed President for bifurcated Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee in March, 2014.
Early life
Raghuveera Reddy was born on 12 February 1957 in Anantapur district to N. Kaveerappa in a telugu speaking Kuruba (Yadav) family but has reddy as a title in his name.{{cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Here-SCs-cant-step-into-Yadav-dominated-villages/articleshow/4427628.cms |title=Here, SCS can't step into Yadav-dominated villages - Times of India |website=The Times of India |access-date=3 February 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130616110040/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-04-21/hyderabad/28031779_1_madigas-sc-candidates-villages |archive-date=16 June 2013 |url-status=live}} He did his B.Sc. and Bachelors in Law from SK University.
Kannada film director Prashanth Neel is his First Cousin.{{cite web|url=https://latestnewstelugu.com/movies/prashanth-neel-himself-revealed-that-raghuveera-reddy-will-be-the-elder-brother.html|title=Prashanth Neel : మాజీ మంత్రి రఘువీరారెడ్డి బంధువే ప్రశాంత్ నీల్.. వరుసకు ఏమవుతాడో తెలుసా|accessdate=20 April 2022}}
Career
Raghuveera Reddy Yadav, is a three times M.L.A. from Madakasira Assembly Constituency. He has been changed to Kalyandurg Constituency during 2009 elections after the reorganisation of constituencies. Raghuveera Reddy contested and won from Kalyandurg Assembly Constituency in 2009 elections.
He served as a Minister for Agriculture in Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy’s cabinet and continued with the same in Konijeti Rosaiah’s government as well. In Nallari Kiran Kumar Reddy's government he had crucial portfolio of Revenue Minister in the reorganisation of cabinet.{{cite web |url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/cities/regions/anantapur/raghuveera-flays-naidu-remarks-manmohan-293 |title=Raghuveera flays Naidu remarks on Manmohan |website=Deccan Chronicle |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011084054/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/cities/regions/anantapur/raghuveera-flays-naidu-remarks-manmohan-293 |archive-date=2012-10-11}}
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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
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, Government of Andhra Pradesh in 2004, 2009 cabinets.
- Minister for Revenue Minister, Government of Andhra Pradesh in the recent reformation of cabinet
- APPCC President 2014-2019
References
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Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Andhra Pradesh
Category:People from Anantapur district
Category:Andhra Pradesh MLAs 1989–1994
Category:State cabinet ministers of Andhra Pradesh
Category:Andhra Pradesh MLAs 1994–1999
Category:Andhra Pradesh MLAs 1999–2004
Category:Andhra Pradesh MLAs 2004–2009