Raghu Veera Reddy

N. Raghuveera Reddy
N. Raghuveera Reddy
	Reddy in 2016
21st President of the; Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee
	In office; 11 March 2014 – 16 January 2020
AICC President	Sonia Gandhi; Rahul Gandhi; Sonia Gandhi (Interim)
Preceded by	Botsa Satyanarayana
Succeeded by	Sake Sailajanath
Minister of Revenue, Relief, Rehabilitation, Disaster Management and ULC; Government of Andhra Pradesh
	In office; 25 November 2010 – 21 February 2014
Governor	E. S. L. Narasimhan
Chief Minister	Kiran Kumar Reddy
Preceded by	Chief Minister of United Andhra Pradesh
Succeeded by	Office Dissolved
Minister of Agriculture; Government of Andhra Pradesh
	In office; 25 May 2009 – 24 November 2010
Governor	N. D. Tiwari; E. S. L. Narasimhan
Chief Minister	Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy; Konijeti Rosaiah
Preceded by	Himself
Succeeded by	Kanna Lakshminarayana
Minister of Agriculture, Horticulture, Sericulture, RSAD and Agriculture Technology Mission; Government of Andhra Pradesh
	In office; 14 May 2004 – 20 May 2009
Governor	Surjit Singh Barnala; Sushilkumar Shinde; Rameshwar Thakur; N. D. Tiwari
Chief Minister	Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy
Preceded by	Vadde Sobhanadreeswara Rao
Succeeded by	Ramreddy Venkat Reddy
Member of Legislative Assembly; Andhra Pradesh
	In office; 2009–2014
Preceded by	B C Govindappa
Succeeded by	Hanumantaraya Chowdary
Constituency	Kalyandurg
	In office; 1999–2009
Preceded by	Y. T. Prabhakara Reddy
Succeeded by	K. Sudhakar
Constituency	Madakasira
	In office; 1989–1994
Preceded by	H. B. Narase Gowd
Succeeded by	Y. T. Prabhakara Reddy
Constituency	Madakasira
Personal details
Born	Raghuveera Reddy; 12 February 1957 (age 67); Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh, India
Political party	Indian National Congress
Children	2
Residence(s)	Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Neelakantapuram Raghuveera Reddy (born 12 February 1957) is an Indian politician belonging to the Indian National Congress. He was appointed President, Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee in March, 2014.

Early life[edit]

Raghuveera Reddy was born on 12 February 1957 in Anantapur district to N. Kaveerappa and he belongs to a Yadava caste.^[1] He did his B.Sc. and Bachelors in Law from SK University.

Kannada film director Prashanth Neel is Reddy's cousin.^[2]

Career[edit]

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.^[3]

President, APCC[edit]

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[edit]

Reddy is married to Sunitha and has a daughter and a son.

Positions held[edit]

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[edit]

^ "Here, SCS can't step into Yadav-dominated villages - Times of India". articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Archived from the original on 16 June 2013. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
^ "Prashanth Neel : మాజీ మంత్రి ర‌ఘువీరారెడ్డి బంధువే ప్ర‌శాంత్ నీల్.. వ‌రుస‌కు ఏమ‌వుతాడో తెలుసా". Retrieved 20 April 2022.
^ "Raghuveera flays Naidu remarks on Manmohan | Deccan Chronicle". www.deccanchronicle.com. Archived from the original on 11 October 2012.

[1] "Here, SCS can't step into Yadav-dominated villages - Times of India". articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Archived from the original on 16 June 2013. Retrieved 3 February 2022.

[2] "Prashanth Neel : మాజీ మంత్రి ర‌ఘువీరారెడ్డి బంధువే ప్ర‌శాంత్ నీల్.. వ‌రుస‌కు ఏమ‌వుతాడో తెలుసా". Retrieved 20 April 2022.

[3] "Raghuveera flays Naidu remarks on Manmohan | Deccan Chronicle". www.deccanchronicle.com. Archived from the original on 11 October 2012.

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