Indian Cheif Minister & Vice - President

INDIAN 

CHEIF MINISTERS

INDIAN 

VICE-PRESIDENT'

Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu

Father's Name: Late Shri Rangaiah Naidu

Mother's Name: Late Shrimati Ramanamma

Date of Birth: 01/07/1949

Place of Birth: Chavatapalem, SPSR Nellore District, Andhra Pradesh

Marital Status: Married

Spouse's Name: Shrimati Muppavarapu Usha

Children: One Son and One daughter

Educational Qualifications: B.A., B.L. (Educated at V.R. High School, Nellore; V.R. College, Nellore and Law College, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam)

Profession: Agriculturist/Farmer, Political and Social worker

Positions held:

• 1971: President, Students' Union, V.R. College, Nellore.
• 1973-74: President, Students Union, Andhra University Colleges.
• 1974:Convener, Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Kshatra Sangharsh Samiti of Andhra Pradesh.
• 1977-80: President, Youth Wing of Janata Party, Andhra Pradesh
• 1978-83 & 1983-85: Member, Legislative Assembly, Andhra Pradesh.
• 1980-83: Vice-President, Youth Wing of All India B.J.P.
• 1980-85: Leader, B.J.P. Legislature Party in Andhra Pradesh.
• 1985-88: General Secretary, Andhra Pradesh State B.J.P.
• 1988-93: President, Andhra Pradesh State Unit of B.J.P.
• 1993 -2000: General Secretary, All India B.J.P.
• 1996 - 2000: Secretary (i) BJP Parliamentary Board, & (ii) BJP Central Election Committee, and (iii) Spokesperson, BJP
• April 1998: Elected to Rajya Sabha from Karnataka (1st term)
• 1998 - 99: Member, Committee on Home Affairs and Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Agriculture.
• 1998 - 2001 & 2005 - 2013: Member, Tobacco Board.
• 1999 - 2000: Member, Committee on Finance.
• Jan 2000: Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Rural Development2000 (Sept) -2002 (June): Minister of Rural Development, Government of India.
• 2002 (July) - 2004 (Oct): National President, B.J.P.
• 2004 (Jan) - 2004 (Feb): Member, Committee on External Affairs.
• June 2004: Re-elected to Rajya Sabha from Karnataka (2nd term).
• 2004 - 06: Member, Standing Committee on Finance.
• 2005: Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Agriculture and Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution.
• 2006 - 2008: Chairman, Committee on Petitions (Rajya Sabha).
• 2006 onwards: Member, (i) BJP Parliamentary Board, and (ii) BJP Central Election Committee.
• 2008 - 2014: Chairman, Committee on Home Affairs (Rajya Sabha).
• June 2010: Re-elected to Rajya Sabha in June, 2010 from Karnataka (3rd term).
• 2011 (Dec) - 2014 (May): Parliamentary Forum on Disaster Management.
• 26 May 2014 - 5 July, 2016: Minister for Urban Development, Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation and Parliamentary Affairs .
• June, 2016 - Re-elected to Rajya Sabha from Rajasthan (4th term).
• 6th July, 2016 - 17 July 2017: Minister for Urban Development, Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation, and Information and Broadcasting.