M. Venkaiah Naidu
| Muppavarapu Venkaiah Naidu | |
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| Minister of Information and Broadcasting | |
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Assumed office 5 July 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Preceded by | Arun Jaitley |
| Minister Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation | |
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Assumed office 26 May 2014 |
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| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Preceded by | Girija Vyas |
| Minister of Rural Development | |
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In office 30 September 2000 – 30 June 2002 |
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| Prime Minister | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| Preceded by | Sunder Lal Patwa |
| Minister Parliamentary Affairs | |
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In office 26 May 2014 – 5 July 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Succeeded by | Ananth Kumar |
| MP of Rajya Sabha for Karnataka | |
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In office 1 July 2010 – 30 June 2016 |
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| MP of Rajya Sabha for Rajasthan | |
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Assumed office 5 July 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Anand Sharma, INC |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
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In office 1978–1983 |
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| Constituency | Udayagiri, Andhra Pradesh |
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1 July 1949 Chavatapalem , Nellore, Madras Province (present-day Andhra Pradesh) |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Spouse(s) | Usha (m. 1971) |
| Children | Harshvardhan, Deepa Venkat |
| Residence | New Delhi |
| Alma mater | Andhra University |
| Religion | Hinduism |
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M. Venkaiah Naidu (born 1 July 1949) is an Indian politician serving as the Union Minister of Urban Development, Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation and Information & Broadcasting in the Narendra Modi government. A prominent leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party, he has also served as its national president from 2002 to 2004. Earlier, he was the Union Cabinet Minister for Rural Development in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government.
Naidu was born on 1 July 1949 at Chavatapalem, Nellore, Andhra Pradesh. He completed his schooling from V.R. High School, Nellore & pursued his bachelor's degree in Politics and Diplomatic Studies from V.R. College. Later, he acquired a bachelor's degree in Law with specialisation in International Law from Law College, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam.
Having been associated with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh from his childhood, he started his career in politics as a student leader of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad in the year 1973–74 after being elected as the president of the students union of Andhra University Colleges. He came into spotlight for his prominent role in the Jai Andhra Movement of 1972. While Kakani Venkataratnam led the movement from Vijayawada, Venkaiah Naidu took active part in the agitation in Nellore, until it was called off a year later.
In 1974, he became the convener of the anti corruption Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Narayan Kshatra Sangharsha Samiti of Andhra Pradesh. He took to streets in protest against the emergency and was imprisoned. From 1977–80, he was President of the Youth Wing.
Both as a student leader and political figure, Venkaiah Naidu gained prominence as a brilliant orator, who vigorously championed the cause of the farmers and the development of backward areas. His oratory skills and political activism propelled his political career and he was elected as an MLA to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly twice from Udayagiri constituency in Nellore district in 1978 and 1983. He rose to become one of the most popular leaders of the BJP in Andhra Pradesh.
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