Pusapati Ashok Gajapati Raju
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The Honourable Pusapati Ashok Gajapathi Raju |
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| Minister for Civil Aviation | |
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Assumed office 26 May 2014 |
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| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Preceded by | Ajit Singh |
| Member of the Indian Parliament for Vizianagaram |
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Assumed office 16 May 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Botcha Jhansi Lakshmi |
| Member of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly for Vizianagaram |
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In office 1978–2004 2009–2014 |
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| Succeeded by | Geetha Meesala |
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26 June 1951 Madras, Madras State (present-day Chennai, Tamil Nadu) |
| Political party | Telugu Desam Party |
| Spouse(s) | Suneela |
| Children | 2 |
| Residence | Vizianagaram |
| Alma mater | Hyderabad Public School,Andhra University |
| Website | http://ashokgajapathiraju.com/ |
Pusapati Ashok Gajapathi Raju (born 26 June 1951) is an Indian politician and the Union Minister for Civil Aviation in the Narendra Modi Government. A scion of Royal family of Vizayanagram princely state, he is the younger son of the last Maharaja of Vizianagram. He was a member of Andhra Pradesh State legislature for over twenty five years and was a Minister in the Govt. of A.P., for thirteen years holding the portfolios of Commercial Tax, Excise, Legislative affairs, Finance, Planning and Revenue.
Pusapati Ashok Gajapathi Raju comes from the Pusapati royal family of the Vizianagaram estate. He is the son of Maharaja Pusapati Vijayarama Gajapathi Raju, the last Maharaja of Vizianagram. His family is known for its philanthropy through its temples that include the famous Simhachalam temple and the Maharaja Alak Narayana Society for Arts and Sciences which runs a number of education institutions. He was educated at Scindia School Gwalior, Hyderabad Public School and V.S. Krishna College, Visakhapatnam. His father Pusapati Vijayarama Gajapati Raju and his brother Pusapati Ananda Gajapathi Raju were also Indian parliamentarians and ministers in the state government. He is a former President of Andhra Cricket Association. His efforts resulted in the establishment of several centres for imparting training in several sports at many places including Hyderabad, Visakhapatnam and Vizianagaram.
He won the Vizianagaram Vidhan Sabha constituency for the first time as Janata Party candidate in 1978. He joined the Telugu Desam Party when it was formed in 1982 and won the state assembly elections of 1983, 1985, 1989, 1994, 1999 and 2009. He won the 2014 Indian general election to the 16th Lok Sabha from Vizianagaram. He served Andhra Pradesh as a Cabinet Minister for Excise,Commercial Taxes,Finance,Revenue and Legislative Affairs in State Government.He is a Politburo member in the Telugu Desam Party.Presently he is the Union minister for Civil Aviation in the National Democratic Alliance cabinet since 26 May 2014.
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