Telugu Desam Chairman Profile – N. Chandrababu Naidu
15th Chief Minister, Andhra Pradesh
Nara Chandrababu Naidu (born April 20, 1950) was the chief minister of Andhra Pradesh from 1995 to 2004. He holds the record of being the longest-serving chief minister of Andhra Pradesh.[1] He is also the founder of Heritage Foods. He is currently the leader of the opposition in the Andhra Pradesh state assembly, and the president of Telugu Desam Party (TDP), the second largest legislative party in Andhra Pradesh.
political career
Naidu was born in Naravari Palle, a village near Chandragiri in the Chittoor district. He earned a Masters degree in Economics from the Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, and ventured into politics while pursuing his Ph.D. there. In 1978, Naidu was elected to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly from the Chandragiri constituency in the Chittoor district, on an Indian National Congress ticket. He became a minister in Tanguturi Anjaiah’s cabinet, holding various portfolios including Archives, Cinematography, Technical Education, Animal Husbandry, Dairy Development, Public Libraries and Minor Irrigation between 1980 to 1983. He also served as the Chairman of the Karshak Parishad.
After losing the election from Chandragiri in 1983 on the Indian National Congress party ticket, he resigned from the Congress and joined the Telugu Desam Party founded by his father-in-law Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao. He resigned from the Congress just three days after it was defeated by his father-in-law N.T. Rama Rao’s Telugu Desam Party, and was duly made its general secretary. He was elected again to the State Legislature from the Kuppam constituency of the Chittoor district in 1989 on a Telugu Desam Party ticket.
In 1995, he was re-elected to the Assembly from the Kuppam constituency and went on to hold portfolios such as Finance and Revenue.
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