Ananga Udaya Singh Deo | |
Office: | MP of Rajya Sabha for Odisha |
Constituency: | Odisha |
Term Start: | 3 April 2014 |
Term End: | 3 April 2018 |
Successor: | Soumya Ranjan Patnaik, BJD |
Office1: | Member: Odisha Legislative Assembly |
Constituency1: | Bolangir |
Term Start1: | 1990 |
Term End1: | 2014 |
Predecessor1: | Mahammad Mujafar Hussain Khan |
Successor1: | Narasingha Mishra |
Constituency2: | Loisingha |
Term Start2: | 1974 |
Term End2: | 1977 |
Predecessor2: | Nandakishore Misra |
Successor2: | Ram Prasad Misra |
Birth Date: | 1945 11, df=y |
Birth Place: | Bolangir, Orissa, British India |
Nationality: | Indian |
Party: | Biju Janata Dal |
Alma Mater: | The Doon School Dehradun |
Profession: | Politician, farmer, businessman |
Website: | http://www.ausinghdeo.com |
Ananga Udaya Singh Deo, also known as A U Singh Deo is a politician[1] from Odisha, India. He is elected to the Rajya Sabha in 2014 from Odisha.[2]
He is a former Member of Odisha Legislative Assembly representing from Bolangir constituency.[3] He is said to be a close friend of Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik as both were students of The Doon School, though Anang Uday Singh Deo was Two years senior to Naveen Patnaik.[4] He was cabinet minister in Odisha Government with portfolios like PWD, Excise, Mines and others but last time in 2011 he had to step down as cabinet minister due to hooch tragedy in Cuttack. His son Kalikesh Singh Deo was a member of parliament of 16th Lok Sabha.