Jakkampudi Rammohan Rao | |
Birth Date: | 1953 8, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Adurru, Mamidikuduru Mandal, East Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh, India |
Office: | Roads & Buildings and Excise & Prohibition Minister |
Term Start: | 2004–2009 |
Constituency1: | Kadiyam Assembly Constituency |
Party: | Indian National Congress |
Parents: | Peda Veeraiah, Sitaratnam |
Spouse: | Jakkampudi Vijayalakshmi |
Children: | Jakkampudi Raja, Jakkampudi Ganesh and a daughter |
Jakkampudi Rammohan Rao (6 August 1953 – 9 October 2011) was a three-term member of the Legislative Assembly of Andhra Pradesh for Kadiyam constituency.[1]
Rao was born in Adurru on 6 August 1953 and died at Bollineni Hospital on 9 October 2011, having suffered from diabetic neuropathy for several years. He married Vijayalakshmi, who contested election in 2009 due to his poor health, and the couple had two sons and a daughter.[2] One of his sons, Jakkampudi Raja, is the MLA from Rajanagaram Assembly Constituency from 2019 to 2024.
Rao had joined the YSR Congress in 2010. He won elections in 1989, 1999 and 2004 as an Indian National Congress candidate. He was appointed State Minister of Roads and Buildings in 2004 and later became Minister of Excise.[3]