Kodela Siva Prasada Rao Explained

Dr. Kodela Siva Prasada Rao
Birth Date:1947 5, df=yes
Birth Place:Kandlagunta village, near Narasaropet
Death Place:Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Party:Telugu Desam Party
Office1:19th Speaker of the
Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
[1]
Term Start1:20 June 2014
Term End1:12 June 2019
Predecessor1:Nadendla Manohar
Successor1:Thammineni Seetharam
Governor1:E. S. L. Narasimhan
1Blankname1:Chief Minister
1Namedata1:N. Chandrababu Naidu
Office2:Minister of Panchayat Raj and Rural Development
Government of Andhra Pradesh
Term2:1997 - 1999
2Blankname2:Chief Minister
2Namedata2:N. Chandrababu Naidu
Office3:Minister of Major and Medium Irrigation
Government of Andhra Pradesh
Term3:1996 - 1997
Predecessor3:Yarram Venkateswarareddy
3Blankname3:Chief Minister
3Namedata3:N. Chandrababu Naidu
Office4:Minister of Home Affairs
Government of Andhra Pradesh
Term4:1987 - 1989
Leader4:N.T. Rama Rao
Office5:Member of Legislative Assembly
Andhra Pradesh
Term Start5:2014
Term End5:2019
Constituency5:Sattenapalle
Predecessor5:Yarram Venkateswarareddy
Successor5:Ambati Rambabu
Term Start6:1983
Term End6:2004
Constituency6:Narasaraopet
Predecessor6:Kasu Venkata Krishna Reddy
Successor6:Kasu Venkata Krishna Reddy
Spouse:Kodela Sasikala
Children:2 Sons and a Daughter

Kodela Siva Prasada Rao (2 May 1947 – 16 September 2019) was an Indian politician from the Telugu Desam Party and also a former Member of the Legislative Assembly from Sattenapalle.[2]

Beginning 2014 he served for five years as the Speaker of the first Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly.[3] In a career spanning three decades, he served as a cabinet minister in the N. T. Rama Rao and N. Chandrababu Naidu governments, serving at various times as Minister of Home Affairs, Health, Major Irrigation department, Panchayat Raj and Rural Development, and Civil Supplies.

Life and education

Kodela Siva Prasada Rao was born in Kandlagunta, Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh, India on 2 May 1947. He and his wife Sasikala had three children, a daughter, and two sons.

He completed his Primary education in Siripuram, Guntur district and studied pre-university at Loyola College, Vijayawada. He graduated with a M.B.B.S. from Guntur Medical College, Guntur, and earned his MS (General Surgery) from Banaras Hindu University.[4]

Positions held

AS MEMBER OF LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY

AS MINISTER

Notes and References

  1. "Kodela, second Speaker from Guntur". thehansindia.com. 20 June 2014
  2. Web site: Andhra Pradesh Assembly Speaker Kodela Siva Prasad Rao praises family for donating organs of brain-dead truck driver. newindianexpress.com.
  3. Web site: Kodela, second Speaker from Guntur. thehansindia.com. 20 June 2014.
  4. Web site: Andhra Pradesh: Ex-Speaker Kodela Siva Prasad Rao commits suicide. 16 September 2019. 16 September 2019.