Koneru Ranga Rao | |
Birth Date: | 26 July 1936 |
Birth Place: | Vijayawada, Madras Presidency, British Raj (now in Andhra Pradesh, India) |
Death Date: | 15 March 2010 (aged 73) |
Death Place: | Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India (now in Hyderabad, Telangana, India) |
Constituency: | Tiruvuru |
Office: | 4th Deputy Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh |
Term Start: | 9 October 1992 |
Term End: | 12 December 1994 |
Predecessor: | C. Jagannatha Rao |
Successor: | Damodar Raja Narasimha |
Party: | Indian National Congress |
Koneru Ranga Rao (26 July 1936 - 15 March 2010) was an Indian politician. He belonged to Congress party. He was Deputy Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh.
Koneru Ranga Rao was a Dalit Madiga leader born at Gudavalli, Vijayawada. He did his BA.
Koneru Ranga Rao was elected as sarpanch of his village Gundavalli and worked for 20 years in the village.
He was elected from Kanipadu constituency to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly and became Social welfare minister. He was also elected from Tiruviru constituency twice. He also served as Minister for Municipal Development, Endowments. He was the Deputy Chief Minister during the reign of Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy.[1]
Koneru Ranga Rao died on 15 March 2010.[2]
Koneru Ranga Rao was married and had four children. His son in law is an Ex. Member of Parliament, Mallu Ravi.