| Birth Date: | 26 January 1965 |
| Birth Place: | Ganugapadu, Tiruvuru, Andhra Pradesh, India |
| Office2: | Member of the Legislative Assembly, Andhra Pradesh |
| Constituency2: | Kovvur, East Godavari district |
| Term Start2: | 2014 |
| Term End2: | 2019 |
| Predecessor2: | T V Rama Rao, TDP |
| Successor2: | Taneti Vanitha, YRCP |
| Party: | Telugu Desam Party (2014 – present) |
| Office1: | Minister of Excise, Government of Andhra Pradesh |
| Term Start1: | 2 April 2017 |
| Term End1: | 29 May 2019 |
| Occupation: | Teacher, politician |
| Spouse: | Usha Rani |
| Children: | 3 |
| Year: | 2004 |
| Parents: | Amrutham (father), Dhanamma (mother) |
| 1Blankname2: | Chief Minister |
| 1Namedata2: | N. Chandrababu Naidu |
| Birth Name: | Kothapalli Samuel Jawahar |
Kothapalli Samuel Jawahar (born 26 January 1965), popularly known as K. S. Jawahar,[1] is a politician from the state of Andhra Pradesh and also a teacher.[2] He served as the State Excise Minister from 2017 to 2019[3] in the state of Andhra Pradesh and was elected as the Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Kovvur Assembly constituency from 2014 to 2019.[4]
K. S. Jawahar completed his BA and B.Ed. degrees, as well as a PGDTT qualification. He worked as a teacher in Kovvur and held the position of President of the Andhra Pradesh Teachers Federation.[5] He became a member of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) prior to the 2014 elections.[6]
Jawahar resigned from his position as a teacher entered politics in 2014 through the Telugu Desam Party. He ran as a TDP candidate for the Kovvur constituency in the 2014 elections and emerged victorious,[7] [8] defeating YSR Congress Party candidate Taneti Vanitha with a majority of 12,745 votes.[9] After assuming office as an MLA, Jawahar took on various roles, including serving as a member of the SC House Committee and being appointed as a board member of the Agriculture Committee under N. G. Ranga Agricultural University. On April 2, 2017, he assumed the role of Excise Minister[10] [11] as part of the cabinet reshuffle in Andhra Pradesh.[12] In the 2019 elections, he contested as a TDP candidate for the Tiruvuru Assembly constituency[13] but was defeated by YSR Congress Party candidate Kokkiligadda Rakshana Nidhi by 10,835 votes.[14] [15]