Vanga Geetha | |
Caption: | Vanga Geetha in 2019 |
Birth Date: | 1 March 1964 |
Birth Place: | Kakinada, East Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh, India (now Kakinada district, Andhra Pradesh, India) |
Office: | Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha[1] |
Constituency: | Kakinada |
Term Start: | 17 June 2019 |
Predecessor: | Thota Narasimham |
Successor: | Tangella Uday Srinivas |
Office1: | Member of Legislative Assembly Andhra Pradesh[2] |
Constituency1: | Pithapuram |
Term Start1: | 16 May 2009 |
Term End1: | 15 May 2014 |
Predecessor1: | Pendem Dorababu |
Successor1: | S. V. S. N. Varma |
Office2: | Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha |
Term Start2: | 3 April 2000 |
Term End2: | 2 April 2006 |
1Blankname2: | Chairman |
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2Blankname2: | Leader of the House |
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Predecessor2: | Mohan Babu |
Successor2: | M. V. Mysura Reddy |
Constituency2: | Andhra Pradesh |
Party: | YSR Congress Party (2019-present) |
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Spouse: | Kasi Viswanatham |
Father: | P. V. S. Prakash Rao |
Mother: | P. Bramaramba |
Residence: | Kakinada district, Andhra Pradesh |
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Source: | https://loksabha.nic.in/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=5093 |
Term End: | 4 June 2024 |
Vanga Geetha (born 1 March 1964)[8] is an Indian politician from Andhra Pradesh. She was elected to the Lok Sabha from Kakinada as a member of the YSR Congress Party.[9] [10] She was earlier a member of the Rajya Sabha representing the Telugu Desam Party.[11] [12] [13] [14]
She was born to P. V. S. Prakash Rao and P. Bramaramba in Kakinada, East Godavari district (now Kakinada district), Andhra Pradesh.[15] She married Vanga Kasi Viswanath. She completed her B.L from GSK College, Andhra University, and her Master of Law from the Universality of Nagpur. She worked as an advocate. She also holds post graduate degrees in Political Science and Public Administration, and Psychology.
She started her political journey with the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) in 1993. Earlier from 1989-1993, she served as Regional Chairperson of Women and Child Welfare department for East Godavari, Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram and Srikakulam Districts.[''[[Wikipedia:Please clarify|clarification needed]]]
She contested from the Pithapuram constituency as an independent but lost. Between1995-2000, she served as chairperson of Zilla Parishad from East Godavari District. In 1997, she became the Vice President of the State Telugu Desam Party.[''[[Wikipedia:Please clarify|clarification needed]]]
From 2000-2006, she was a Member of Rajya Sabha representing Andhra Pradesh in the upper house of the Indian Parliament representing Telugu Desam Party. From 2000 to 2006, she served as a member on different committees like Transport and Tourism, Committee on Rules and the Consultative Committee on Human Resource Development.[''[[Wikipedia:Please clarify|clarification needed]]]
She joined the Praja Rajyam Party and won the 2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Pithapuram Constituency.[''[[Wikipedia:Please clarify|clarification needed]]]
Later, when PRP merged in the Congress, she became a member of the Indian National Congress.
In March 2019, she joined YSR Congress Party and became an MP winning the 2019 Indian General election from Kakinada on YSR Congress Party ticket.