Gillella Chinna Reddy (born 7 July 1956) is an Indian politician from Telangana state. He is a senior member of Indian National Congress and won

Wanaparthy Assembly constituency Wanaparthy is a constituency of the Telangana Legislative Assembly, India. It is one of the 14 constituencies in Mahbubnagar district. Tudi Megha Reddy is currently representing the constituency. Mandals The assembly constituency presently com ...

seat for four times and served as minister for Rural Development in undivided

Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh (ISO 15919, ISO: , , AP) is a States and union territories of India, state on the East Coast of India, east coast of southern India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, seventh-largest state and th ...

Early life and education

G. Chinna Reddy was born on 7 July 1956 in Jayanna Tirmalapur Village, Gopalpet Mandal, Mahabubnagar, Telangana. He completed his doctoral degree (

Ph.D. A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, DPhil; or ) is a terminal degree that usually denotes the highest level of academic achievement in a given discipline and is awarded following a course of graduate study and original research. The name of the deg ...

) from the University of Pertanion Malaysia In 1986 and completed his Bachelor of Laws (

LLB A Bachelor of Laws (; LLB) is an undergraduate law degree offered in most common law countries as the primary law degree and serves as the first professional qualification for legal practitioners. This degree requires the study of core legal subje ...

) from Osmania University in 2000.

Political career

G. Chinna Reddy served as President of the Students Union at Zilla Parishad High School,

Wanaparthy Wanaparthy is a town in the Wanaparthy district of Telangana, India. Wanaparthy Samsthanam was founded in 1512 AD, after the Kakatiya kingdom declined. In 1817 AD, the Suguru estate's capital was transferred to Wanaparthy Province in 1817 AD ...

in 1966-67 and later joined in

Congress party The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party, or simply the Congress, is a political party in India with deep roots in most regions of India. Founded on 28 December 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement t ...

and held the position of General Secretary of AP Youth Congress from September 1980 to February 1983. He unsuccessfully contested as an MLA in 1985 from

and In 1989 he contested as MLA from Wanaparthy Constituency and won for the first time. Chinna Reddy represented as Mla from 1989 to 1994, 1999–2004, 2004–2009, and 2014-2018 and he has held the position of minister for Rural Development in undivided

from 26 April 2007 to 20 May 2009 in Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy ministry. In 2021 he unsuccessfully contested as Congress candidate for the

Hyderabad Hyderabad is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River (India), Musi River, in the northern part of Southern India. With an average altitude of , much ...

Ranga Reddy Ranga Reddy district is a district in the Indian state of Telangana. The district headquarters is located at Kongara Kalan Village, Ibrahimpatnam Mandal. The district was named after the former deputy chief minister of the United Andhra Prades ...

Mahbubnagar Mahbubnagar, also informally called as Palamoor and formerly Rukmammapeta, is a city in Mahbubnagar District of the Indian state of Telangana named after the 6th Nizam of Hyderabad, Mahboob Ali Khan. It is the headquarters of Mahbubnagar m ...

graduate MLC constituency. Chinna Reddy's name was announced In

2023 Telangana Legislative Assembly election The 2023 Telangana Legislative Assembly election was held on 2023 elections in India, 30 November 2023 to elect all List of constituencies of the Telangana Legislative Assembly, 119 members of Telangana Legislative Assembly for its third term. ...

s as MLA candidate for

initially but later withdrawn by Congress and later on 24 February 2024 he was appointed as Vice Chairman for Telangana State Planning Board (TSPB).

Party positions held

* Telangana PCC Disciplinary Committee Chairman * Telangana PCC Telangana Formation Day celebrations committee

Elections contested

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Reddy, G. Chinna 1956 births Andhra Pradesh MLAs 1989–1994 Andhra Pradesh MLAs 1999–2004 Andhra Pradesh MLAs 2004–2009 Telangana MLAs 2014–2018 Osmania University alumni Telugu politicians Indian National Congress politicians from Telangana Living people