Ummareddy Venkateswarlu (born 1 July 1935) is an Indian politician who has served as Chief Whip in Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council since June 2019. He joined YSR Congress party in November 2012. He was an MLA and senior leader in Telugu Desam Party.

Life

He is a native of Kondubhotla Palem of Bapatla Mandal in

Guntur district Guntur district is one of the twenty six districts in the Coastal Andhra region of the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The administrative seat of the district is located at Guntur, the List of urban agglom ...

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 ...

. He holds a doctorate in agriculture and was educated at Andhra Pradesh Agriculture University and

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Positions

* 1985–89 Member,

Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly The Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly ( Telugu: ఆంధ్రప్రదేశ్ శాసన సభ, ISO: ''Āndhra Pradēś Śāsana Sabha'') is the lower house of the bicameral legislature of the Indian state, Andhra Pradesh. ...

* 1986 Member, Select Committee to Amend the Andhra Pradesh Co-operatives Act * 1987–89 Member, Estimates Committee Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly * 1989–91 Secretary,

Telugu Desam Party The Telugu Desam Party (TDP; ) is an Indian regional political party primarily active in the Federated state, states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. It was founded by Telugu cinema, Telugu matinée idol N. T. Rama Rao (NTR) on 29 March 1982 a ...

(T.D.P.),

* 1991 Elected to 10th Lok Sabha (Tenali seat) * 1991–94 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Agriculture * 1991–95 Vice-President, T.D.P., Andhra Pradesh * 1993–94 Member, Committee on Papers Laid on the Table * 1993–96 Member, Committee on Human Resource Development * 1994–96 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Communications * 1995–96 Member, Committee on Government Assurances * 1996 Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (2nd term) (Bapatla seat) * Member,

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, T.D.P. * President, T.D.P. (Publicity wing) * 1996–98 Union Minister of State, Agriculture * Union Minister of State, Urban Affairs, Employment and Parliamentary Affairs (Independent Charge) * 1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (3rd term) (Tenali seat) * 1999–2000 Member, Committee on Energy * Member, Joint Committee on the Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers' * Rights Bill, 1999 * Member, General Purposes Committee * 1999–2000 Chairman, Committee on Estimates 2000-2001 * 2015 Member of Legislative Council, Andhra Pradesh * 2019 Opposition Floor Leader, Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council * 2021 Member of Legislative Council, Andhra Pradesh * 2022 Chief Whip for Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Venkateswarlu, Ummareddy Living people 1935 births YSR Congress Party politicians India MPs 1991–1996 India MPs 1996–1997 India MPs 1999–2004 Lok Sabha members from Andhra Pradesh Politicians from Guntur district Union ministers from United Andhra Pradesh Telugu politicians Telugu Desam Party politicians