Vanga Geetha (born 1 March 1964) is an Indian politician from Andhra Pradesh. She was elected to the

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from

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as a member of the

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. She was earlier a member of the

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representing the

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Early life and education

She was born to P. V. S. Prakash Rao and P. Bramaramba in Kakinada,

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. 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.

Political career

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. clarification needed''">Wikipedia:Please clarify">clarification needed'' She contested from the

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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. clarification needed''">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. clarification needed''">Wikipedia:Please clarify">clarification needed'' She joined the Praja Rajyam Party and won the 2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Pithapuram Constituency. clarification needed''">Wikipedia:Please clarify">clarification needed'' Later, when PRP merged in the Congress, she became a member of the

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. In March 2019, she joined

and became an MP winning the

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on YSR Congress Party ticket.

References

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