Venkaiah Naidu

In this Telugu name, the surname is Muppavarapu.

M. Venkaiah Naidu
Official portrait, 2017
Vice President of India
In office
11 August 2017 – 11 August 2022[1]
President
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byMohammad Hamid Ansari
Succeeded byJagdeep Dhankhar
Union Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs
In office
6 July 2017 – 17 July 2017
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byGirija Vyas
Succeeded byNarendra Singh Tomar
Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting
In office
5 July 2016 – 17 July 2017
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byArun Jaitley
Succeeded bySmriti Irani
Union Minister of Urban Development, Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation
In office
26 May 2014 – 6 July 2017
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byKamal Nath
Succeeded byNarendra Singh Tomar
Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs
In office
26 May 2014 – 5 July 2016
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byKamal Nath
Succeeded byAnanth Kumar
National President of Bharatiya Janata Party
In office
1 July 2002 – 5 October 2004
Preceded byJana Krishnamurthi
Succeeded byL. K. Advani
Union Minister for Rural Development
In office
30 September 2000 – 30 June 2002
Prime MinisterAtal Bihari Vajpayee
Preceded bySunder Lal Patwa
Succeeded byKashiram Rana
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office
5 July 2016 – 10 August 2017
Preceded byAnand Sharma
Succeeded byAlphons Kannanthanam
ConstituencyRajasthan
In office
27 March 1998 – 5 July 2016
Preceded byH. D. Deve Gowda
Succeeded byNirmala Sitharaman
ConstituencyKarnataka
President of the
Bharatiya Janata Party, Andhra Pradesh
In office
1988–1993
National President
Preceded byBangaru Laxman
Succeeded byV. Rama Rao
Member of Legislative Assembly
Andhra Pradesh
In office
1978–1985
Preceded byPonneboyina Chenchuramaiah
Succeeded byMekapati Rajamohan Reddy
Constituency Udayagiri
Personal details
Born
Muppavarapu Venkaiah Naidu

(1949-07-01) 1 July 1949
Chavatapalem, Madras Province, Dominion of India (present-day Andhra Pradesh, India)
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Spouse
M. Usha
​
(m. 1970)​
Children2
Residence(s)1 Tyagaraja Marg, New Delhi[2]
29, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad[3]
Alma materAndhra University (LLB)
AwardsPadma Vibhushan (2024)
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Muppavarapu Venkaiah Naidu (born 1 July 1949) is an Indian politician who served as the vice president of India from 2017 to 2022.[4][5] He has also served as the minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, Urban Development and Information and Broadcasting in the Modi Cabinet.[6]

Naidu has also served as the national president of Bharatiya Janata Party from 2002 to 2004.[7] Earlier, he was the Union Cabinet Minister for Rural Development in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government.[8][9] He took the oath as the vice president of India and the chairman of the Rajya Sabha (ex-officio as the Vice President) on 11 August 2017.[10] In 2024, The Government of India honoured him with Padma Vibhushan, India's second highest civilian award.[11][12]

  1. ^ "People will keep calling Venkaiah Naidu for something or other, says PM Modi". The Hindu. 8 August 2022. Archived from the original on 13 August 2022. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
  2. ^ "'It is Tyagaraja Marg, not Tyag Raj Marg': Naidu to mend new home address". Tribune. 9 August 2022. Archived from the original on 10 August 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  3. ^ "Traffic curbs: Venkaiah Naidu's visit". The Hindu. 29 July 2022. Archived from the original on 11 August 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  4. ^ Naidu, M Venkaiah (11 August 2020). "An emotionally integrated India offers the best defence against both internal and external threats and challenges". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 2 June 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
  5. ^ "Venkaiah Naidu Vice President". Patrika.
  6. ^ PTI (25 June 2014). "Venkaiah Naidu, BJP's south Indian face gets second stint in government". Indian Express. Archived from the original on 3 July 2014. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
  7. ^ "Naidu's journey from pasting party posters to being Vice President". Rediff. PTI. 5 August 2017. Archived from the original on 8 June 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  8. ^ "BJP wins all seats from Rajasthan - the Hindu". The Hindu. 11 June 2016. Archived from the original on 11 June 2016. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
  9. ^ "Cabinet reshuffle: Portfolios of Modi's ministers". 5 July 2016. Archived from the original on 12 August 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  10. ^ PTI (11 August 2017). "Venkaiah Naidu as vice president, Rajya Sabha chairman a tribute to democracy: Modi". Livemint. Archived from the original on 2 June 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  11. ^ "Padma Awards 2024: Former VP Venkaiah Naidu, actor Chiranjeevi, dancer Vyjayanthimala honoured with Padma Vibhushan". The Times of India. 25 January 2024. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  12. ^ "Padma Awardees List 2024" (PDF). Padma Awards. 25 January 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 January 2024. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
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