Chintakayala Ayyanna Patrudu

Chintakayala Ayyanna Patrudu
Ayyanna Patrudu in 2023
21st Speaker of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
22 June 2024[1]
Deputyvacant
Chief MinisterN. Chandrababu Naidu
Preceded byThammineni Seetharam
ConstituencyNarsipatnam
Minister for Roads & Buildings
Government of Andhra Pradesh
In office
2 April 2017[2] – 29 May 2019
GovernorE. S. L. Narasimhan
Chief MinisterN. Chandrababu Naidu
Preceded bySidda Raghava Rao
Succeeded byMalagundla Sankaranarayana
Minister of Panchayat Raj, Rural Water Supply, NREGS
Government of Andhra Pradesh
In office
8 June 2014[3] – 1 April 2017[4]
GovernorE. S. L. Narasimhan
Chief MinisterN. Chandrababu Naidu
Preceded byPresident's Rule
Succeeded byNara Lokesh
Minister of Forests,
Environment, Science and Technology

Government of Andhra Pradesh
In office
1999–2004
Governor
Chief MinisterN. Chandrababu Naidu
Preceded byPonnapureddy Ramasubba Reddy
Succeeded bySatrucharla Vijaya Rama Raju
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
1996[5]–1998
Preceded byKonathala Ramakrishna
Succeeded byGudivada Gurunadha Rao
Constituency Anakapalli
Minister of Roads and Buildings & Ports
Government of Andhra Pradesh
In office
1994–1996
GovernorKrishan Kant
Chief MinisterN. T. Rama Rao
Succeeded byNandamuri Harikrishna
Minister of Technical Education
Government of Andhra Pradesh
In office
1984–1986
Governor
Chief MinisterN. T. Rama Rao
Preceded byPasupati Anandha Gajapathi Raju
Member of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
4 June 2024
Preceded byPetla Uma Sankara Ganesh
ConstituencyNarsipatnam
In office
2014[6] - 2019
Preceded byBolem Muthyala Papa
Succeeded byPetla Uma Sankara Ganesh
ConstituencyNarsipatnam
In office
1999[7] - 2009
Preceded byVechalapu Sri Ramamurthy
Succeeded byBolem Muthyala Papa
ConstituencyNarsipatnam
In office
1994 - 1996
Preceded byKrishnamurthyraju Raja Sagi
Succeeded byVechalapu Sri Ramamurthy
ConstituencyNarsipatnam
In office
1983[8] - 1989
Preceded byGopatrudu Bolem
Succeeded byKrishnamurthyraju Raja Sagi
ConstituencyNarsipatnam
Personal details
Born (1957-09-04) 4 September 1957 (age 67)
Narsipatnam, Anakapalli district, Andhra Pradesh
CitizenshipIndian
Political partyTelugu Desam Party
SpouseCh. Padmavathi
Children2 (sons)
ResidenceNarsipatnam
Websiteayyannapatrudu.com

Chintakayala Ayyanna Patrudu (born 4 September 1957) is an Indian politician from Andhra Pradesh. He is a seven time MLa from Narsipatnam Assembly constituency.[9] He is serving as the 21st and current speaker of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly.[10] He won the Narsipatnam seat in the 2023 Assembly election.[11]

Early life and education

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Patrudu was born in Koppula Velama family[12][13] at Narsipatnam in the erstwhile Visakhapatnam district. He did his bachelor's degree in Arts from PR Government College, Kakinada, in 1978.

Career

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He started his political journey as a member of Telugu Desam Party and was first elected as an MLA in 1983. He won the 1983 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election representing Telugu Desam party from Narsipatnam Assembly constituency. He was elected for the second time in 1985 election but lost the next election in 1989 to Krishnamurthyraju Raja Sagi of Indian National Congress.

He regained the seat in 1994 on Telugu Desam Party ticket but lost the bye election 1996. However, he won back to back elections in 1999 and 2004. He won for the sixth time and regained the seat in the 2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative election.

He lost the 2019 election[14] but said that he would contest for a last time and won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Assembly elections with a majority of over 20,000 votes.[15] He was appointed the Speaker of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly by Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu.[16] He is the third speaker in the newly formed Andhra Pradesh state, after Kodela Siva Prasad Rao and Thammineni Seetharam.

In between, he was also elected as a Member of Parliament in 1996 from Anakapalli Lok Sabha constituency. He also served as a Cabinet minister in Government of Andhra Pradesh from 2014 to 2019.[17][18]

References

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  1. ^ "Ayyanna Patrudu to be elected as A.P. Assembly Speaker unanimously on June 22". The Hindu. 21 June 2024.
  2. ^ "AP Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu constitutes his council of ministers". The Economic Times. 8 June 2014.
  3. ^ "AP Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu constitutes his council of ministers". The Economic Times. 8 June 2014.
  4. ^ "Andhra Pradesh Cabinet: Chandrababu Naidu inducts son, 4 YSRC MLAs who switched sides". The Economic Times. 2 April 2017.
  5. ^ "Anakapalli Lok Sabha Election Result - Parliamentary Constituency".
  6. ^ "Narsipatnam Assembly Constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly Constituency".
  7. ^ "Narsipatnam Assembly Constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly Constituency".
  8. ^ "Narsipatnam Assembly Constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly Constituency".
  9. ^ "Ayyanna Patrudu files papers". The Hindu. 28 March 2004. Archived from the original on 22 April 2004. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
  10. ^ Bureau, The Hindu (22 June 2024). "Ayyanna Patrudu unanimously elected as Speaker of A.P. Legislative Assembly". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 29 July 2024. {{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  11. ^ "Narsipatnam Assembly Election Results 2024: Narsipatnam Election Candidates List, Election Date, Vote Share - IndiaToday". India Today. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  12. ^ Patnaik, Santosh (7 April 2019). "Ayyanna faces an uphill task". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  13. ^ "Senior politicians' sons to take electoral plunge". The Times of India. 12 January 2014. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  14. ^ english. "Narsipatnam Election Result 2023 Live, Narsipatnam Elections Vote Counting, Andhra-pradesh Results 2023 | ABPLive". news.abplive.com. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  15. ^ "Narsipatnam Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live: Get Narsipatnam Lok Sabha Election Results and Candidate List". The Indian Express. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  16. ^ Desk, DH Web. "Andhra Assembly Elections 2024 | Who is Ayyannapatrudu, the new Speaker?". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 29 July 2024. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  17. ^ "AP Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu constitutes his council of ministers". The Economic Times. 8 June 2014. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  18. ^ "Andhra Pradesh Cabinet: Chandrababu Naidu inducts son, 4 YSRC MLAs who switched sides". The Economic Times. 2 April 2017. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 29 July 2024.