Yanamala Rama Krishnudu

Yanamala Rama Krishnudu is an Indian politician from the State of Andhra Pradesh.^[1] He was the senior leader of Telugu Desam Party. He contested 7 times between 1983 and 2009 where he won 6 times successively and lost 1 time from Tuni. He served as the Cabinet Minister in First and Second NTR Governments. He was the Speaker of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly from 1995 to 1999. He is often regarded as an intellectual statesman and a technically sound leader.

Yanamala Rama Krishnudu
Leader of Opposition Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council
In office 17 June 2019 – 11 June 2024
Chairman	Shariff Mohammed Ahmed Koyye Moshenu Raju
Leader of the House	Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy
Preceded by	Ummareddy Venkateswarlu
Succeeded by	Lella Appi Reddy
Minister of Finance Planning, Commercial Taxes, Legislative Affairs Government of Andhra Pradesh
In office 8 June 2014 – 30 May 2019
Governor	E. S. L. Narasimhan
Chief Minister	N. Chandrababu Naidu
Preceded by	Anam Ramanarayana Reddy
Succeeded by	Buganna Rajendranath Reddy
Member of Legislative Council Andhra Pradesh
Incumbent
Assumed office 2013
Chairman	A. Chakrapani N. M. D. Farooq Shariff Mohammed Ahmed Koyye Moshenu Raju
Leader of the House	Kiran Kumar Reddy N. Chandrababu Naidu Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy
Constituency	Elected By Members of Legislative Assembly (MLAs)
Minister of Finance Planning, Commercial Taxes, Legislative Affairs, Government of Andhra Pradesh
In office 11 October 1999 – 13 May 2004
Governor	C. Rangarajan Surjit Singh Barnala
Chief Minister	N. Chandrababu Naidu
Preceded by	Ashok Gajapathi Raju
Succeeded by	Konijeti Rosaiah
14th Speaker of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office 1 September 1995 – 11 October 1999
Governor	Krishan Kant Gopala Ramanujam C. Rangarajan
Chief Minister	N. Chandrababu Naidu
Preceded by	D. Sripada Rao
Succeeded by	K. Pratibha Bharati
Minister of Cooperation Government of Andhra Pradesh
In office 9 March 1985 – 3 December 1989
Governor	Shankar Dayal Sharma
Chief Minister	N.T. Rama Rao
Preceded by	Eli Anjaneyulu
Minister of Law, Municipal administration & Urban development Government of Andhra Pradesh
In office 9 January 1983 – 9 March 1985
Governor	K. C. Abraham Thakur Ramlal Shankar Dayal Sharma
Chief Minister	N.T. Rama Rao
Member of Legislative Assembly Andhra Pradesh
In office 1983 - 2009
Preceded by	N Vijayalakshmi
Succeeded by	Raja Vatsavaya Venkata Krishnam Raju Bahadur (Ashok Babu)
Constituency	Tuni
Personal details
Born	1951 AV Nagaram, East Godavari district
Political party	Telugu Desam Party
Spouse	Yanamala Vijaya Lakshmi
Residence	AV Nagaram

He served as the Minister for Finance & Planning, Commercial Taxes, Legislative Affairs in Nara Chandrababu Naidu Government from June 2014 to May 2019.^[2]

References

1. "My Neta". Retrieved 17 July 2012.
2. "Council of Ministers of Andhra Pradesh". Retrieved 11 June 2014.

Political offices
Preceded by D. Sripada Rao	Speaker of Andhra Pradesh 1995–1999	Succeeded by K. Pratibha Bharati