Karumuri Venkata Nageswara Rao

Karumuri Venkata Nageswara Rao (born 2 October 1964) is the former minister for Civil Supplies and consumer affairs in Andhra Pradesh government. He is Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, representing Tanuku. He is a member of the YSR Congress party.^[1] He started his political career in Congress Party, he was General Secretary of Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee from 2009 to 2014. He also served as chairperson for West Godavari Zilla Parishad^[2] for three years before being elected as MLA for the first time in 2009. He was awarded honorary doctorate in social service by Westbrook University, US in 2007.^[3] He has been appointed General Secretary of Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee on 9 June 2013. He was elected for second term as MLA from Tanuku in 2019 elections representing YSR Congress. He is the former cabinet Minister for Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs in Andhra Pradesh.

Karumuri Venkata Nageswara Rao
Minister for Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Government of Andhra Pradesh
In office 11 April 2022 – 4 June 2024
Governor	Biswabhusan Harichandan S. Abdul Nazeer
Chief Minister	Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy
Preceded by	Kodali Nani
General Secretary of the Yuvajana Shramika Rythu Congress Party
Incumbent
Assumed office 2014 - Present
President	Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy
Member of Legislative Assembly Andhra Pradesh
In office 2019–2024
Preceded by	Arimilli Radha Krishna
Constituency	Tanuku
In office 2009–2014
Preceded by	Chitturi Bapineedu
Succeeded by	Arimilli Radha Krishna
Constituency	Tanuku
Personal details
Born	(1964-10-02) 2 October 1964 (age 60) Attili, West Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh, India
Political party	YSR Congress Party
Spouse	Karumuri Lakshmi Kiran (1989- present)
Children	2
Residence(s)	Tanuku, Attili Andhra Pradesh, India
Occupation	Politician, Businessman
Website	karumurionline.com

Early life and family

Karumuri Nageswara Rao was born to Karumuri Ramakrishna and Karumuri Suryakathamma 2 October 1964, in Attili, West Godavari district. He moved to Hyderabad at the age of 18 and started his own business. He has two sisters and a brother who is a chemistry professor in Tanuku. In 1989 he was married to Lakshmi Kiran. The couple have a son and daughter.