Pasupuleti Balaraju

Pasupuleti Balaraju' (born 12 June 1964) is an Indian politician and a legislator from Andhra Pradesh, India. He belongs to YSRCP Party and he worked in Indian National Congress party. He is a former minister for Tribal welfare in the Government of Andhra Pradesh.^[1]

Pasupuleti Balaraju
Minister of Tribal Welfare Government of Andhra Pradesh
In office 25 May 2009 – 1 March 2014
Governor	N. D. Tiwari E. S. L. Narasimhan
Chief Minister	Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy Konijeti Rosaiah Kiran Kumar Reddy
Preceded by	K S Redya Naik
Succeeded by	President's Rule
Member of Legislative Assembly Andhra Pradesh
In office 2009–2014
Preceded by	Lake Rajarao
Succeeded by	Giddi Eswari
Constituency	Paderu

Early life

Pasupuleti Balaraju was born in Gudem Kotha Veedhi mandal in Visakhapatnam district of Andhra Pradesh.^{[citation needed]} He earned a master's degree in Arts from Annamalai University. Before entering into politics he worked as Conductor, Teacher & Coffee board president. He entered into politics at the age of 25 as mandal president.^{[citation needed]}

Political career

Pasupuleti Balaraju was elected to the Andhra Pradesh legislative assembly from the Chintapalle constituency in 1989 and from Paderu constituency in 2009 in Visakhapatnam district of Andhra Pradesh on Indian National Congress party ticket. He became a minister in the cabinets of Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy^[2] and N. Kiran Kumar Reddy holding Tribal Welfare portfolio. He served as the Minister for rural and interior development and Tribal Welfare in the government of Andhra Pradesh during 2009–2014.^{[citation needed]}

References

1. A fight to the finish for Pasupuleti Balaraju
2. Balaraju gets a break in his second stint as MLA