Ganta Srinivasa Rao

Ganta Srinivas Rao
Ganta Srinivas Rao
Member of the Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 2019
Preceded by	Penmetsa Vishnu Kumar Raju
Constituency	Visakhapatnam North
	In office; 2014–2019
Preceded by	Muttamsetti Srinivasa Rao
Succeeded by	Muttamsetti Srinivasa Rao
Constituency	Bheemili
	In office; 2009–2014
Preceded by	Konathala Ramakrishna
Succeeded by	Peela Govinda Satyanarayana
Constituency	Anakapalle
	In office; 2004–2009
Preceded by	Balireddy Satya Rao
Succeeded by	Kalidindi Suryana Naga Sanyasi Raju
Constituency	Chodavaram
Member of Parliament; Lok Sabha
	In office; 1999–2004
Preceded by	Gudivada Gurunadha Rao
Succeeded by	Pappala Chalapathirao
Constituency	Anakapalli
Education Minister; Government of Andhra Pradesh
	In office; 2014–2019
Chief Minister	N. Chandrababu Naidu
Preceded by	Kolusu Parthasarathy
Succeeded by	Audimulapu Suresh
Minister for Infrastructure; Andhra Pradesh
	In office; 2012–2014
Personal details
Born	1 December 1960
Political party	Telugu Desam Party
Other political; affiliations	Indian National Congress; Praja Rajyam Party;
Residence(s)	Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India

Ganta Srinivasarao (born 1 Dec 1956) is an Indian politician. He was the minister of Human Resources Development of Andhra Pradesh in India.[1][2] He hails from Kamepalli village in Prakasam district.[3][4]

He is representing the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Visakhapatnam North (Assembly constituency). He was elected as MLA from Chodavaram in 2004 on Telugu Desam Party party ticket, Anakapalle in 2009 on Praja Rajyam Party ticket, Bhimili Assembly Constituency[5] in 2014 on Telugu Desam Party party ticket. He was also elected as MP from Anakapalli Lok Sabha constituency in 1999.

He started his political journey with Telugu Desam Party and joined Praja Rajyam Party. He is a close associate of Chiranjeevi. He also worked as Minister in N. Kiran Kumar Reddy cabinet after Praja Rajyam Party merged into Indian National Congress.

References

"Council of Ministers – AP State Portal". Retrieved 10 June 2015.
"Chandrababu Naidu's Cabinet: Ayyanna, Ganta to be ministers". Deccan Chronicle. 8 June 2014. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
"Ganta Srinivasa Rao: Is he a strategist or opportunist?". The Times of India. 16 March 2019. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
"Ganta Srinivasa Rao to quit Desam in 2019 elections: Gudivada Amarnath". Suryaa. 16 February 2018. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
"Bhimli Elections Results 2014, Current MLA, Candidate List of Assembly Elections in Bhimli, Andhra Pradesh". Elections.in. Retrieved 10 June 2015.

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[1] "Council of Ministers – AP State Portal". Retrieved 10 June 2015.

[2] "Chandrababu Naidu's Cabinet: Ayyanna, Ganta to be ministers". Deccan Chronicle. 8 June 2014. Retrieved 10 June 2015.

[3] "Ganta Srinivasa Rao: Is he a strategist or opportunist?". The Times of India. 16 March 2019. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 5 May 2023.

[4] "Ganta Srinivasa Rao to quit Desam in 2019 elections: Gudivada Amarnath". Suryaa. 16 February 2018. Retrieved 5 May 2023.

[5] "Bhimli Elections Results 2014, Current MLA, Candidate List of Assembly Elections in Bhimli, Andhra Pradesh". Elections.in. Retrieved 10 June 2015.