Velagapalli Varaprasad Rao
Velagapalli Varaprasad Rao | |
|---|---|
| Member of parliament for Tirupati | |
| In office 26 May 2014 – 24 May 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Chinta Mohan |
| Succeeded by | Balli Durga Prasad Rao |
| Constituency | Tirupati |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 May 1953 Kommalmudi, Krishna, Andhra Pradesh |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Spouse | Velagapalli Lakshmi |
| Children | 2 |
| Residence | Gudur |
| Alma mater | Andhra University |
| Occupation | Biochemist, GH Pondicherry (1978–1980); Assistant Administrative Officer, National Insurance (1980–1982); Reserve Bank of India (1982–1983); and IAS (1983–2009) |
As of 31 March, 2024 Source: | |
Velagapalli Varaprasada Rao is an Indian politician and was a Member of Parliament of the 16th Lok Sabha from Tirupati (Lok Sabha constituency), Andhra Pradesh. He won the Indian general election, 2014 being a Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party candidate.
Rao was born on 15 May 1953. He was an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer from the 1983 batch of the Tamilnadu Cadre. During his tenure in the civil services, he held several top positions, including that of Principal Secretary to Government of Tamil Nadu, Chennai. In 2009, he opted for voluntary retirement to enter politics and serve the people of his native state, Andhra Pradesh.
In 2019 assembly election, Rao was elected as an MLA for Gudur Constituency in Andhra Pradesh (AP), representing the YSRCP party. Formerly, he was an MP from the Tirupati Constituency. He resigned from this post last year as the Central Government denied special category status to AP.
V Varaprasad Rao quit YSRCP on 24 March 2024, joined the BJP in New Delhi. He was shortly announced as the Bharatiya Janata Party candidate from the Tirupati Constituency for the 2024 Lok Sabha Elections.