Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy
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Yeduguri Sandinti Jagan Mohan Reddy (born 21 December 1972), also known mononymously as Jagan, is an Indian politician currently serving as the 17th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh. He is the president of the Indian political party, YSR Congress Party (YSRCP). He is also the son of Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy, former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh.
Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy | |||||||||||||||
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17th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh | |||||||||||||||
Assumed office 30 May 2019[1] | |||||||||||||||
Governor |
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Cabinet | YS Jagan[5][6] | ||||||||||||||
Deputy Chief Minister |
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Preceded by | N. Chandrababu Naidu | ||||||||||||||
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Member of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
Assumed office 19 June 2014[8] | |||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Y. S. Vijayamma | ||||||||||||||
Constituency | Pulivendula | ||||||||||||||
9th Leader of the Opposition, Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
In office 21 May 2014[9] – 29 May 2019 | |||||||||||||||
Governor | E. S. L. Narasimhan | ||||||||||||||
Chief Minister | N. Chandrababu Naidu | ||||||||||||||
Preceded by | N. Chandrababu Naidu | ||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | N. Chandrababu Naidu | ||||||||||||||
1st President of YSR Congress Party | |||||||||||||||
Assumed office 12 March 2011 | |||||||||||||||
Chairperson | Y. S. Vijayamma (2011-2022) | ||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Position Established | ||||||||||||||
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |||||||||||||||
In office 1 June 2009[10] – 18 May 2014 | |||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Y. S. Vivekananda Reddy | ||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Y. S. Avinash Reddy | ||||||||||||||
Constituency | Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh | ||||||||||||||
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Born | Yeduguri Sandinti Jagan Mohan Reddy (1972-12-21) 21 December 1972 (age 51) Jammalamadugu, Andhra Pradesh, India | ||||||||||||||
Political party | YSR Congress Party | ||||||||||||||
Other political affiliations | Indian National Congress (until 2011) | ||||||||||||||
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Y. S. Bharathi (m. 1996) | ||||||||||||||
Children | 2 | ||||||||||||||
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Residence(s) | Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh | ||||||||||||||
Alma mater | Pragathi Mahavidyalaya[11] (BCom) | ||||||||||||||
Jagan Mohan Reddy started his political career in the Indian National Congress and was elected as the Member of Parliament of Kadapa in 2009.[12] After his father's death due to a helicopter crash in 2009, he started an Odarpu Yatra (a consoling tour) across the state.[13] He then eventually came out of the Congress Party and established his own party, YSR Congress Party which also matches his father's acronym, YSR.[14]
In the 2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly elections, YSRCP won 67 seats and he became the Leader of the Opposition.[15] Five years later, in 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly elections, he led the party to a landslide victory in the state elections by winning 151 seats of the total 175 assembly segments.[16]