Chintakayala Ayyanna Patrudu

Chintakayala Ayyanna Patrudu (born 4 September 1957) is an Indian politician from Andhra Pradesh. He is a seven time MLA from Narsipatnam Assembly constituency.^[9] He is serving as the 21st and current speaker of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly.^[10] He won the Narsipatnam seat in the 2024 Assembly election.^[11]

Chintakayala Ayyanna Patrudu
Ayyanna Patrudu in 2023
21st Speaker of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 22 June 2024[1]
Deputy Speaker	Raghu Rama Krishna Raju (from 14 November)
Leader of the House	Nara Chandrababu Naidu
Deputy Leader of the House	Pawan Kalyan
Preceded by	Thammineni Seetharam Gorantla Butchaiah Chowdary (protem)
Minister for Roads & Buildings Government of Andhra Pradesh
In office 2 April 2017[2] – 29 May 2019
Governor	E. S. L. Narasimhan
Chief Minister	N. Chandrababu Naidu
Preceded by	Sidda Raghava Rao
Succeeded by	Malagundla Sankaranarayana
Minister of Panchayat Raj, Rural Water Supply, NREGS Government of Andhra Pradesh
In office 8 June 2014[3] – 1 April 2017[4]
Governor	E. S. L. Narasimhan
Chief Minister	N. Chandrababu Naidu
Preceded by	President's Rule
Succeeded by	Nara Lokesh
Minister of Forests, Environment, Science and Technology Government of Andhra Pradesh
In office 1999–2004
Governor	C. Rangarajan Surjit Singh Barnala
Chief Minister	N. Chandrababu Naidu
Preceded by	Ponnapureddy Ramasubba Reddy
Succeeded by	Satrucharla Vijaya Rama Raju
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 1996[5]–1998
Preceded by	Konathala Ramakrishna
Succeeded by	Gudivada Gurunadha Rao
Constituency	Anakapalli
Minister of Roads and Buildings & Ports Government of Andhra Pradesh
In office 1994–1996
Governor	Krishan Kant
Chief Minister	N. T. Rama Rao
Succeeded by	Nandamuri Harikrishna
Minister of Technical Education Government of Andhra Pradesh
In office 1984–1986
Governor	Shankar Dayal Sharma Kumudben Joshi
Chief Minister	N. T. Rama Rao
Preceded by	Pasupati Anandha Gajapathi Raju
Member of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 4 June 2024
Preceded by	Petla Uma Sankara Ganesh
Constituency	Narsipatnam
In office 2014[6] - 2019
Preceded by	Bolem Muthyala Papa
Succeeded by	Petla Uma Sankara Ganesh
Constituency	Narsipatnam
In office 1999[7] - 2009
Preceded by	Vechalapu Sri Ramamurthy
Succeeded by	Bolem Muthyala Papa
Constituency	Narsipatnam
In office 1994 - 1996
Preceded by	Krishnamurthyraju Raja Sagi
Succeeded by	Vechalapu Sri Ramamurthy
Constituency	Narsipatnam
In office 1983[8] - 1989
Preceded by	Gopatrudu Bolem
Succeeded by	Krishnamurthyraju Raja Sagi
Constituency	Narsipatnam
Personal details
Born	(1957-09-04) 4 September 1957 (age 67) Narsipatnam, Anakapalli district, Andhra Pradesh
Citizenship	Indian
Political party	Telugu Desam Party
Spouse	Ch. Padmavathi
Children	2 (sons)
Residence	Narsipatnam

Early life and education

Patrudu was born in Koppula Velama family^[12][13] at Narsipatnam in the erstwhile Visakhapatnam district. He did his bachelor's degree in Arts from PR Government College, Kakinada, in 1978.

Career

He started his political journey as a member of Telugu Desam Party and was first elected as an MLA in 1983. He won the 1983 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election representing Telugu Desam party from Narsipatnam Assembly constituency. He was elected for the second time in 1985 election but lost the next election in 1989 to Krishnamurthyraju Raja Sagi of Indian National Congress.

He regained the seat in 1994 on Telugu Desam Party ticket but lost the by election 1996. However, he won back to back elections in 1999 and 2004. He won for the sixth time and regained the seat in the 2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative election.

He lost the 2019 election^[14] but said that he would contest for a last time and won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Assembly elections with a majority of over 20,000 votes.^[15] He was appointed the Speaker of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly by Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu.^[16] He is the third speaker in the newly formed Andhra Pradesh state, after Kodela Siva Prasad Rao and Thammineni Seetharam.

In between, he was also elected as a Member of Parliament in 1996 from Anakapalli Lok Sabha constituency. He also served as a Cabinet minister in Government of Andhra Pradesh from 2014 to 2019.^[17][18]