Jupally Krishna Rao

Jupally Krishna Rao (born 10 August 1955) is an Indian politician and was Minister of Telangana. He was elected as MLA in the Telangana Legislative Assembly from Kollapur and won elections 5 times. He lost in 2018 assembly elections.^[1][2][3]

Jupally Krishna Rao
Minister of Prohibition & Excise, Tourism & Culture and Archaeology Government of Telangana
Incumbent
Assumed office 07 December 2023
Governor	Tamilisai Soundararajan (2023-2024) C.P. Radhakrishnan (Additional charge) (2024) Jishnu Dev Varma (2024-)
Chief Minister	Revanth Reddy
Preceded by	V. Srinivas Goud
Minister of Industries, Handlooms & Textiles, Sugar Government of Telangana
In office 2 June 2014–12 December 2018
Governor	E. S. L. Narasimhan
Chief Minister	K. Chandrashekar Rao
Preceded by	Office Established
Succeeded by	K. T. Rama Rao
Member of Telangana Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 11 December 2023
Preceded by	Bhiram Harshvardhan Reddy
Constituency	Kollapur
In office 2 June 2014 – 11 December 2018
Preceded by	Telangana Assembly Created
Succeeded by	Bhiram Harshvardhan Reddy
Constituency	Kollapur
Minister of Endowments Government of Andhra Pradesh
In office 25 May 2009 - 1 June 2011
Governor	N. D. Tiwari E. S. L. Narasimhan
Chief Minister	Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy Konijeti Rosaiah
Preceded by	J. Ratnakar Rao
Succeeded by	C. Ramachandraiah
Member of Legislative Assembly Andhra Pradesh
In office 15 June 2012 – 21 February 2014
Preceded by	Himself (Resigned for Telangana Statehood)
Succeeded by	Telangana Assembly Created
Constituency	Kollapur
In office 11 October 1999 – 15 May 2012
Preceded by	Katikeneni Madhusudhan Rao
Succeeded by	Himself (Resigned for Telangana Statehood)
Constituency	Kollapur
Personal details
Born	(1955-08-10) 10 August 1955 (age 70) Kollapur, Telangana, India
Political party	Indian National Congress (1999-2011) (2023-present)
Other political affiliations	Bharat Rashtra Samithi (2011-2023)
Spouse	Sujana
Children	Varun, Arun

Career

He quit Congress Party and joined Telangana Rashtra Samithi on 30 October 2011.^[4][5]

He lost in 2018 Assembly Elections. He took oath as minister at L B Stadium in Hyderabad on 7 December 2023 and later he was assigned as Minister for Prohibition and Excise, Tourism and Culture portfolios on 9 December 2023 in Revanth Reddy Ministry.^[6][7]