Kimidi Kalavenkata Rao

Kimidi Kalavenkata Rao is an Indian politician and Telugu Desam Party leader.^[1] He was appointed President of the Andhra Pradesh Division of the Telugu Desam Party after the partition of Andhra Pradesh.^[2][3]

Kimidi Kalavenkata Rao
Member of Legislative Assembly Andhra Pradesh
Incumbent
Assumed office 2024
Preceded by	Botsa Satyanarayana
Constituency	Cheepurupalli
In office 2014–2019
Preceded by	Meesala Neelakantam Naidu
Succeeded by	Gorle Kiran Kumar
Constituency	Etcherla
Member of Legislative Assembly United Andhra Pradesh
In office 1983–1994
Preceded by	Babu Parankusam Mudili
Succeeded by	Palavalasa Rajasekharam
Constituency	Vunukuru
In office 2004–2009
Preceded by	Kimidi Ganapathi Rao
Succeeded by	constituency abolished
1st President of Telugu Desam Party Andhra Pradesh unit
In office 30 September 2015 – 20 October 2020
National President	N. Chandrababu Naidu
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Kinjarapu Atchannaidu
Personal details
Born	(1952-07-01) 1 July 1952 (age 73) Regadi, Srikakulam District
Political party	Telugu Desam Party
Spouse	Chandramouli
Parent(s)	Surau Naidu (Father) Annapurnamma (Mother)
Residence(s)	Regidi, Srikakulam District
Alma mater	Maharaja College, Vizianagaram
Occupation	Agriculture, Politician

Political Life

• Rao joined the Telugu Desam Party in 1983 with the formation of the party. In the 1983, 1985, 1989 and 2004 elections, he won the Unukuru Assembly constituency four times as an MLA on behalf of the Telugu Desam Party. He served as the Minister of Trade Taxes, Municipalities and Home Affairs in the Governments of Telugu Desam.
• Rao served as the Chairman of the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam-TTD. He was a Member of the Rajya Sabha from 1998 to 2004.^[4]
• Rao joined the Chiranjeevi-led Praja Rajyam Party in the 2009 Assembly elections.^[5] When Unukuru constituency was merged with other constituencies in 2009, he contested as a Prajarajyam Party candidate from Echerla Assembly constituency and lost to Congress candidate Meesala Neelakantam Naidu. Though he wanted to come back to Telugudesam party, he could not come due to some reasons. He has not left the Prajarajyam Party since 2012 and has not been active in any political party for 2 years.
• In the 2014 Assembly elections, he contested and won as Telugu Desam Party candidate from Etcherla Assembly constituency again.^[6]

Positions held

• Municipal Departments, Government of Andhra Pradesh.
• Department of Commercial Taxes, Government of Andhra Pradesh.
• Home Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh.
• Member of the Rajya Sabha.^[7]
• Department of Energy Resources, Government of Andhra Pradesh.^[8]