Somireddy Chandra Mohan Reddy

Somireddy Chandra Mohan Reddy is an Indian politician from Sarvepalli in Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh and a member of the Telugu Desam Party. He is currently a member of the Legislative Assembly and a former member of the Legislative Council. Previously, he has held several cabinet ministerial positions in the state of Andhra Pradesh.

Somireddy Chandra Mohan Reddy
Minister of Agriculture, Horticulture, Sericulture and Agri-Processing Government of Andhra Pradesh
In office 2 April 2017 – 29 May 2019
Governor	E. S. L. Narasimhan
Chief Minister	N. Chandrababu Naidu
Preceded by	Prathipati Pulla Rao
Succeeded by	Kanna Babu
Member of Legislative Council Andhra Pradesh
In office 14 June 2015 – 15 February 2019
Chairman	A. Chakrapani N. M. D. Farooq
Leader of the House	N. Chandrababu Naidu
Constituency	Elected by MLA's
Minister of Information and Broadcasting Government of Andhra Pradesh
In office 26 November 2001 – 14 May 2004
Governor	C. Rangarajan Surjit Singh Barnala
Chief Minister	N. Chandrababu Naidu
Preceded by	Bojjala Gopala Krishna Reddy
Succeeded by	Komatireddy Venkat Reddy
Minister of Youth Services and Sports Government of Andhra Pradesh
In office 1996–1999
Governor	Krishan Kant C. Rangarajan
Chief Minister	N. Chandrababu Naidu
Preceded by	Dasyam Pranay Bhasker
Succeeded by	Naramalli Sivaprasad
Member of Legislative Assembly Andhra Pradesh
Incumbent
Assumed office 2024
Preceded by	Kakani Govardhan Reddy
Constituency	Sarvepalli
In office 1994–2004
Preceded by	Chitturi Venkata Sesha Reddy
Succeeded by	Adala Prabhakara Reddy
Constituency	Sarvepalli
Personal details
Born	(1956-03-26) 26 March 1956 (age 69) Allipuram, Nellore District, Andhra Pradesh, India
Political party	Telugu Desam Party
Parent	Somireddy Raj Gopal Reddy (father)
Alma mater	Andhra University
Nickname	CM

Personal life

Reddy was born on 26 March 1956 in Allipuram, Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, India. He served as DCCB chairman in 1987.^[1] He was a protester of Anti-Sara Movement during 1991 and 1992. As the movement progressed and Late N. T. Rama Rao agreed with Reddy to join him, Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy relented and outlawed it.^{[citation needed]}

Political career

Reddy was appointed in-charge of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) for Nellore district in 1992. He contested and won as a Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) for the first time from the Sarvepalli Assembly constituency in 1994.^[2] During 1996 to 1999, he was appointed as the Minister of Youth Services and Sports under the First N. Chandrababu Naidu ministry.

In 1999, Reddy once again contested as an MLA and won, representing the same constituency until 2004. In 2001, He was appointed as the Minister of Information and Broadcasting under the Second N. Chandrababu Naidu ministry. In 2004, he was again appointed the in-charge of the TDP for Nellore district. Later, in 2011 he became a member of the TDP politburo.

In 2015, he was nominated and appointed as a Member of the Legislative Council (MLC) and served as the Minister of Agriculture, Horticulture, Sericulture and Agri-Processing from 2017 to 2019 under the Third N. Chandrababu Naidu ministry. He resigned as an MLC in 2019 to contest as a Member of Legislative Assembly from Sarvepalli in the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election.^[3][4]

Reddy is considered one of the oldest continuing members and played a key role in the TDP activities.^{[5][6][7][8][9]} He contested and won as a Member of the Legislative Assembly from Sarvepalli in the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election after nearly 2 decades.^[10]