Ummareddy Venkateswarlu

Ummareddy Venkateswarlu (born 1 July 1935) is an Indian politician who has served as Chief Whip in Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council since June 2019. He joined YSR Congress party in November 2012.^[7] He was an MLA and senior leader in Telugu Desam Party.^[8][9]

Ummareddy Venkateswarlu
Chief Whip of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council[1]
In office 18 June 2019 – 4 June 2024[2]
Chief Minister	Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy
Leader of Opposition of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council[3]
In office 20 April 2017 – 8 June 2019
Chairman	A. Chakrapani N. M. D. Farooq
Leader of the House	N. Chandrababu Naidu
Preceded by	position reestablished
Succeeded by	Yanamala Ramakrishnudu
Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council
Incumbent
Assumed office 2011[4]
Chairman	A. Chakrapani N. M. D. Farooq Shariff Mohammed Ahmed Koyye Moshenu Raju
Leader of the House	Kiran Kumar Reddy N. Chandrababu Naidu Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy
Constituency	elected from local authorities
Minister of State for Urban Affairs and Employment[5]
In office 9 June 1997 – 19 March 1998
Prime Minister	I. K. Gujral
Preceded by	I. K. Gujral
Succeeded by	Ram Jethmalani
Minister of State for Urban Affairs and Employment
In office 29 June 1996 – 9 June 1997 Serving with M. P. Veerendra Kumar (1997)
Prime Minister	H. D. Deve Gowda I. K. Gujral
Preceded by	S. S. Ahluwalia
Succeeded by	M. P. Veerendra Kumar
Minister of State for Agriculture[5]
In office 1 June 1996 – 29 June 1996 Serving with Samudrala Venugopal Chary
Prime Minister	H. D. Deve Gowda
Preceded by	Mohd. Ayub Khan
Succeeded by	Samudrala Venugopal Chary
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 1999–2004[6]
Preceded by	P. Shivashankar
Succeeded by	Balashowry Vallabhaneni
Constituency	Tenali
In office 1996–1998
Preceded by	Daggubati Venkateswara Rao
Succeeded by	N. Janardhana Reddy
Constituency	Bapatla
In office 1991–1996
Preceded by	Basavapunnaiah Singam
Succeeded by	Sarada Tadiparthi
Constituency	Tenali
Member of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office 1985–1989
Preceded by	C. V. Ramaraju
Succeeded by	Chirala Govardhan Reddy
Constituency	Bapatla
Personal details
Born	(1935-07-01) 1 July 1935 (age 90) Kondubhotla Palem Village, Bapatla, Guntur district, Madras Presidency, India (now Bapatla district, Andhra Pradesh, India)
Political party	YSR Congress Party (since 2012)
Other political affiliations	Telugu Desam Party (1983–2012)
Spouse	Smt. Sarojini Devi
Children	4

Life

He is a native of Kondubhotla Palem of Bapatla Mandal in Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh. He holds a doctorate in agriculture and was educated at Andhra Pradesh Agriculture University and Banaras Hindu University.^{[citation needed]}

Positions

• 1985–89 Member, Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
• 1986 Member, Select Committee to Amend the Andhra Pradesh Co-operatives Act
• 1987–89 Member, Estimates Committee Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
• 1989–91 Secretary, Telugu Desam Party (T.D.P.), Andhra Pradesh
• 1991 Elected to 10th Lok Sabha (Tenali seat)
• 1991–94 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Agriculture
• 1991–95 Vice-President, T.D.P., Andhra Pradesh
• 1993–94 Member, Committee on Papers Laid on the Table
• 1993–96 Member, Committee on Human Resource Development
• 1994–96 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Communications
• 1995–96 Member, Committee on Government Assurances
• 1996 Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (2nd term) (Bapatla seat)
• Member, Politburo, T.D.P.
• President, T.D.P. (Publicity wing)
• 1996–98 Union Minister of State, Agriculture
• Union Minister of State, Urban Affairs, Employment and Parliamentary Affairs (Independent Charge)
• 1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (3rd term) (Tenali seat)
• 1999–2000 Member, Committee on Energy
• Member, Joint Committee on the Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers'
• Rights Bill, 1999
• Member, General Purposes Committee
• 1999–2000 Chairman, Committee on Estimates 2000-2001
• 2015 Member of Legislative Council, Andhra Pradesh^[10]
• 2019 Opposition Floor Leader, Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council
• 2021 Member of Legislative Council, Andhra Pradesh
• 2022 Chief Whip for Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council.