Chennamaneni Vidyasagar Rao (born 12 February 1941) is an Indian politician. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was the Governor of Maharashtra from 2014 to 2019. He was a Union Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs in Atal Bihari Vajpayee's government in 1999. He was elected to the Lok Sabha in 1998 and 1999 from Karimnagar (Lok Sabha constituency).
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C. Vidyasagar Rao |
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 Official Portrait, 2014 |
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In office
30 August 2014 – 4 September 2019[1] |
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- Prithviraj Chavan (until 2014)
- Devendra Fadnavis (2014 - 2019)
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| Preceded by | Om Prakash Kohli (additional charge) |
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| Succeeded by | B. S. Koshyari |
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In office
2 September 2016 – 6 October 2017 |
| Chief Minister | J. Jayalalithaa
O. Panneerselvam
Edappadi K. Palaniswami |
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| Deputy Chief Minister | O. Panneerselvam |
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| Preceded by | K. Rosaiah |
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| Succeeded by | Banwarilal Purohit |
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In office
29 January 2003 – 22 May 2004 |
| Prime Minister | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
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| Preceded by | Sukhbir Singh Badal |
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| Succeeded by | Jairam Ramesh |
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In office
13 October 1999 – 29 January 2003 |
| Prime Minister | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
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| Minister | L. K. Advani |
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| Succeeded by | Shakeel Ahmad |
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In office
1998–2004 |
| Preceded by | L. Ramana |
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| Succeeded by | Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao |
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In office
1985-1998 |
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| Born | Chennamaneni Vidyasagar Rao
(1941-02-12) 12 February 1941 (age 84)
Nagaram, Hyderabad State, British India
(now in Telangana, India) |
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| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
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| Spouse(s) | Vinoda Rao |
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| Relatives | Chennamaneni Rajeshwara Rao (brother)
C. H. Hanumantha Rao (brother) |
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