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Name: | Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu |
Father's Name | Late Shri Rangaiah Naidu |
Mother's Name | Late Shrimati Ramanamma |
Date of Birth | 1 July 1949 |
Place of Birth | Chavatapalem, Distt. Nellore (Andhra Pradesh) |
Marital Status | Married on 14 April 1970 |
Spouse's Name | Shrimati M. Usha |
Children | One Son and One daughter |
Educational Qualifications | B.A., B.L. (Educated at V.R. High School, Nellore; V.R. College, Nellore and Law College, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam) |
Profession | Agriculturist/Farmer, Political and Social worker |
Permanent Address | Plot No. 514, Road No. 29, Jubilee Hills Hyderabad-500033 (Telangana) |
Present Address | Vice-President's House, 6, Maulana Azad Road, New Delhi - 110 011 Telephone - 011-23016422, 23016344 E-mail: vpindia[at]nic[dot]in |
Positions Held :
- 1971 : President, Students' Union, V.R. College, Nellore;
- 1973-74 : President, Students' Union, Andhra University Colleges;
- 1974 : Convener, Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Kshatra Sangharsha Samiti of Andhra Pradesh;
- 1977-80 : President, Youth Wing of Janata Party, Andhra Pradesh;
- 1978-85 : Member, Legislative Assembly, Andhra Pradesh;
- 1980-83 : Vice-President, Youth Wing of All India B.J.P.;
- 1980-85 : Leader, B.J.P. Legislature Party in Andhra Pradesh;
- 1985-88 : General Secretary, Andhra Pradesh State B.J.P.;
- 1988-93 : President, Andhra Pradesh State Unit of B.J.P.;
- 1993-Sept. 2000 : General Secretary, All India B.J.P.;
- April 1998 : Elected to Rajya Sabha from Karnataka (first term);
- 30 Sept. 2000 - 30 June 2002 : Minister of Rural Development
- July 2002-Dec. 2003 : National President, B.J.P.;
- Jan. 2004-Oct. 2004 : National President, B.J.P. (second term);
- July 2004 : Re-elected to Rajya Sabha from Karnataka (second term);
- April 2005-Jan. 2006 : Senior Vice-President, B.J.P.;
- Jan. 2006-July 2017 : Member, Parliamentary Board of B.J.P. and Central Election Committee;
- Sept. 2006-Sept. 2009 : Chairman, Committee on Petitions;
- Aug. 2009-May 2014 : Chairman, Committee on Home Affairs;
- July 2010 : Re-elected to Rajya Sabha from Karnataka (third term) (resigned w.e.f. 23 June 2016);
- Dec. 2011-May 2014 : Vice-President, Parliamentary Forum on Disaster Management;
- 26 May 2014-5 July 2016 : Minister of Urban Development; Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation; and Minister of Parliamentary Affairs;
- July 2016 : Elected to Rajya Sabha from Rajasthan (fourth term) (resigned w.e.f. 10 August 2017);
- 5 July 2016-17 July 2017 : Minister of Urban Development; Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation; and Minister of Information and Broadcasting;
- May 2017 – April 2018 : President of the UN Habitat and presided over the deliberations of 58 – member Governing Council
- 11 August 2017 onwards : Vice-President of India and Ex-officio Chairman, Rajya Sabha
Books Published :
- Articles in newspapers on the subjects of political and public interests and books
- ‘Moving on...Moving forward: A Year in Office’
- ‘Selected Speeches of Venkaiah Naidu : Volume 1’
- ‘Listening, Learning and Leading’ A chronicle of the Vice President of India’s two Years in office
- Connecting, Communicating, Changing……Vice President’s third year in office
Other interests :
- Agriculture and social work; motivating voluntary organizations, engaged in constructive work in fields of agriculture, health, vocational education & training, animal care etc.
Hobbies:
- Reading, educating and motivating people
Countries visited:
- Before August 2017 :
U.S.A., U.K., Malaysia, Singapore, France, Belgium, The Netherlands, Australia, Mauritius, Maldives, Thailand, South Korea, Spain, Italy, Germany, Egypt, Dubai (U.A.E.), Hong-Kong, Cambodia and Austria - After August 2017 :
• May 05-14, 2018 - Guatemala, Panama and Peru
• September 07-11, 2018 – Chicago (U.S.A. ) -Chief Guest at the Second World Hindu Congress to mark the 125th Anniversary of Swami Vivekananda’s Historic Speech at the Parliament of the World's Religions in 1893.
• September 14-21, 2018 - Serbia, Malta and Romania
• October 17-20, 2018 – Brussels (Belgium) - Represented India at ASEM12 SUMMIT
• October 31-November 06, 2018 - Botswana, Zimbabwe and Malawi
• November 09-12, 2018 – Paris (France ) - Represented India at Armistice Centenary and Paris Peace Forum and inaugurated the Indian war Memorial at Villers-Guislain
• March 04-11, 2019 - Paraguay and Costa Rica
• May 09-12, 2019 - (Hanoi) Vietnam - Address the UN International Day of Vesak Celebration as Keynote Speaker
• August 17-22, 2019 – Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia
• October 10-15, 2019 – Comros and Sierra Leone
• October 24-26, 2019 – Azerbaijan -Represented India at NAM Summit
Honoris Causa:
- Conferred Doctorate for contribution in the Rule of Law, democracy and sustainable development by the University for Peace on March 08, 2019 at Costa Rica
- Conferred ‘the order of the Green Crescent’, the highest civilian honour of Comoros on 11 October, 2019 by President of Comoros
Other Information:
- Was Chairman, Students' Union at College and also in University; imprisoned under M.I.S.A. during the Emergency, 1975-77; was Secretary, (i) B.J.P. Parliamentary Board and (ii) B.J.P. Central Election Committee; Spokesman, B.J.P., 1996-2000