Venkaiah Naidu
| 13th Vice President of India | |
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Incumbent
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| Assumed office 11 August 2017 |
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| President | Ram Nath Kovind |
| Preceded by | Mohammad Hamid Ansari |
| Minister of Information and Broadcasting | |
| In office 5 July 2016 – 17 July 2017 |
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| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Preceded by | Arun Jaitley |
| Succeeded by | Smriti Irani |
| Ministry of Urban Development, Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation(Additional Charge) | |
| In office 26 May 2014 – 17 July 2017 |
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| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Preceded by | Kamal Nath (Urban Development) Girija Vyas (Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation) |
| Succeeded by | Narendra Singh Tomar |
| Minister of Parliamentary Affairs | |
| In office 26 May 2014 – 5 July 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Preceded by | Kamal Nath |
| Succeeded by | Ananth Kumar |
| President of the Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| In office 1 July 2002 – 5 October 2004 |
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| Preceded by | Jana Krishnamurthi |
| Succeeded by | L. K. Advani |
| Minister for Rural Development | |
| In office 30 September 2000 – 30 June 2002 |
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| Prime Minister | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| Preceded by | Sunder Lal Patwa |
| Succeeded by | Kashiram Rana (2003) |
| Member of the Rajya Sabha for Rajasthan |
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| In office 5 July 2016 – 10 August 2017 |
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| Preceded by | Anand Sharma |
| Succeeded by | Vacant |
| Member of the Rajya Sabha for Karnataka |
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| In office 1998–2016 |
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| Preceded by | H. D. Deve Gowda |
| Succeeded by | Nirmala Sitharaman |
| Member of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly for Udayagiri |
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| In office 1978–1985 |
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| Preceded by | ??? |
| Succeeded by | Mekapati Rajamohan Reddy |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Muppavarapu Venkaiah Naidu 1 July 1949 Chavatapalem, Andhra Pradesh, India |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Other political affiliations |
National Democratic Alliance |
| Spouse(s) | M. Usha (m. 1971) |
| Children | 2 |
| Residence | Vice President House |
| Alma mater | Andhra University |
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Muppavarapu Venkaiah Naidu (born 1 July 1949) is an Indian politician and the current Vice-President of India, in office since 11 August 2017. Previously, he served as the Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, Urban Development and Information and Broadcasting in the Modi Cabinet. A prominent leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party, he also served as its national president from 2002 to 2004. Earlier, he was the Union Cabinet Minister for Rural Development in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government.
He took the oath as Vice-President of India on 11 August 2017 at Darbar Hall, Rashtrapati Bhawan, New Delhi.
Venkaiah Naidu was born on 1 July 1949 at Chavatapalem, in the Nellore district of the Indian State of Andhra Pradesh. He completed his schooling from Zilla Parshad High School, Bucchireddy Palem (Nellore), and pursued his bachelor’s degree in politics and diplomatic studies from V. R. College. Later, he acquired a bachelor’s degree in law with specialisation in international law from Andhra University College of Law, Visakhapatnam. He was a swayamsevak in the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and joined ABVP during his college days. He was elected as the president of the students’ union of colleges affiliated to the Andhra University. He came into the spotlight for his prominent role in the Jai Andhra Movement of 1972. While Kakani Venkata Ratnam led the movement from Vijayawada, Naidu took active part in the agitation in Nellore, until it was called off a year later.
In 1974, he became the convener of the anti-corruption Jayaprakash Narayan Chhatra Sangharsh Samiti of Andhra Pradesh. He took to the streets in protest against the emergency and was imprisoned. From 1977–80, he was president of its youth wing
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