Etela Rajender

Etela Rajender
Etela in 2023
Member of Parliament
Incumbent
Assumed office 04 June 2024
Preceded by	Revanth Reddy
Constituency	Malkajgiri
Minister of Medical & Health and Family &Welfare Government of Telangana
In office 12 February 2019 – 1 May 2021
Governor	E. S. L. Narasimhan Tamilisai Soundararajan
Chief Minister	K. Chandrashekar Rao
Preceded by	C. Laxma Reddy
Succeeded by	T. Harish Rao
Minister of Finance Government of Telangana
In office 2 June 2014 – 6 September 2018
Governor	E. S. L. Narasimhan
Chief Minister	K. Chandrashekar Rao
Preceded by	Office Created
Succeeded by	T. Harish Rao
Member of Legislative Assembly, Telangana
In office 2 June 2014 – 7 December 2023
Preceded by	Telangana Assembly Created
Succeeded by	Kaushik Reddy
Constituency	Huzurabad
Member of Legislative Assembly Andhra Pradesh
In office 2009–2014
Preceded by	Constituency Established
Succeeded by	Telangana Assembly Created
Constituency	Huzurabad
In office 2004–2009
Preceded by	Muddasani Damodar Reddy
Succeeded by	Constituency Dissolved
Constituency	Kamalapur
Personal details
Born	(1964-03-20) 20 March 1964 (age 60) Kamalapur, Andhra Pradesh (now in Telangana), India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party (2021–present)
Other political affiliations	Bharat Rashtra Samithi (2003–2021)
Spouse	Jamuna
Children	2
Alma mater	Osmania University (B.Sc)

Etela Rajender (born 20 March 1964) is an Indian politician from Telangana and former member of the Telangana Legislative Assembly. He served as the first Finance Minister of Telangana state from 2014 to 2018 and as the Health Minister of Telangana from 2019 to 2021.

Etela represented Kamalapur Assembly constituency from 2004 to 2010 and Huzurabad Assembly constituency from 2010 to 2023 in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly and Telangana Legislative Assembly. He was a member of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) party until 2021, when he joined Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).^[1][2] MP of Malkajgiri.