G. Kishan Reddy

G. Kishan Reddy
Kishan Reddy in 2024
25th Union Minister of Coal
Assumed office
11 June 2024
PresidentDraupadi Murmu
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byPrahlad Joshi
45th Union Minister of Mines
Assumed office
11 June 2024
PresidentDraupadi Murmu
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byPrahlad Joshi
34th Union Minister of Tourism
In office
7 July 2021 – 11 June 2024
President
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byPrahlad Singh Patel
Succeeded byGajendra Singh Shekhawat
12th Union Minister of Culture
In office
7 July 2021 – 11 June 2024
President
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byPrahlad Singh Patel
Succeeded byGajendra Singh Shekhawat
9th Union Minister of the Development of North Eastern Region
In office
7 July 2021 – 11 June 2024
President
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byDr. Jitendra Singh
Succeeded byJyotiraditya Scindia
48th Union Minister of State for Home Affairs
In office
30 May 2019 – 7 July 2021
Serving with H. G. Ahir (2019) and Nityanand Rai (2019-21)
PresidentRamnath Kovind
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
MinisterAmit Shah
Preceded byKiren Rijiju
Succeeded by
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Assumed office
23 May 2019
Preceded byBandaru Dattatreya
ConstituencySecunderabad, Telangana
Member of Telangana Legislative Assembly
In office
2 June 2014 – 11 December 2018
Preceded byassembly established
Succeeded byKaleru Venkatesham
ConstituencyAmberpet
1st President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Telangana
Assumed office
4 July 2023
National PresidentJ. P. Nadda
Preceded byBandi Sanjay Kumar
In office
2 June 2014 – 8 April 2016
National President
Preceded byoffice established
Succeeded byK. Laxman
9th President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Andhra Pradesh
In office
8 March 2010 – 1 June 2014
National President
Preceded byBandaru Dattatreya
Succeeded byKambhampati Hari Babu
Member of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office
2009–2014
Preceded byconstituency established
Succeeded byconstituency shifted to Telangana
ConstituencyAmberpet
In office
2004–2009
Preceded byC. Krishna Yadav
Succeeded byconstituency bifurcated as per Delimitation Act, 2002
ConstituencyHimayatnagar
9th President of the
Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha
In office
2002–2005
Preceded byShivraj Singh Chouhan
Succeeded byDharmendra Pradhan
Personal details
Born
Gangapuram Kishan Reddy

(1964-06-15) 15 June 1964 (age 60)[1]
Thimmapur, Andhra Pradesh, India
(present-day Telangana)
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party (1980-present)
Other political
affiliations
Janata Party
(1977-1980)
SpouseG. Kavya
Children2
Parents
  • G. Swamy Reddy (father)
  • G. Andalamma (mother)
Residence(s)Hyderabad, Telangana, India
New Delhi, Delhi, India
Alma materDiplamo, CITD

Gangapuram Kishan Reddy (born 15 June 1964)[1] is an Indian politician who serving as the 25th Minister of Coal & 45th Minister of Mines since 2024. He also served as Minister of Tourism, Culture and Development of North Eastern Region of India from 2019 to 2024. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party since 1980.[2][3] He is an MP representing Secunderabad (Lok Sabha constituency) since 2019. He served as the floor leader of the BJP in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in 2009 and gave it up after being elected as the state BJP president of erstwhile Andhra Pradesh.[4][5] He was first state president of Telangana BJP from 2014 to 2016, appointed again as Telangana BJP president on 4 July 2023.[6]

  1. ^ a b "Members : Lok Sabha".
  2. ^ PTI (4 July 2023). "Kishan Reddy- a leader who rose from the ranks". ThePrint. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
  3. ^ "Telangana assembly elections 2018: Saffron leader Kishan Reddy still king of hearts in Amberpet". The Times of India. 29 November 2018. Archived from the original on 30 November 2018. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  4. ^ G. Kishan Reddy (15 January 2010). "Telangana: inevitable and desirable". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 21 January 2013. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
  5. ^ "G Kishan Reddy: A leader who rose through the ranks". India Today. 31 May 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  6. ^ "BJP reshuffle: Kishan Reddy is new Telangana BJP chief, Babulal Marandi in Jharkhand". Hindustan Times. 4 July 2023. Archived from the original on 4 July 2023. Retrieved 4 July 2023.

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