Yadlapati Venkata Rao

Yadlapati Venkata Rao
Rao in an interview with ABN Andhra Jyothi in 2018
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office 22 June 1998 – 21 June 2004
Preceded by	Renuka Chowdhury
Succeeded by	Jairam Ramesh
Constituency	Andhra Pradesh
Minister for Agriculture, Law and Planning Government of Andhra Pradesh
In office 6 March 1978 – 11 October 1980
Governor	Sharda Mukherjee K. C. Abraham
Chief Minister	Marri Chenna Reddy
Member of Legislative Assembly Andhra Pradesh
In office 1967–1983
Preceded by	Kalluri Chandramouli
Succeeded by	N. Bhaskara Rao
Constituency	Vemuru
Personal details
Born	(1919-12-16)16 December 1919 Bodapadu, Madras Presidency, British India
Died	28 February 2022(2022-02-28) (aged 102) Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Political party	Telugu Desam Party (1988–2022)
Other political affiliations	Krishikar Lok Party Swatantra Party (1967-1978) Indian National Congress (1978–1988)
Spouse	Alavelu Mangamma
Children	2
Alma mater	Andhra Christian College

Yadlapati Venkata Rao (16 December 1919 – 28 February 2022) was an Indian politician from the state of Andhra Pradesh. Rao served as the Minister for Agriculture, Law and Planning in the united Andhra Pradesh from 1978 to 1980. He was elected thrice to the Vemuru Assembly constituency of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly as the Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA), and served as the Member of Parliament (MP) in Rajya Sabha representing Andhra Pradesh between 1998 and 2004.

A lawyer by profession, he entered active politics from the Krishikar Lok Party. He was first elected as an MLA from the Swatantra Party in 1967 and moved to the Indian National Congress in 1978. He founded Sangam Dairy, a farmers' cooperative, in 1977 and was crucial in establishing Jampani Sugar Factory. Rao joined the Telugu Desam Party in 1988, serving in its highest decision-making body and headed its farmers' division, Telugu Rythu. During his term as an MP, Rao was a member of the committee on Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme.