New Delhi: Former Union minister and NDA nominee M Venkaiah Naidu has been elected as the 15th vice-president of India. He pipped opposition candidate Gopalkrishna Gandhi to the post.
Here all you need to know about Venkaiah Naidu:
Full name: Muppavarapu Venkaiah Naidu
Date of birth: 01/07/1949
Place of birth: Chavatapalem, Nellore district, Andhra Pradesh
Children: One son and one daughter
Educational qualifications: BA, BL (educated at V.R. High School, Nellore; V.R. College, Nellore and Law College, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam)
Political Career
1971: President, Students’ Union, V.R. College, Nellore
1973-74: President, Students Union, Andhra University
1974: Convener, Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Kshatra Sangharsh Samiti of Andhra Pradesh
1977-80: President, youth wing of Janata Party, Andhra Pradesh
1978-83 & 1983-85: Member, Legislative Assembly, Andhra Pradesh
1980-83: Vice-President, youth wing of BJP
1980-85: Leader, BJP legislature party in Andhra Pradesh
1985-88: General Secretary, Andhra Pradesh state BJP
1988-93: President, Andhra Pradesh state unit of BJP
1993–2000: General Secretary, BJP
1996–2000: Secretary (i) BJP Parliamentary Board, & (ii) BJP Central Election Committee, and (iii) spokesperson, BJP
April 1998: elected to Rajya Sabha from Karnataka (1st term)
September 2000–June 2002: Union Minister of Rural Development
July 2002–October 2004: National President, BJP
January 2004–February 2004: Member, Committee on External Affairs
June 2004: Re-elected to Rajya Sabha from Karnataka for second term
2006 onwards: Member, (i) BJP Parliamentary Board, and (ii) BJP Central Election Committee
June 2010: Re-elected to Rajya Sabha from Karnataka for third term
May 2014: Appointed Union Minister for Urban Development, Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation and Parliamentary Affairs
June 2016: Re-elected to Rajya Sabha from Rajasthan for fourth term
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