Krishnam Raju

Uppalapati Venkata Krishnam Raju (20 January 1940 – 11 September 2022) was an Indian actor and politician. He was born in Mogalthur, then-British India. He was a member of the Lok Sabha from 1998 until 2004 as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. His first acting role was in the 1966 movie Chilaka Gorinka.

Krishnam Raju
Uppalapati Krishnam Raju.jpg
Raju in 2016
Minister of State
Government of India
In office
30 September 2000 – 22 May 2004
Ministry
Term
Minister of Rural Development29 January 2003 – 22 May 2004
Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution1 July 2002 – 29 January 2003
Minister of Defence22 July 2001 – 1 July 2002
Minister of External Affairs30 September 2000 – 22 July 2001
Member of Parliament
Lok Sabha
In office
1999–2004
Preceded byKanumuru Bapi Raju
Succeeded byChegondi Venkata Harirama Jogaiah
ConstituencyNarasapuram
In office
1998–1999
Preceded byGopal Krishna Thota
Succeeded byMudragada Padmanabham
ConstituencyKakinada
Personal details
Born
Uppalapati Venkata Krishnam Raju

(1940-01-20)20 January 1940
Mogalthur, Madras Presidency, British India (now in Andhra Pradesh, India)
Died11 September 2022(2022-09-11) (aged 82)
Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Other political
affiliations
Praja Rajyam Party
Spouse(s)
Seeta Devi
(Undated.died)

Syamaladevi (m. 1996)
Children3
RelativesU. Suryanarayana Raju (brother)
Prabhas (nephew)
OccupationActor, politician

Raju died on 11 September 2022 in Hyderabad, India from problems caused by pneumonia while recovering from COVID-19 at the age of 82.[1]

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