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 | |
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 Raju in 2016 | |
| Minister of State Government of India | |
| In office 30 September 2000 – 22 May 2004 | |
| Minister of Rural Development | 29 January 2003 – 22 May 2004 |
| Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution | 1 July 2002 – 29 January 2003 |
| Minister of Defence | 22 July 2001 – 1 July 2002 |
| Minister of External Affairs | 30 September 2000 – 22 July 2001 |
| Member of Parliament Lok Sabha | |
| In office 1999–2004 | |
| Preceded by | Kanumuru Bapi Raju |
| Succeeded by | Chegondi Venkata Harirama Jogaiah |
| Constituency | Narasapuram |
| In office 1998–1999 | |
| Preceded by | Gopal Krishna Thota |
| Succeeded by | Mudragada Padmanabham |
| Constituency | Kakinada |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Uppalapati Venkata Krishnam Raju 20 January 1940 Mogalthur, Madras Presidency, British India (now in Andhra Pradesh, India) |
| Died | 11 September 2022 (aged 82) Hyderabad, Telangana, India |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Other political affiliations | Praja Rajyam Party |
| Spouse(s) | Seeta Devi (Undated.died) Syamaladevi (m. 1996) |
| Children | 3 |
| Relatives | U. Suryanarayana Raju (brother) Prabhas (nephew) |
| Occupation | Actor, 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]