Venkaiah Naidu

Muppavarapu Venkaiah Naidu, (born 1 July 1949) is an Indian politician. He was the 13th Vice President of India from 11 August 2017 to 11 August 2022. On 5 August 2017, Naidu was elected Vice President of India with 67.89% of the votes.

Venkaiah Naidu
वेंकैया नायडू
File:Venkaiah Naidu official portrait.jpg
13th Vice-President of India
In office 11 August 2017 – 11 August 2022
President	Ram Nath Kovind Draupadi Murmu
Preceded by	Mohammad Hamid Ansari
Succeeded by	Jagdeep Dhankhar
Minister of Information and Broadcasting
In office 5 July 2016 – 17 July 2017
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Preceded by	Arun Jaitley
Succeeded by	Smriti Irani
Minister of Urban Development, Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation
In office 26 May 2014 – 17 July 2017
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Preceded by	Kamal Nath (Urban Development) Girija Vyas (Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation)
Succeeded by	Narendra Singh Tomar
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs
In office 26 May 2014 – 5 July 2016
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Preceded by	Kamal Nath
Succeeded by	Ananth Kumar
President of the Bharatiya Janata Party
In office 1 July 2002 – 5 October 2004
Preceded by	Jana Krishnamurthi
Succeeded by	L. K. Advani
Minister for Rural Development
In office 30 September 2000 – 30 June 2002
Prime Minister	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Preceded by	Sunder Lal Patwa
Succeeded by	Kashiram Rana (2003)
Member of the Rajya Sabha for Rajasthan
In office 5 July 2016 – 10 August 2017(resigned)
Preceded by	Anand Sharma
Member of the Rajya Sabha for Karnataka
In office 1998–2016
Preceded by	H. D. Deve Gowda
Succeeded by	Nirmala Sitharaman
Member of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly for Udayagiri
In office 1978–1985
Preceded by	Ponneboyina Chenchuramaiah
Succeeded by	Mekapati Rajamohan Reddy
Personal details
Born	Muppavarapu Venkaiah Naidu 1 July 1949 (aged 76) Chavatapalem, India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Other political affiliations	National Democratic Alliance
Spouse(s)	M. Usha ​ ​ (m. 1971)​
Children	2
Alma mater	Andhra University

Naidu served as the Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, Urban Development and Information and Broadcasting in the Narendra Modi cabinet. A well known leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party, he has also served as its national president from 2002 to 2004. Earlier, he was the Union Cabinet Minister for Rural Development in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government.

Venkaiah Naidu Media

• Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu taking charge as the Union Minister for Urban Development, in New Delhi on May 28, 2014

• Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu taking charge as the Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, in New Delhi on May 28, 2014

• The President, Shri Ram Nath Kovind administering the oath of office of the Vice President to Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu, at a Swearing-in-Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on August 11, 2017.jpg

  Swearing of Vice President-elect Venkaiah Naidu at Rashtrapati Bhavan Durbar Hall, 11 August 2017

• The Vice President, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu assuming office at the Vice President Secretariat, in New Delhi on August 11, 2017.jpg

  The Vice President, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu assuming office at the Vice President Secretariat, in New Delhi on 11 August 2017

• Farewell of outgoing Vice President.jpg

  Naidu at his farewell ceremony as vice president at New Delhi in August 2022 with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other politicians.

• Padma Vibhushan Shri M Venkaiah Naidu.jpg

  Naidu being felicitated with Padma Vibhushan by President Murmu

• Padma Vibhushan Ribbon.svg

  Padma Vibhushan Ribbon

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  Order of the Green Crescent of Comoros - ribbon bar