Guntakandla Jagadish Reddy

Guntakandla Jagadish Reddy (born 18 July 1965), often referred to by his initials, GJR, is an Indian politician currently serving as [1][2] Minister of Energy of Telangana since 2 June 2014. He is a Member of the Telangana Legislative Assembly from Suryapet constituency.[3][4] He is also a member of TRS party politbureau..

Guntakandla Jagadish Reddy
Minister of Energy
Government of Telangana
In office
25 June 2015 – Incumbent
Preceded byC. Laxma Reddy
Minister of Education
Government of Telangana
In office
2 June 2014 – 25 June 2015
Preceded byOffice Established
Succeeded byKadiyam Srihari
Member of the Telangana Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
2 June 2014
Preceded byRamreddy Damodar Reddy
ConstituencySuryapet Assembly constituency
Personal details
Born (1965-07-18) 18 July 1965
Nagaram, Suryapet district
Political partyTelangana Rashtra Samithi
SpouseSunita Reddy
ChildrenVeman Reddy, Lahari Reddy
Parent(s)Ramchandra Reddy
(Father)
Savithri (died in 2014)
(Mother)
Residence(s)Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Early life

Born to Ramachandra Reddy and Savithri in Nagaram Village, Arvapally Mandal, Suryapet district, Telangana State, India, he has four siblings. He graduated as a B.A. from Sri Venkateshwar Degree College, Suryapet (Osmania University) in 1985. He did his Bachelor of Law from Siddartha Law College, Vijayawada, Nagarjuna University. He stood as a student leader, activist and emerged as a political leader.

Career

He was a practicing lawyer in Nalgonda district court. He was the 1st BAR Association President of the Nalgonda district.

Politics

He joined Telangana movement in 2001 and was one of the early members in Telangana Rashtra Samithi.[5]

He contested from Huzurnagar constituency in 2009 and later in 2014 General elections from Suryapet Assembly Constituency and won the election. He won the Suryapet assembly constituency for the second time in 2018 Telangana assembly elections.

References
  1. "Election Commission Of India" Archived 18 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine. ECI.
  2. "Suryapet Assembly Election 2014".
  3. "KCR to Be Sworn in Telangana State's First CM on June 2". Deccan-Journal. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  4. "Council of Ministers". telangana.gov.in. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  5. "Suryapet Assembly Election 2014". Archived from the original on 11 July 2014.


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