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Galla Aruna Kumari
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| Minister for Mines & Geology Government of United Andhra Pradesh |
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| In office 24 November 2010 – 21 February 2014 |
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| Governor | E. S. L. Narasimhan |
| Chief Minister | Nallari Kiran Kumar Reddy |
| Preceded by | Vijaya Ramaraju Setrucharla |
| Succeeded by | Office Dissolved |
| Minister of Roads Buildings Government of United Andhra Pradesh |
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| In office 25 May 2009 – 23 November 2010 |
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| Governor | N. D. Tiwari |
| Chief Minister | Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy Konijeti Rosaiah |
| Preceded by | T. Jeevan Reddy |
| Succeeded by | Pithani Satyanarayana |
| Minister of Medical Education & Health Insurance Government of United Andhra Pradesh |
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| In office 14 May 2004 – 20 May 2009 |
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| Governor | Surjit Singh Barnala Sushilkumar Shinde Rameshwar Thakur N. D. Tiwari |
| Chief Minister | Y.S.Rajasekhara Reddy |
| Preceded by | N. M. D. Farooq Nagam Janardhan Reddy |
| Succeeded by | Danam Nagender Sake Sailajanath |
| Member of Legislative Assembly United Andhra Pradesh |
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| In office 1999–2014 |
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| Preceded by | Nara Ramamurthy Naidu |
| Succeeded by | United Andhra Pradesh Assembly Divided |
| Constituency | Chandragiri |
| In office 1989–1994 |
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| Preceded by | N. R. Jayadeva Naidu |
| Succeeded by | Nara Ramamurthy Naidu |
| Constituency | Chandragiri |
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| Born | 1 August 1944 Diguvamagham, Madras Presidency, British India (now in Andhra Pradesh, India) |
| Political party | Telugu Desam Party (2014 - present) |
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Indian National Congress (1989 - 2014) |
| Spouse | Galla Ramachandra Naidu |
| Children | Jayadev Galla |
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| Residences | Film Nagar, Hyderabad, India |
Galla Aruna Kumari (born 1 August 1944) is an Indian politician. She is the daughter of former Indian parliamentarian and social activist Paturi Rajagopala Naidu. She is currently a polit buro member of the Telugu Desam Party. She was the Minister for Geology and Mines in the Government of Andhra Pradesh, India and MLA for the Chandragiri constituency. On 8 March 2014, she joined Telugu Desam Party.
Aruna Kumari is married to Galla Ramachandra Naidu, an industrialist and founder of Amara Raja Group of Companies. She has a B.S. in Computer Science from Lake View College. She worked for the Chrysler Corporation as computer programmer and departmental head for Management Information Systems in the sales division. Her prior roles in her political career include that of President of the Andhra Pradesh Mahila Congress and General Secretary, Pradesh Congress Committee. She was also the MLA for Chandragiri constituency from 1989 to 1994, 1999–2014 and Health Education and Insurance Minister in the first term of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, late Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy, during which time, she was responsible for creating the universal health programme, Aarogyasri. She also held the ministry for Roads and Buildings during second term of Congress government for some time. Aruna Kumari wrote several novels in Telugu.
