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Venkaiah Naidu
वेंकैया नायडू |
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| 13th Vice-President of India | |
| Assumed office 11 August 2017 |
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| President | Ram Nath Kovind |
| Preceded by | Mohammad Hamid Ansari |
| Minister of Information and Broadcasting | |
| In office 5 July 2016 – 17 July 2017 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Preceded by | Jana Krishnamurthi |
| Succeeded by | L. K. Advani |
| Minister for Rural Development | |
| In office 30 September 2000 – 30 June 2002 |
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| Prime Minister | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| Preceded by | Sunder Lal Patwa |
| Succeeded by | Kashiram Rana (2003) |
| Member of the Rajya Sabha for Rajasthan |
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| In office 5 July 2016 – 10 August 2017(resigned) |
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| Preceded by | Anand Sharma |
| Member of the Rajya Sabha for Karnataka |
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| In office 1998–2016 |
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| Preceded by | H. D. Deve Gowda |
| Succeeded by | Nirmala Sitharaman |
| Member of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly for Udayagiri |
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| In office 1978–1985 |
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| Preceded by | ??? |
| Succeeded by | Mekapati Rajamohan Reddy |
| Personal details | |
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Muppavarapu Venkaiah Naidu
1 July 1949 Chavatapalem, India |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Other political affiliations |
National Democratic Alliance |
| Spouse(s) |
M. Usha (m. 1971)
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| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Andhra University |
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Muppavarapu Venkaiah Naidu, (born 1 July 1949) is an Indian politician. He is the 13th and current Vice President of India since 11 August 2017. On 5 August 2017, Naidu was elected Vice President of India with 67.89% of the votes.
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.