Ananga Udaya Singh Deo | |
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| Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha for Odisha | |
| In office 3 April 2014 –3 April 2018 | |
| Succeeded by | Soumya Ranjan Patnaik |
| Constituency | Odisha |
| Member of the Odisha Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 1990–2014 | |
| Preceded by | Mahammad Mujafar Hussain Khan |
| Succeeded by | Narasingha Mishra |
| Constituency | Bolangir |
| In office 1974–1977 | |
| Preceded by | Nandakishore Misra |
| Succeeded by | Ram Prasad Misra |
| Constituency | Loisingha |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 November 1945 Bolangir,Orissa,British India |
| Political party | Biju Janata Dal |
| Relations | Raj Raj Singh Deo (brother) |
| Children | 3,including Kalikesh and Arkesh |
| Parent | Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo (father) |
| Residence(s) | Sailashree Palace,Bolangir,Odisha |
| Alma mater | The Doon School |
| Profession | Politician,farmer,businessman |
| Website | http://www.ausinghdeo.com |
Ananga Udaya Singh Deo,also known as A U Singh Deo, is an Indian politician from Odisha. [1]
Ananga Udaya Singh Deo is the son of Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo,former Chief Minister of Odisha and Kailash Kumari Devi,the daughter of Maharaja Bhupinder Singh of Patiala. [2] His father,Rajendra,was also the last Maharaja of the princely state of Patna. [2] [3] Deo's brother,Raj Raj Singh,was a politician. [4] Deo was educated at The Doon School in Dehradun. [5] He and former Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik both attended The Doon School at the same time. [6]
Deo is a former Member of the Odisha Legislative Assembly and has represented the Bolangir constituency and earlier,the Loisingha constituency. [7] [8] Deo has served as a cabinet minister in the Odisha Government and has held various portfolios in the state government,including excise and mines. [9] [10] [11] In 2011,he resigned from the Odisha cabinet due to the hooch tragedy in Cuttack. [11] Deo served as a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha from 2014 to 2018. [12] [13]
Deo is married to Vijaya Laxmi Devi. [14] They have 3 sons. [15] Two of his sons,Kalikesh and Arkesh,are politicians. [16]
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