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Ponguru Narayana | |
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Minister of Municipal Administration & Urban Development Government of Andhra Pradesh | |
Assumed office 12 June 2024 | |
Governor | S. Abdul Nazeer |
Chief Minister | N. Chandrababu Naidu |
Preceded by | Audimulapu Suresh |
Member of Legislative Assembly Andhra Pradesh | |
Assumed office 4 June 2024 | |
Preceded by | Anil Kumar Poluboina |
Constituency | Nellore City |
Minister of Municipal Administration, Housing and Urban Development Government of Andhra Pradesh | |
In office 8 Jun 2014 –29 May 2019 | |
Governor | E. S. L. Narasimhan |
Chief Minister | N. Chandrababu Naidu |
Preceded by | President's Rule |
Succeeded by | Botsa Satyanarayana |
Member of Legislative Council Andhra Pradesh | |
In office 2014–2019 | |
Chairman | |
Leader of the House | N. Chandrababu Naidu |
Constituency | Elected by MLA's |
Personal details | |
Born | Nellore,Andhra Pradesh,India | 15 June 1957
Political party | Telugu Desam Party |
Spouse | Ponguru Ramadevi |
Children | Daughters;Sindhuri,Sharani,and son;Nishith (Late) [1] |
Residence(s) | Amaravati,Andhra Pradesh,India |
Ponguru Narayana (born 15 June 1957) is an Indian educationist turned politician in the state of Andhra Pradesh,India. [2] He was elected to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council in 2014 and served as the Minister for Municipal administration and Urban development &Urban Housing. [3] Elected MLC under Telugu Desam Party, [4] [5] he established the Narayana Group of Educational Institutions. [6] [7]
Narayana was born on 15 June 1957,into a Telugu-speaking family of Ponguru Subbaramayya,and Subamma in Harnathapuram,Nellore,Andhra Pradesh,India. Dr Narayana studied B.A. in mathematics and statistics from V. R. College at Nellore in 1977,and subsequently earned his MSc. (1979) and PhD (2002) in statistics from Sri Venkateswara University and worked as a senior lecturer. He is married to Ramadevi with whom he has three children. [8]
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