Renuka Chowdhury | |
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Union Minister of Women and Child Development | |
In office 29 January 2006 –22 May 2009 | |
Prime Minister | Manmohan Singh |
Preceded by | Office Established |
Succeeded by | Krishna Tirath |
Union Minister of Tourism (Independent Charge) | |
In office 23 May 2004 –28 January 2006 | |
Prime Minister | Manmohan Singh |
Preceded by | Jagmohan |
Succeeded by | Ambika Soni |
Member of Parliament,Lok Sabha | |
In office 10 October 1999 –18 May 2009 | |
Preceded by | Nadendla Bhaskara Rao |
Succeeded by | Nama Nageswara Rao |
Constituency | Khammam |
Member of Parliament,Rajya Sabha | |
Assumed office 3 April 2024 | |
Preceded by | Badulgula Lingaiah Yadav |
Constituency | Telangana |
In office 3 April 2012 –2 April 2018 | |
Preceded by | M. V. Mysura Reddy |
Succeeded by | Banda Prakash |
Constituency |
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In office 3 April 1986 –2 April 1998 | |
Preceded by | Syed R Ali |
Succeeded by | Yadlapati Venkata Rao |
Constituency | Andhra Pradesh |
Personal details | |
Born | Visakhapatnam,Andhra State,India | 13 August 1954
Political party | Indian National Congress (1998–present) |
Other political affiliations | Telugu Desam Party (1984–1998) |
Spouse | Sreedhar Chowdhury |
Children | 2 |
Alma mater | Karnatak University |
Occupation | Politician,social Worker |
Renuka Chowdhury (born 13 August 1954) is an Indian politician and a member of the Rajya Sabha representing Indian National Congress. she represented the political party in the Rajya Sabha from Andhra Pradesh and currently in Telangana. She has also served as the Union minister of State (Independent Charge) for Ministry of Women and Child Development and Tourism in the Government of India.
Born to Air Commodore Suryanarayana Rao and Vasundhara on 13 August 1954 in Vishakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh). [1] Renuka is the eldest of three daughters. She studied at the Welham Girls' School,Dehradun and received her B.A
Chowdhury entered politics in 1984 as a member of Telugu Desam Party. [2] She was a member of the Rajya Sabha for two consecutive terms and Chief Whip of Telugu Desam Parliamentary party from 1986 to 1998. [3] [4] She was also the Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare from 1997 to 1998 in the cabinet of H. D. Deve Gowda. She left Telugu Desam Party to join Congress party in 1998. [5] In 1999 and 2004,she was elected to the 13th and 14th Lok Sabha respectively representing Khammam. Other positions include memberships on the Committee on Finance (1999–2000) and Committee on the Empowerment of Women (2000–2001). [1]
In May 2004 she became the Minister of State for Tourism in the UPA I government. She was the Union minister of State (Independent Charge) for Ministry of Women and Child Development in the UPA I government from January 2006 to May 2009. In the May 2009 Lok Sabha elections,Renuka Chowdary was defeated by Nama Nageswara Rao of TDP from Khammam by 1,24,448 votes. [6] The Mumbai newspaper,Mid Day,reported in 2009 that,in response to "Sri Ram Sena's Valentine's Day threat" Chowdary said that youth should "swarm" pubs and make a point to the "moral police brigade". [7] After the 2009 Mangalore pub attack by the Sri Ram Sena Chouwdary commented that Mangalore had been "talibanized". This resulted in a case being filed against her by the town's mayor,accusing her of glorifying isolated incidents and making generalized comments about the city. [8] [9] The "Pub Bharo" campaign was actually being headed by her younger daughter Tejaswini. [10]
Chowdary became a spokesperson for the Congress and was re-elected to Rajya Sabha in 2012, [11] and 2024 from Telangana. [12] [13]
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