Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy

Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy
YSR Postal Stamp 2010[1]
14th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh
In office 14 May 2004[2][3] – 2 September 2009[4]
Governor	Surjit Singh Barnala Sushilkumar Shinde Rameshwar Thakur N. D. Tiwari
Cabinet	Reddy I Reddy II
Preceded by	N. Chandrababu Naidu
Succeeded by	Konijeti Rosaiah
Additional ministries In office 14 May 2004 – 2 September 2009 Ministry and Departments General Administration Law & Order Other departments not allocated to any Minister Succeeded by Konijeti Rosaiah
12th Leader of the Opposition Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office 11 October 1999[5] – 13 May 2004
Governor	C. Rangarajan Surjit Singh Barnala
Chief Minister	N. Chandrababu Naidu
Preceded by	P. Janardhan Reddy
Succeeded by	N. Chandrababu Naidu
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 2 December 1989 – 26 April 1999
Preceded by	D. N. Reddy
Succeeded by	Y. S. Vivekananda Reddy
Constituency	Kadapa
12th President of Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee
In office 1998–1999
AICC President	Sonia Gandhi
Preceded by	Konijeti Rosaiah
Succeeded by	Satyanarayana Rao
In office 1983–1985
AICC President	Indira Gandhi Rajiv Gandhi
Preceded by	Gaddam Venkatswamy
Succeeded by	Jalagam Vengala Rao
Minister of Excise, Rural Development and Education[6] Government of Andhra Pradesh
In office 1980–1983
Governor	K. C. Abraham
Chief Minister	T. Anjaiah Bhavanam Venkatarami Reddy Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy
Succeeded by	Pusapati Ananda Gajapathi Raju Karanam Ramachandra Rao Tatiparthi Jeevan Reddy
Member of Legislative Assembly Andhra Pradesh
In office 11 October 1999 – 2 September 2009
Preceded by	Y. S. Vivekananda Reddy
Succeeded by	Y. S. Vijayamma
Constituency	Pulivendla
In office 5 March 1978 – 28 November 1989
Preceded by	Penchikala Basi Reddy
Succeeded by	Y. S. Vivekananda Reddy
Constituency	Pulivendla
Personal details
Born	Yeduguri Sandinti Rajasekhara Reddy (1949-07-08)8 July 1949 Pulivendula, Madras State (present-day Andhra Pradesh), India
Died	2 September 2009(2009-09-02) (aged 60) Nallamala Hills, Andhra Pradesh, India
Cause of death	Helicopter crash
Resting place	YSR Ghat, Idupulapaya
Political party	Indian National Congress
Spouse	Y.S. Vijayalakshmi ​ (m. 1971)​
Children	Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy (son) Y. S. Sharmila (daughter)
Parent	Y. S. Raja Reddy (father)
Relatives	Y. S. Vivekananda Reddy (brother) Y. S. Avinash Reddy (nephew)
Education	MBBS
Alma mater	Mahadevappa Rampure Medical College
Profession	Physician Politician

Yeduguri Sandinti Rajasekhara Reddy (8 July 1949 – 2 September 2009), popularly known as YSR, was an Indian politician. He served as the 14th chief minister of Andhra Pradesh from 2004 to 2009. Reddy was elected (1989, 1991, 1996 and 1998) four terms to the Lok Sabha from Kadapa and was also elected (1978, 1983, 1985, 1999, 2004 and 2009) six terms to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Pulivendula. Over the course of his career, he won every election that he contested, either to Assembly or Lok Sabha.

On 2 September 2009, a helicopter carrying Reddy went missing in the Nallamala Forest area which was later confirmed to have crashed with all five people including Reddy pronounced dead.^[7]