Ashok Gajapathi Raju

Pusapati Ashok Gajapathi Raju
Raju in 2015
29th Union Minister of Civil Aviation
In office 26 May 2014 – 9 March 2018
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Preceded by	Ajit Singh
Succeeded by	Suresh Prabhu
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 16 May 2014 – 23 May 2019
Preceded by	Botcha Jhansi Lakshmi
Succeeded by	Bellana Chandra Sekhar
Constituency	Vizianagaram
Minister for Finance, Commercial Tax, Excise, Legislative Affairs, Planning and Revenue Government of Andhra Pradesh
In office 1 September 1999 – 14 May 2004
Governor	Krishan Kant C. Rangarajan Surjit Singh Barnala
Chief Minister	N. Chandrababu Naidu
Preceded by	N. Chandrababu Naidu
Succeeded by	Konathala Ramakrishna
Minister of Legislative Affairs Government of Andhra Pradesh
In office 12 December 1994 – 1 September 1995
Governor	Krishan Kant
Chief Minister	N. T. Rama Rao
Minister of Excise Government of Andhra Pradesh
In office 1985–1989
Chief Minister	N. T. Rama Rao
Member of Legislative Assembly, Andhra Pradesh
In office 2009–2014
Preceded by	Kolagatla Veerabhadra Swamy
Succeeded by	Meesala Geetha
Constituency	Vizianagaram
In office 1978–2004
Preceded by	Appannadora Appasani
Succeeded by	Kolagatla Veerabhadra Swamy
Constituency	Vizianagaram
Personal details
Born	(1951-06-26) 26 June 1951 (age 73) Madras, Madras State, India (present-day Chennai, Tamil Nadu)
Political party	Telugu Desam Party
Residence	Vizianagaram
Alma mater	Hyderabad Public School

Pusapati Ashok Gajapathi Raju (born 26 June 1951) is an Indian politician and the former Union Minister for Civil Aviation in the Narendra Modi Government. A scion of royal family of Vizianagaram princely state, he is the younger son of the last Maharaja of Vizianagaram.^[1][2] He was a member of Andhra Pradesh State legislature for over twenty five years and was a Minister in the Govt. of A.P., for thirteen years holding the portfolios of Commercial Tax, Excise, Legislative affairs, Finance, Planning and Revenue.^[3]