Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy

Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy
Reddy in 2019
Member of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office
19 June 2014[1]
Preceded byY. S. Vijayamma
ConstituencyPulivendula
1st President of YSR Congress Party
Incumbent
Assumed office
12 March 2011
ChairpersonY. S. Vijayamma
(2011-2022)
Preceded byPosition Established
17th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh
In office
30 May 2019[2] – 12 June 2024
Governor
Deputy
CabinetJagan[7][8]
Preceded byN. Chandrababu Naidu
Succeeded byN. Chandrababu Naidu
Additional ministries
In office
30 May 2019 – 12 June 2024
Ministry and Departments
  • General Administration
  • Law & Order
  • Other departments not allocated to any Minister
Preceded byN. Chandrababu Naidu
Succeeded byN. Chandrababu Naidu
14th Leader of the Opposition,
Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office
20 June 2014[9] – 23 May 2019[10]
GovernorE. S. L. Narasimhan
Chief MinisterN. Chandrababu Naidu
Preceded byN. Chandrababu Naidu
Succeeded byN. Chandrababu Naidu
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
1 June 2009[11] – 18 May 2014
Preceded byY. S. Vivekananda Reddy
Succeeded byY. S. Avinash Reddy
ConstituencyKadapa, Andhra Pradesh
Personal details
Born
Yeduguri Sandinti Jagan Mohan Reddy

(1972-12-21) 21 December 1972 (age 51)
Jammalamadugu, Andhra Pradesh, India
Political partyYSR Congress Party
Other political
affiliations		Indian National Congress (until 2011)
Spouse
Y. S. Bharathi
​
(m. 1996)​
Children2
Parents
Relatives
Residence(s)Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh
Alma materPragathi Mahavidyalaya[12]
(BCom)
OccupationPolitician

Yeduguri Sandinti Jagan Mohan Reddy (born 21 December 1972), also known mononymously as Jagan, is an Indian politician, currently serving as the Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) representing Pulivendula Assembly constituency in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative assembly. He served as the 17th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh from 2019 to 2024, and is the current president of the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP). He is also the son of Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy.

Jagan Mohan Reddy started his political career in the Indian National Congress and was elected as the Member of Parliament of Kadapa in 2009.[13] After his father's death due to a helicopter crash in 2009, he started an Odarpu Yatra (a consoling tour) across the state.[14] He then eventually came out of the Congress Party and established his own party, YSR Congress Party which also matches his father's acronym, YSR.[15]

On 27 May 2012, Reddy was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on embezzlement charges. CBI summoned Reddy for allegedly amassing huge assets through illegal means by using his father's office, Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy, when he was the chief minister. CBI and ED has also summoned 58 companies of investing in Reddy's businesses, for the favours they allegedly received in the form of mining leases, allotments of projects.[16] His judicial custody was extended repeatedly as the investigation proceeded.[17][18][19] The Supreme Court of India dismissed his bail petition on 4 July 2012,[20][21] 9 August 2012, 7 November 2012,[22] 9 May 2013,[23] and 13 May 2013.[24][25]

In the 2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly elections, YSRCP won 67 seats and he became the Leader of the Opposition.[26] Five years later, in 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly elections, he led the party to a landslide victory in the state elections by winning 151 seats of the total 175 assembly segments.[27] His party suffered severe anti-incumbency and defeat in the 2024 Andhra Pradesh legislative assembly election slumping down to a meagre 11 seats from 151 in 2019.[28][29][30]

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