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M. Venkaiah Naidu
M. Venkaiah Naidu
	Official portrait, 2017
13th Vice President of India
	In office; 11 August 2017 – 11 August 2022
President	Ram Nath Kovind; Droupadi Murmu;
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Preceded by	Mohammad Hamid Ansari
Succeeded by	Jagdeep Dhankhar
Union Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs
	In office; 6 July 2017 – 17 July 2017
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Preceded by	Girija Vyas
Succeeded by	Narendra Singh Tomar
Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting
	In office; 5 July 2016 – 17 July 2017
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Preceded by	Arun Jaitley
Succeeded by	Smriti Irani
Union Minister of Urban Development, Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation
	In office; 26 May 2014 – 6 July 2017
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Preceded by	Kamal Nath
Succeeded by	Narendra Singh Tomar
Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs
	In office; 26 May 2014 – 5 July 2016
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Preceded by	Kamal Nath
Succeeded by	Ananth Kumar
7th National President of Bharatiya Janata Party
	In office; 1 July 2002 – 5 October 2004
Preceded by	Jana Krishnamurthi
Succeeded by	L. K. Advani
Union Minister for Rural Development
	In office; 30 September 2000 – 30 June 2002
Prime Minister	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Preceded by	Sunder Lal Patwa
Succeeded by	Kashiram Rana
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
	In office; 5 July 2016 – 10 August 2017
Preceded by	Anand Sharma
Succeeded by	Alphons Kannanthanam
Constituency	Rajasthan
	In office; 27 March 1998 – 5 July 2016
Preceded by	H. D. Deve Gowda
Succeeded by	Nirmala Sitharaman
Constituency	Karnataka
3rd President of the ; Bharatiya Janata Party, Andhra Pradesh
	In office; 1988–1993
National President	L. K. Advani; Murli Manohar Joshi;
Preceded by	Bangaru Laxman
Succeeded by	V. Rama Rao
Member of Legislative Assembly; United Andhra Pradesh
	In office; 1978–1985
Preceded by	Ponneboyina Chenchuramaiah
Succeeded by	Mekapati Rajamohan Reddy
Constituency	Udayagiri
Personal details
Born	Muppavarapu Venkaiah Naidu; 1 July 1948 (age 76); Chavatapalem, Madras Province, Dominion of India (present-day Andhra Pradesh, India)
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse	Usha Naidu (m. 1970)
Children	2
Residence(s)	1 Tyagaraja Marg, New Delhi ; 29, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad
Alma mater	Andhra University (LLB)
Awards	Padma Vibhushan (2024)
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Muppavarapu Venkaiah Naidu (born 1 July 1948) is an Indian politician who served as the 13th vice president of India from 2017 to 2022. He is the first Indian vice president born in independent India.^[4]^[5] He has also served as the minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, Urban Development and Information and Broadcasting in the Modi Cabinet.^[6]

Naidu has also served as the national president of Bhartiya Janta Party from 2002 to 2004.^[7] Earlier, he was the Union Cabinet Minister for Rural Development in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government.^[8]^[9] He took the oath as the vice president of India and the chairman of the Rajya Sabha (ex-officio as the Vice President) on 11 August 2017.^[10] In 2024, The Government of India honoured him with Padma Vibhushan, the second highest civilian award.^[11]^[12]

Early life

Venkaiah Naidu was born on 1 July 1948 at Chavatapalem village (near Venkatachalam) in Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh, to Rangaiah Naidu and Ramanamma.^[13]^[14] He completed his schooling from Zilla Parshad High School, Bucchireddy Palem (Nellore), and pursued his bachelor's degree in politics and diplomatic studies at V. R. College, Nellore. Later, he acquired a bachelor's degree in law with specialisation in international law from Andhra University College of Law, Visakhapatnam.^[15]^[16] He was a swayamsevak in the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and joined ABVP during his college days. He was elected as the president of the students' union of colleges affiliated with the Andhra University. He came into the spotlight for his prominent role in the Jai Andhra Movement of 1972. While Kakani Venkata Ratnam led the movement from Vijayawada, Naidu took active part in the agitation in Nellore, until it was called off a year later.

In 1974, he became the convener of the corruption Jayaprakash Narayan Chhatra Sangharsh Samiti of Andhra Pradesh. He took to the streets in protest against the Emergency and was imprisoned. From 1977 to 1980, he was president of its youth wing.

Political career

Both as a student leader and political figure, Naidu gained prominence as an orator who championed the cause of the farmers and the development of backward areas. His oratory skills and political activism propelled his political career, and he was elected as an MLA to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly twice from Udaygiri constituency in Nellore district in 1978 and 1983. He rose to become one of the most popular leaders of the BJP in Andhra Pradesh.^[17]

After serving in various organisational posts of the BJP at the state and national level, he was elected as a member of the Rajya Sabha from Karnataka in 1998.^[18] He was re-elected twice, in 2004 and 2010, from Karnataka.^[19]^[20] He served as the party spokesperson from 1996 to 2000, bringing to the job his panache for quirky alliterations and similes. Unlike most politicians from southern India, Naidu made an effort to master Hindi, going on to address public rallies in northern India.^[21]

After the NDA victory in the 1999 general elections, he became the Union Cabinet Minister for Rural Development in the government headed by Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.^[22] He was known for aggressively pushing for reforms in rural development and for the many schemes introduced during this period such as the 'Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana'.^[23]^[24]^[25]

President of BJP (2002–04)

Naidu succeeded Jana Krishnamurthi as the National President of the Bharatiya Janata Party in 2003.^[26] On 28 January 2004, he was elected unopposed for a full three-year term.^[27] After the defeat of the BJP-led NDA in the 2004 general elections, he resigned from his post on 18 October 2004 and was succeeded by L. K. Advani.^[28] However, he remained at the forefront of the BJP as one of its senior vice-presidents and an important campaigner. Naidu raised the "Special Status to Andhra Pradesh" issue in Rajya Sabha (as opposition member in February 2014) and demanded special category state status to Andhra Pradesh. The Prime Minister agreed to it, though it was not included in the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act.

Minister of Urban Affairs

Following the victory of the BJP in the 2014 general elections, he was sworn in as the Minister for Urban Development and Parliamentary Affairs on 26 May 2014.^[29]

Naidu is also involved with the Swarna Bharat Trust, a social service organisation founded by him in Nellore.^[30] The trust runs a school for poor, orphaned and special-needs children and imparts self-employment training programsme, especially for women and youth.

He was nominated by the BJP on 29 May 2016 for the Rajya Sabha from Rajasthan and was elected.

Vice Presidency (2017–2022)

On 5 July 2016, he concurrently served as Minister of Information and Broadcasting. A year later, he resigned from both offices to contest the 2017 vice presidential election. He won the election to become India's 13th Vice President.^[31] He obtained 516 votes against UPA candidate Gopalkrishna Gandhi, who received 244 votes. As his tenure ended, Naidu decided to move back to Hyderabad with his family and declared that he will resume his career in the service of the nation.^[32] He was succeeded by Jagdeep Dhankhar on 11 August 2022.

Positions held

1973–74: President, Students' Union, Andhra University
1974: Convener, Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Yuvajana Chatra Sangharsha Samithi, Andhra Pradesh
1977–80: President, Youth Wings of Janata Party, Andhra Pradesh
1978–85: Member, Legislative Assembly, Andhra Pradesh (2 terms)
1980–85: Leader, B.J.P Legislative Party in Andhra Pradesh
1985–88: General Secretary, Andhra Pradesh State BJP
1988–93: President, Andhra Pradesh State BJP
Naidu at his farewell ceremony as vice president at New Delhi in August 2022.
1993 – September 2000: National General Secretary, Bharatiya Janata Party
Secretary, BJP Parliamentary Board
Secretary, BJP Central Election Committee
Spokesperson of the BJP
Since 1998: Member, Rajya Sabha from Karnataka (3 terms)
30 September 2000 – 1 July 2002: Minister of Rural Development
1 July 2002 – 5 October 2004: National President, Bharatiya Janata Party
April 2005 - 10 August 2017: National Vice-president, Bharatiya Janata Party.
2014–2017: Minister of Urban Development, Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation and Parliamentary Affairs^[33]
2016–2017: Minister of Information and Broadcasting
2017–2022: Vice President of India

Awards and honours

State honours

Comoros: Commander of the Order of the Green Crescent of the Comoros (3 August 2019)^[34]

India: Padma Vibhushan (2024)^[35]

Honorary degrees

University for Peace: Honorary Doctorate (Honoris causa) (8 March 2019)

References

^ "People will keep calling Venkaiah Naidu for something or other, says PM Modi". The Hindu. 8 August 2022. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
^ "'It is Tyagaraja Marg, not Tyag Raj Marg': Naidu to mend new home address". Tribune. 9 August 2022. Archived from the original on 10 August 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
^ "Traffic curbs: Venkaiah Naidu's visit". The Hindu. 29 July 2022. Archived from the original on 11 August 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
^ Naidu, M Venkaiah (11 August 2020). "An emotionally integrated India offers the best defence against both internal and external threats and challenges". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 2 June 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
^ "Venkaiah Naidu Vice President". Patrika.^{[dead link‍]}
^ PTI (25 June 2014). "Venkaiah Naidu, BJP's south Indian face gets second stint in government". Indian Express. Archived from the original on 3 July 2014. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
^ "Naidu's journey from pasting party posters to being Vice President". Rediff. PTI. 5 August 2017. Archived from the original on 8 June 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
^ "BJP wins all seats from Rajasthan - the Hindu". The Hindu. 11 June 2016. Archived from the original on 11 June 2016. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
^ "Cabinet reshuffle: Portfolios of Modi's ministers". 5 July 2016. Archived from the original on 12 August 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
^ PTI (11 August 2017). "Venkaiah Naidu as vice president, Rajya Sabha chairman a tribute to democracy: Modi". Livemint. Archived from the original on 2 June 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
^ "Padma Awards 2024: Former VP Venkaiah Naidu, actor Chiranjeevi, dancer Vyjayanthimala honoured with Padma Vibhushan". The Times of India. 25 January 2024. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
^ "Padma Awardees List 2024" (PDF). Padma Awards. 25 January 2024. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
^ GOI Profile [1] Archived 19 July 2019 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Elections in India". Archived from the original on 1 May 2019. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
^ "Biography". M.Venkaiah Naidu Personal website.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ Layak, Suman (10 July 2016), "Cabinet reshuffle: Modi government's got talent but is it being fully utilised?", The Economic Times, archived from the original on 15 July 2016, retrieved 13 July 2016
^ Krishna Rao, V M (18 July 2017). "Venkaiah Naidu: A true friend of Telangana, Andhra Pradesh". Deccan Chronicle. Archived from the original on 26 July 2022. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
^ "Venkaiah Naidu files papers for Rajya Sabha". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 18 May 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
^ "Venkaiah Naidu among 10 elected to Rajya Sabha". The Hindu. 29 June 2004. Archived from the original on 4 March 2006. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
^ "Rajya Sabha elections: Mallya, Venkaiah, Paswan, Rudy win". NDTV. Archived from the original on 18 May 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
^ "Apart from mother tongue, it is essential to learn Hindi: Venkaiah". The Hindu. 9 September 2021. Archived from the original on 26 July 2022. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
^ "Party man Venkaiah Naidu makes debut in government". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
^ "Dreams of a novice". India Today. Archived from the original on 18 May 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
^ "PRADHAN MANTRI GRAM SADAK YOJANA : A BOON FOR RURAL INDIA". PIB news. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
^ "Milking Naidu style". India Today. Archived from the original on 18 May 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
^ "Venkaiah Naidu takes over as new BJP chief". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 18 May 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
^ "Venkaiah Naidu elected BJP chief again". The Hindu. 29 January 2004. Archived from the original on 15 April 2005. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
^ "Venkaiah Naidu quits; Advani is BJP chief". The Hindu. 19 October 2004. Archived from the original on 3 November 2013. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
^ "Venkaiah Naidu takes charge as Urban Development minister". The Hans India. 28 May 2014. Archived from the original on 26 July 2022. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
^ "Swarna Bharat Trust to Strive for Progress of Women, Rural Folk". The New Indian Express. 11 January 2016. Archived from the original on 17 June 2016. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
^ "M Venkaiah Naidu Is India's Next Vice President". 5 August 2017. Archived from the original on 5 August 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
^ "Will Be "On The Move": Venkaiah Naidu As Vice-President Tenure Ends". NDTV. PTI. 10 August 2022. Archived from the original on 11 August 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
^ Samdani, M. N. (27 May 2014). "Venkaiah Naidu: One who kept most leaders happy | Hyderabad News - Times of India". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 20 February 2019. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
^ "Voici qu'il faut savoir des accords signes entre les Comores et l'Inde". Comoros-Infos. 11 October 2019. Archived from the original on 12 October 2019. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
^ "Padma Awardees List 2024" (PDF). Padma Awards. 25 January 2024. Retrieved 25 January 2024.

External links

Detailed Profile: Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu Archived 30 January 2019 at the Wayback Machine
Venkaiah Naidu on Twitter
Venkaiah Naidu's Indian Express Column

Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Preceded by Ponneboyina Chenchuramaiah	Member of the Legislative Assembly for Udayagiri 1978–1985	Succeeded by Mekapati Rajamohan Reddy
Rajya Sabha
Preceded by H. D. Deve Gowda	Member of Parliament for Karnataka 1998–2016	Succeeded by Nirmala Sitharaman
Preceded by Anand Sharma	Member of Parliament for Rajasthan 2016–2017	Succeeded by Alphons Kannanthanam
Political offices
Preceded by Sunder Lal Patwa	Minister of Rural Development 2000–2002	Vacant Title next held by Kashiram Rana
Preceded by Kamal Nath	Minister of Parliamentary Affairs 2014–2016	Succeeded by Ananth Kumar
Preceded by Kamal Nath	Minister of Urban Development 2014–2017	Succeeded by Narendra Singh Tomar
Preceded by Girija Vyas	Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation 2014–2017	Succeeded by Narendra Singh Tomar
Preceded by Arun Jaitley	Minister of Information and Broadcasting 2016–2017	Succeeded by Smriti Irani
Preceded by Mohammad Hamid Ansari	Vice President of India 2017–2022	Succeeded by Jagdeep Dhankhar
Party political offices
Preceded by Jana Krishnamurthi	President of the Bharatiya Janata Party 2002–2004	Succeeded by L. K. Advani
Preceded by Jaswant Singh	National Democratic Alliance nominee for Vice President of India 2017	Succeeded by Jagdeep Dhankhar

[1] "People will keep calling Venkaiah Naidu for something or other, says PM Modi". The Hindu. 8 August 2022. Retrieved 13 August 2022.

[2] "'It is Tyagaraja Marg, not Tyag Raj Marg': Naidu to mend new home address". Tribune. 9 August 2022. Archived from the original on 10 August 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2022.

[3] "Traffic curbs: Venkaiah Naidu's visit". The Hindu. 29 July 2022. Archived from the original on 11 August 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2022.

[4] Naidu, M Venkaiah (11 August 2020). "An emotionally integrated India offers the best defence against both internal and external threats and challenges". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 2 June 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2020.

[5] "Venkaiah Naidu Vice President". Patrika.^{[dead link‍]}

[ref-6] PTI (25 June 2014). "Venkaiah Naidu, BJP's south Indian face gets second stint in government". Indian Express. Archived from the original on 3 July 2014. Retrieved 25 June 2014.

[7] "Naidu's journey from pasting party posters to being Vice President". Rediff. PTI. 5 August 2017. Archived from the original on 8 June 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022.

[8] "BJP wins all seats from Rajasthan - the Hindu". The Hindu. 11 June 2016. Archived from the original on 11 June 2016. Retrieved 12 June 2016.

[9] "Cabinet reshuffle: Portfolios of Modi's ministers". 5 July 2016. Archived from the original on 12 August 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2016.

[10] PTI (11 August 2017). "Venkaiah Naidu as vice president, Rajya Sabha chairman a tribute to democracy: Modi". Livemint. Archived from the original on 2 June 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2020.

[11] "Padma Awards 2024: Former VP Venkaiah Naidu, actor Chiranjeevi, dancer Vyjayanthimala honoured with Padma Vibhushan". The Times of India. 25 January 2024. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 25 January 2024.

[12] "Padma Awardees List 2024" (PDF). Padma Awards. 25 January 2024. Retrieved 28 January 2024.

[13] GOI Profile [1] Archived 19 July 2019 at the Wayback Machine

[14] "Elections in India". Archived from the original on 1 May 2019. Retrieved 1 May 2019.

[mvn12-15] "Biography". M.Venkaiah Naidu Personal website.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[16] Layak, Suman (10 July 2016), "Cabinet reshuffle: Modi government's got talent but is it being fully utilised?", The Economic Times, archived from the original on 15 July 2016, retrieved 13 July 2016

[17] Krishna Rao, V M (18 July 2017). "Venkaiah Naidu: A true friend of Telangana, Andhra Pradesh". Deccan Chronicle. Archived from the original on 26 July 2022. Retrieved 26 July 2022.

[mvn11-18] "Venkaiah Naidu files papers for Rajya Sabha". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 18 May 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2014.

[mvn_8-19] "Venkaiah Naidu among 10 elected to Rajya Sabha". The Hindu. 29 June 2004. Archived from the original on 4 March 2006. Retrieved 22 May 2014.

[mvn10-20] "Rajya Sabha elections: Mallya, Venkaiah, Paswan, Rudy win". NDTV. Archived from the original on 18 May 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2014.

[21] "Apart from mother tongue, it is essential to learn Hindi: Venkaiah". The Hindu. 9 September 2021. Archived from the original on 26 July 2022. Retrieved 26 July 2022.

[mvn1-22] "Party man Venkaiah Naidu makes debut in government". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2014.

[mvn2-23] "Dreams of a novice". India Today. Archived from the original on 18 May 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2014.

[mvn3-24] "PRADHAN MANTRI GRAM SADAK YOJANA : A BOON FOR RURAL INDIA". PIB news. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2014.

[mvn4-25] "Milking Naidu style". India Today. Archived from the original on 18 May 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2014.

[mvn5-26] "Venkaiah Naidu takes over as new BJP chief". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 18 May 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2014.

[mvn6-27] "Venkaiah Naidu elected BJP chief again". The Hindu. 29 January 2004. Archived from the original on 15 April 2005. Retrieved 22 May 2014.

[mvn_7-28] "Venkaiah Naidu quits; Advani is BJP chief". The Hindu. 19 October 2004. Archived from the original on 3 November 2013. Retrieved 22 May 2014.

[29] "Venkaiah Naidu takes charge as Urban Development minister". The Hans India. 28 May 2014. Archived from the original on 26 July 2022. Retrieved 26 July 2022.

[venkaiah_sbt-30] "Swarna Bharat Trust to Strive for Progress of Women, Rural Folk". The New Indian Express. 11 January 2016. Archived from the original on 17 June 2016. Retrieved 22 February 2021.

[31] "M Venkaiah Naidu Is India's Next Vice President". 5 August 2017. Archived from the original on 5 August 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2017.

[32] "Will Be "On The Move": Venkaiah Naidu As Vice-President Tenure Ends". NDTV. PTI. 10 August 2022. Archived from the original on 11 August 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2022.

[33] Samdani, M. N. (27 May 2014). "Venkaiah Naidu: One who kept most leaders happy | Hyderabad News - Times of India". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 20 February 2019. Retrieved 22 February 2021.

[34] "Voici qu'il faut savoir des accords signes entre les Comores et l'Inde". Comoros-Infos. 11 October 2019. Archived from the original on 12 October 2019. Retrieved 13 October 2019.

[35] "Padma Awardees List 2024" (PDF). Padma Awards. 25 January 2024. Retrieved 25 January 2024.

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-'''Muppavarapu Venkaiah Naidu''' (born 1 July 1949) is an Indian politician who served as the 13th [[vice president of India]] from 2017 to 2022. He is the first Indian vice president born in independent India.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Naidu |first1=M Venkaiah |title=An emotionally integrated India offers the best defence against both internal and external threats and challenges |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/india-independence-day-2020-coronavirus-mahatma-gandhi-ram-temple-ayodhya-venkaiah-naidu-6547843/lite/ |access-date=11 August 2020 |work=The Indian Express |date=11 August 2020 |language=en |archive-date=2 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602214920/https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/india-independence-day-2020-coronavirus-mahatma-gandhi-ram-temple-ayodhya-venkaiah-naidu-6547843/lite/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Venkaiah Naidu Vice President|work=[[Rajasthan Patrika|Patrika]] |url=https://www.patrika.com/alwar-news/rath-mla-in-alwar-2253545/c}}{{dead link|date=July 2021}}</ref> He has also served as the [[Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation|minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation]], [[Ministry of Urban Development (India)|Urban Development]] and [[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)|Information and Broadcasting]] in the [[First Modi ministry|Modi Cabinet]].<ref name="ref">{{cite news|title=Venkaiah Naidu, BJP's south Indian face gets second stint in government|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/politics/venkaiah-naidu-bjps-south-indian-face-gets-second-stint-in-government/|work=Indian Express|last=PTI|date=25 June 2014|access-date=25 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140703011649/http://indianexpress.com/article/india/politics/venkaiah-naidu-bjps-south-indian-face-gets-second-stint-in-government/|archive-date=3 July 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>
+'''Muppavarapu Venkaiah Naidu''' (born 1 July 1948) is an Indian politician who served as the 13th [[vice president of India]] from 2017 to 2022. He is the first Indian vice president born in independent India.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Naidu |first1=M Venkaiah |title=An emotionally integrated India offers the best defence against both internal and external threats and challenges |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/india-independence-day-2020-coronavirus-mahatma-gandhi-ram-temple-ayodhya-venkaiah-naidu-6547843/lite/ |access-date=11 August 2020 |work=The Indian Express |date=11 August 2020 |language=en |archive-date=2 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602214920/https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/india-independence-day-2020-coronavirus-mahatma-gandhi-ram-temple-ayodhya-venkaiah-naidu-6547843/lite/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Venkaiah Naidu Vice President|work=[[Rajasthan Patrika|Patrika]] |url=https://www.patrika.com/alwar-news/rath-mla-in-alwar-2253545/c}}{{dead link|date=July 2021}}</ref> He has also served as the [[Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation|minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation]], [[Ministry of Urban Development (India)|Urban Development]] and [[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)|Information and Broadcasting]] in the [[First Modi ministry|Modi Cabinet]].<ref name="ref">{{cite news|title=Venkaiah Naidu, BJP's south Indian face gets second stint in government|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/politics/venkaiah-naidu-bjps-south-indian-face-gets-second-stint-in-government/|work=Indian Express|last=PTI|date=25 June 2014|access-date=25 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140703011649/http://indianexpress.com/article/india/politics/venkaiah-naidu-bjps-south-indian-face-gets-second-stint-in-government/|archive-date=3 July 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>
 Naidu has also served as the national president of [[Bhartiya Janta Party]] from 2002 to 2004.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Naidu's journey from pasting party posters to being Vice President |url=https://www.rediff.com/news/report/naidus-journey-from-pasting-party-posters-to-vice-president/20170805.htm |access-date=12 August 2022 |work=Rediff |agency=PTI |date=5 August 2017 |archive-date=8 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220608162151/https://www.rediff.com/news/report/naidus-journey-from-pasting-party-posters-to-vice-president/20170805.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> Earlier, he was the Union Cabinet Minister for Rural Development in the [[Third Vajpayee ministry|Atal Bihari Vajpayee government]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/bjp-wins-all-seats-from-rajasthan/article8718901.ece |title=BJP wins all seats from Rajasthan - the Hindu |website=[[The Hindu]] |date=11 June 2016 |access-date=12 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160611214003/http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/bjp-wins-all-seats-from-rajasthan/article8718901.ece |archive-date=11 June 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://m.hindustantimes.com/india-news/cabinet-reshuffle-portfolios-of-modi-s-ministers/story-aMmHcm2zuPe01v4BZQd7MN.html|title=Cabinet reshuffle: Portfolios of Modi's ministers|date=5 July 2016|access-date=5 July 2016|archive-date=12 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220812164608/https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/cabinet-reshuffle-portfolios-of-modi-s-ministers/story-aMmHcm2zuPe01v4BZQd7MN.html|url-status=live}}</ref> He took the oath as the vice president of India and the chairman of the [[Rajya Sabha]] (ex-officio as the Vice President) on 11 August 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|last=PTI|date=11 August 2017|title=Venkaiah Naidu as vice president, Rajya Sabha chairman a tribute to democracy: Modi|url=https://www.livemint.com/Politics/uNHjGURcBSxQifpdYYr76H/Venkaiah-Naidu-as-vice-president-Rajya-Sabha-chairman-a-tri.html|access-date=1 July 2020|website=Livemint|language=en|archive-date=2 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602214920/https://www.livemint.com/Politics/uNHjGURcBSxQifpdYYr76H/Venkaiah-Naidu-as-vice-president-Rajya-Sabha-chairman-a-tri.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2024, The Government of India honoured him with [[Padma Vibhushan]], the second highest civilian award.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Padma Awards 2024: Former VP Venkaiah Naidu, actor Chiranjeevi, dancer Vyjayanthimala honoured with Padma Vibhushan |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/padma-awards-2024-former-vp-venkaiah-naidu-actor-chiranjeevi-dancer-vyjayanthimala-honoured-with-padma-vibhushan/articleshow/107154258.cms |work=The Times of India |date=25 January 2024 |access-date=25 January 2024 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Padma Awardees List 2024 |url=https://www.padmaawards.gov.in/Content/PadmaAwardees2024.pdf |website=Padma Awards |date=25 January 2024 |access-date=28 January 2024}}</ref>
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 == Early life ==
-Venkaiah Naidu was born on 1 July 1949 at Chavatapalem village (near [[Venkatachalam mandal|Venkatachalam]]) in [[Nellore district]] of [[Andhra Pradesh]], to Rangaiah Naidu and Ramanamma.<ref>GOI Profile [https://vicepresidentofindia.nic.in/profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190719230331/https://vicepresidentofindia.nic.in/profile|date=19 July 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.elections.in/political-leaders/m-venkaiah-naidu.html |title=Elections in India |access-date=1 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190501171442/http://www.elections.in/political-leaders/m-venkaiah-naidu.html |archive-date=1 May 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> He completed his schooling from [[Zilla Parishad High School|Zilla Parshad High School]], [[Buchireddypalem|Bucchireddy Palem]] (Nellore), and pursued his bachelor's degree in politics and diplomatic studies at V. R. College, Nellore. Later, he acquired a bachelor's degree in law with specialisation in international law from [[Andhra University College of Law]], [[Visakhapatnam]].<ref name=mvn12>{{cite web|title=Biography|url=http://mutthavarapuvenkaiahnaidu.com/biography/|publisher=M.Venkaiah Naidu Personal website}}{{Dead link|date=September 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{citation |title=Cabinet reshuffle: Modi government's got talent but is it being fully utilised? |url=http://m.economictimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/cabinet-reshuffle-modi-governments-got-talent-but-is-it-being-fully-utilised/articleshow/53132757.cms |work=[[The Economic Times]] |date=10 July 2016 |access-date=13 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160715095557/http://m.economictimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/cabinet-reshuffle-modi-governments-got-talent-but-is-it-being-fully-utilised/articleshow/53132757.cms |archive-date=15 July 2016 |url-status=live  |last1=Layak |first1=Suman }}</ref> He was a ''swayamsevak'' in the [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh]] and joined [[Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad|ABVP]] during his college days. He was elected as the president of the students' union of colleges affiliated with the [[Andhra University]]. He came into the spotlight for his prominent role in the [[1972 Jai Andhra movement|Jai Andhra Movement]] of 1972. While [[Kakani Venkata Ratnam]] led the movement from [[Vijayawada]], Naidu took active part in the agitation in Nellore, until it was called off a year later.
+Venkaiah Naidu was born on 1 July 1948 at Chavatapalem village (near [[Venkatachalam mandal|Venkatachalam]]) in [[Nellore district]] of [[Andhra Pradesh]], to Rangaiah Naidu and Ramanamma.<ref>GOI Profile [https://vicepresidentofindia.nic.in/profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190719230331/https://vicepresidentofindia.nic.in/profile|date=19 July 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.elections.in/political-leaders/m-venkaiah-naidu.html |title=Elections in India |access-date=1 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190501171442/http://www.elections.in/political-leaders/m-venkaiah-naidu.html |archive-date=1 May 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> He completed his schooling from [[Zilla Parishad High School|Zilla Parshad High School]], [[Buchireddypalem|Bucchireddy Palem]] (Nellore), and pursued his bachelor's degree in politics and diplomatic studies at V. R. College, Nellore. Later, he acquired a bachelor's degree in law with specialisation in international law from [[Andhra University College of Law]], [[Visakhapatnam]].<ref name=mvn12>{{cite web|title=Biography|url=http://mutthavarapuvenkaiahnaidu.com/biography/|publisher=M.Venkaiah Naidu Personal website}}{{Dead link|date=September 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{citation |title=Cabinet reshuffle: Modi government's got talent but is it being fully utilised? |url=http://m.economictimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/cabinet-reshuffle-modi-governments-got-talent-but-is-it-being-fully-utilised/articleshow/53132757.cms |work=[[The Economic Times]] |date=10 July 2016 |access-date=13 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160715095557/http://m.economictimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/cabinet-reshuffle-modi-governments-got-talent-but-is-it-being-fully-utilised/articleshow/53132757.cms |archive-date=15 July 2016 |url-status=live  |last1=Layak |first1=Suman }}</ref> He was a ''swayamsevak'' in the [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh]] and joined [[Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad|ABVP]] during his college days. He was elected as the president of the students' union of colleges affiliated with the [[Andhra University]]. He came into the spotlight for his prominent role in the [[1972 Jai Andhra movement|Jai Andhra Movement]] of 1972. While [[Kakani Venkata Ratnam]] led the movement from [[Vijayawada]], Naidu took active part in the agitation in Nellore, until it was called off a year later.
 In 1974, he became the convener of the corruption [[Jayaprakash Narayan]] Chhatra Sangharsh Samiti of Andhra Pradesh. He took to the streets in protest against [[The Emergency (India)|the Emergency]] and was imprisoned. From 1977 to 1980, he was president of its youth wing.
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Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Zakir Husain V. V. Giri Gopal Swarup Pathak B. D. Jatti Mohammad Hidayatullah Ramaswamy Venkataraman Shankar Dayal Sharma K. R. Narayanan Krishan Kant Bhairon Singh Shekhawat Mohammad Hamid Ansari Venkaiah Naidu Jagdeep Dhankhar (Incumbent)
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v t e Bharatiya Janata Party
Party presidents	Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1980–86) L. K. Advani (1986–91, 1993–98, 2004–06) Murli Manohar Joshi (1991–93) Kushabhau Thakre (1998–2000) Bangaru Laxman (2000–01) Jana Krishnamurthi (2001–02) Venkaiah Naidu (2002–04) Rajnath Singh (2006–09) Nitin Gadkari (2009–13) Rajnath Singh (2013–14) Amit Shah (2014–2020) J. P. Nadda (2020–present)
Current vice presidents	Vasundhara Raje Saudan Singh Baijayant Panda Saroj Pandey Rekha Verma Annpurna Devi Bharti Shiyal D. K. Aruna M. Chuba Ao A. P. Abdullakutty Laxmikant Bajpai Lata Usendi Tariq Mansoor
Prime ministers	Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1996; 1998–2004) Narendra Modi (2014–present)
Deputy prime ministers	L. K. Advani (2002–2004)
Other prominent leaders	Arun Jaitley Bhavurao Deshpande Nirmala Sitharaman Piyush Goyal Kalyan Singh Anandiben Patel Smriti Irani Ravi Shankar Prasad Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi Sushil Kumar Modi Ram Naik Suvendu Adhikari Sarbananda Sonowal Chandrakant Bacchu Patil Dilip Ghosh Jamyang Tsering Namgyal Madan Lal Khurana Sahib Singh Verma Sushma Swaraj Manohar Parrikar Keshubhai Patel Shanta Kumar Prem Kumar Dhumal Babulal Marandi Arjun Munda D. V. Sadananda Gowda Jagadish Shettar Sunder Lal Patwa Uma Bharti Babulal Gaur Devendra Fadnavis Bhairon Singh Shekhawat Ram Prakash Gupta Jagdambika Pal Nityanand Swami Bhagat Singh Koshyari B. C. Khanduri Ramesh Pokhriyal Trivendra Singh Rawat Gulab Chand Kataria Hriday Narayan Dikshit Biswabhusan Harichandan Bandaru Dattatreya Draupadi Murmu Vajubhai Vala Kalraj Mishra Banwarilal Purohit Tamilisai Soundararajan Manoj Sinha Suresh Prabhu B. S. Yediyurappa Yogi Adityanath Himanta Biswa Sarma
Current chief ministers	Devendra Fadnavis Pema Khandu Himanta Biswa Sarma Vishnu Deo Sai Pramod Sawant Bhupendrabhai Patel Nayab Singh Saini Mohan Yadav Mohan Charan Majhi Bhajan Lal Sharma N. Biren Singh Yogi Adityanath Manik Saha Pushkar Singh Dhami
Current deputy chief ministers	Chowna Mein Yanthungo Patton Brajesh Pathak Keshav Prasad Maurya Samrat Chaudhary Vijay Kumar Sinha Arun Sao Vijay Sharma Rajendra Shukla Jagdish Devda Diya Kumari Prem Chand Bairwa Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo Pravati Parida
Current national spokespersons	Anil Baluni Sanjay Mayukh Sambit Patra Sudhanshu Trivedi Syed Shahnawaz Hussain Rajiv Pratap Rudy Nalin Kohli Rajeev Chandrasekhar Gaurav Bhatia Syed Zafar Islam Tom Vadakkan Sanju Verma Gopal Krishna Agarwal Iqbal Singh Lalpura R. P. Singh Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore Aparajita Sarangi Heena Gavit Guruprakash Mmhonlumo Kikon Raju Bista K. K. Sharma
Current general secretaries	Arun Singh Dushyant Kumar Gautam Tarun Chugh Vinod Tawde Sunil Bansal Dr. Radha Mohan Das Agarwal B. L. Santhosh (Organisation) Shiv Prakash (Organisation)
Current national secretaries	Vijaya Rahatkar Arvind Menon Pankaja Munde Dr. Narendra Singh Alka Gujar Om Prakash Dhurve Rituraj Sinha Kamakhya Prasad Tasa Surendra Singh Nagar Anil Antony Manjinder Singh Sirsa Om Prakash Dhankar
Political wings	National Executive Committee Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha BJP Mahila Morcha BJP IT Cell State Units State Presidents
Related organisations	Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh Bharatiya Jana Sangh Janata Party Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh Bharatiya Kisan Sangh Swadeshi Jagaran Manch Vishva Hindu Parishad
Others	Hindutva Hindu nationalism Integral humanism Electoral history Party leaders in the Parliament Rajya Sabha members

v t e Recipients of Padma Vibhushan
Arts	Ebrahim Alkazi Kishori Amonkar Prabha Atre Amitabh Bachchan Teejan Bai M. Balamuralikrishna T. Balasaraswati S. P. Balasubrahmanyam Asha Bhosle Nandalal Bose Hariprasad Chaurasia Chiranjeevi Girija Devi Kumar Gandharva Adoor Gopalakrishnan Satish Gujral Gangubai Hangal Bhupen Hazarika M. F. Husain Zakir Hussain Ilaiyaraaja Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer Bhimsen Joshi Ali Akbar Khan Amjad Ali Khan Allauddin Khan Bismillah Khan Ghulam Mustafa Khan Yamini Krishnamurthy Dilip Kumar R. K. Laxman Birju Maharaj Kishan Maharaj Lata Mangeshkar Sonal Mansingh Mallikarjun Mansur Zubin Mehta Mario Miranda Chhannulal Mishra Kelucharan Mohapatra Raghunath Mohapatra Jasraj Motiram Benode Behari Mukherjee Hrishikesh Mukherjee Rajinikanth Ram Narayan D. K. Pattammal K. Shankar Pillai Balwant Moreshwar Purandare Akkineni Nageswara Rao Kaloji Narayana Rao Satyajit Ray S. H. Raza Zohra Sehgal Uday Shankar Ravi Shankar V. Shantaram Shivkumar Sharma Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman M. S. Subbulakshmi K. G. Subramanyan Kapila Vatsyayan Homai Vyarawalla K. J. Yesudas
Civil service	Bimala Prasad Chaliha Naresh Chandra T. N. Chaturvedi Jayanto Nath Chaudhuri Suranjan Das Rajeshwar Dayal Basanti Devi P. N. Dhar Jyotindra Nath Dixit M. S. Gill Hafiz Mohamad Ibrahim H. V. R. Iyengar Bhola Nath Jha Dattatraya Shridhar Joshi Ajudhiya Nath Khosla Rai Krishnadasa V. Krishnamurthy P. Prabhakar Kumaramangalam Pratap Chandra Lal K. B. Lall Sam Manekshaw Om Prakash Mehra Mohan Sinha Mehta M. G. K. Menon Brajesh Mishra Sumati Morarjee A. Ramasamy Mudaliar Sardarilal Mathradas Nanda Chakravarthi V. Narasimhan Braj Kumar Nehru Bhairab Dutt Pande Ghananand Pande Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit T. V. Rajeswar C. R. Krishnaswamy Rao Pattadakal Venkanna R. Rao V. K. R. V. Rao Bipin Rawat Khusro Faramurz Rustamji Harish Chandra Sarin Binay Ranjan Sen Homi Sethna Arjan Singh Harbaksh Singh Kirpal Singh Manmohan Singh Tarlok Singh Lallan Prasad Singh Balaram Sivaraman Chandrika Prasad Srivastava T. Swaminathan Arun Shridhar Vaidya Dharma Vira Narinder Nath Vohra
Literature and education	V. S. R. Arunachalam Jagdish Bhagwati Satyendra Nath Bose Tara Chand Suniti Kumar Chatterji D. P. Chattopadhyaya Bhabatosh Datta Avinash Dixit Mahasweta Devi John Kenneth Galbraith Sarvepalli Gopal Lakshman Shastri Joshi Kaka Kalelkar Dhondo Keshav Karve Gopinath Kaviraj Radheshyam Khemka Kuvempu O. N. V. Kurup Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis Sitakant Mahapatra John Mathai Kotha Satchidananda Murthy Giani Gurmukh Singh Musafir Basanti Dulal Nagchaudhuri Bal Ram Nanda R. K. Narayan P. Parameswaran Amrita Pritam K. N. Raj C. Rangarajan Raja Rao Ramoji Rao Hormasji Maneckji Seervai Rajaram Shastri Kalu Lal Shrimali Govindbhai Shroff Khushwant Singh Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh Premlila Vithaldas Thackersey Mahadevi Varma Bashir Hussain Zaidi
Medicine	Jasbir Singh Bajaj B. K. Goyal Purshotam Lal A. Lakshmanaswami Mudaliar S. I. Padmavati Autar Singh Paintal Kantilal Hastimal Sancheti Balu Sankaran V. Shanta Vithal Nagesh Shirodkar Prakash Narain Tandon Brihaspati Dev Triguna M. S. Valiathan Dilip Mahalanabis
Other	Sunderlal Bahuguna B. K. S. Iyengar Rambhadracharya Ravi Shankar Vishwesha Teertha Jaggi Vasudev B. V. Doshi
Public affairs	L. K. Advani Montek Singh Ahluwalia Aruna Asaf Ali Fazal Ali Adarsh Sein Anand Madhav Shrihari Aney Parkash Singh Badal Sikander Bakht Milon K. Banerji Mirza Hameedullah Beg P. N. Bhagwati Raja Chelliah Chandra Kisan Daphtary Niren De C. D. Deshmukh Anthony Lancelot Dias Uma Shankar Dikshit Kazi Lhendup Dorjee George Fernandes P. B. Gajendragadkar Benjamin Gilman Ismaïl Omar Guelleh Zakir Husain V. R. Krishna Iyer Jagmohan Lakshmi Chand Jain Arun Jaitley Aditya Nath Jha Murli Manohar Joshi Anerood Jugnauth Mehdi Nawaz Jung Ali Yavar Jung Vijay Kelkar Hans Raj Khanna V. N. Khare Balasaheb Gangadhar Kher Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai Jivraj Narayan Mehta V. K. Krishna Menon Hirendranath Mukherjee Ajoy Mukherjee Pranab Mukherjee Padmaja Naidu Venkaiah Naidu Gulzarilal Nanda Govind Narain Fali Sam Nariman Hosei Norota Nanabhoy Palkhivala K. Parasaran Hari Vinayak Pataskar Sunder Lal Patwa Sharad Pawar Naryana Raghvan Pillai Sri Prakasa N. G. Ranga Ravi Narayana Reddy Y. Venugopal Reddy Ghulam Mohammed Sadiq Lakshmi Sahgal P. A. Sangma M. C. Setalvad Kalyan Singh Karan Singh Nagendra Singh Swaran Singh Walter Sisulu Soli Sorabjee Kalyan Sundaram Sushma Swaraj Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi Atal Bihari Vajpayee M. N. Venkatachaliah Kottayan Katankot Venugopal Jigme Dorji Wangchuck S. M. Krishna Mulayam Singh Yadav
Science and engineering	V. K. Aatre Salim Ali Norman Borlaug Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar Rajagopala Chidambaram Charles Correa Satish Dhawan Anil Kakodkar A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan Har Gobind Khorana Daulat Singh Kothari Verghese Kurien Raghunath Anant Mashelkar G. Madhavan Nair Roddam Narasimha Jayant Narlikar Rajendra K. Pachauri Benjamin Peary Pal Yash Pal I. G. Patel Venkatraman Ramakrishnan K. R. Ramanathan Raja Ramanna C. R. Rao C. N. R. Rao Palle Rama Rao Udupi Ramachandra Rao Vikram Sarabhai Man Mohan Sharma Obaid Siddiqi E. Sreedharan M. R. Srinivasan George Sudarshan M. S. Swaminathan Narinder Singh Kapany S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan
Social work	Baba Amte Pandurang Shastri Athavale Janaki Devi Bajaj Mirabehn Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay Durgabai Deshmukh Nanaji Deshmukh Nirmala Deshpande Mohan Dharia U. N. Dhebar Valerian Gracias Veerendra Heggade Mary Clubwala Jadhav Gaganvihari Lallubhai Mehta Usha Mehta Sister Nirmala Nellie Sengupta
Sports	Viswanathan Anand Edmund Hillary Mary Kom Sachin Tendulkar
Trade and industry	Dhirubhai Ambani Ghanshyam Das Birla Ashok Sekhar Ganguly Karim Al Hussaini Aga Khan Lakshmi Mittal Anil Manibhai Naik N. R. Narayana Murthy M. Narasimham Prithvi Raj Singh Oberoi Azim Premji Prathap C. Reddy J. R. D. Tata Ratan Tata
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