Gaddam Venkatswamy (5 October 1929 – 22 December 2014) was an Indian politician who was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha.

He represented the Peddapalli constituency of Telangana and was a member of the Indian National Congress (INC) political party. He was popularly known as Kaka or Gudisela Venkataswamy. He was elected to Lok Sabha 7 times, 4 times from Peddapalli Lok Sabha and 3 times from Siddipet Lok Sabha. His son Gaddam Vivekanand represented Peddapalli Lok Sabha from 2009–2014.^{[citation needed]}

Both his sons Gaddam Vinod Kumar, former MLA and Minister and Gaddam Vivek Venkatswamy are politicians.^[1] Venkatswamy died of an illness on 22 December 2014, in Care hospital in Hyderabad.^[2] He belonged to Mala community.

• 1957– 62 and 1978–84 Member, Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly (two terms)
• 1967 Elected to 4th Lok Sabha
• 1969 – 71 Member, Public Accounts Committee
• 1971 Re-elected to 5th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
• Feb. 1973 – Nov. 1973 Union Deputy Minister, Labour and Rehabilitation
• Nov. 1973 – March 1977 Union Deputy Minister, Supply and Rehabilitation
• 1977 Re-elected to 6th Lok Sabha (3rd term)
• 1978 – 1982 Cabinet Minister, Labour and Civil Supply, Andhra Pradesh
• 1982 – 1984 President, P.C.C.(I.), Andhra Pradesh
• 1989 Elected to 9th Lok Sabha (4th term)
• 1990 – 1991 Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Industry
• 1991 Re-elected to 10th Lok Sabha (5th term)
• 21 June 1991-17 Jan. 1993 Union Minister of State, Rural Development^[3]
• 18 January 1993 – 10 February 1995 Union Minister of State, Textiles (Independent Charge)
• 10 February 1995 – 15 September 1995 Union Cabinet Minister, Textiles
• 15 September 1995 – 10 May 1996 Union Cabinet Minister, Labour
• 20 February 1996 – 16 May 1996 Union Cabinet Minister, Labour and Textiles
• 1996 Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (6th term)
• 2002–2004 President, A.I.C.C. (SC&ST)
• 2004 Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha (7th term)
• 2009 No ticket to 15th Lok Sabha
• Deputy Leader Congress Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha
• Member, Committee on Energy
• Member, Committee on Installation of Portraits/Statues of National Leaders, Parliamentarians in Parliament House Complex
• Member, Committee on Ethics
• Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Heavy Industries
• 5 August 2007 onwards – Member, Standing Committee on Energy

Founded, (i) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Post Graduate Centre, (ii) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Degree College, (iii) Law College, (iv) Junior College, (v) High School; General Secretary, National Huts Union, Hyderabad; provided permanent accommodation for 75,000 hut dwellers; Founder President, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Education Society which was later converted into Public Education Trust and inaugurated by the then President of India Shri V.V. Giri in 1973; under this society 9 Colleges are running without taking donations.

• http://www.telanganastateofficial.com/g-venkat-swamy-congress-senior-kaka-expired-died/
• http://www.simplytelangana.com/news/2010/08/20/hero-srikanths-case-sends-shivers-down-the-spine-for-andhrites/^{[permanent dead link]}
• http://www.andhrajyothy.com/Discussion.asp?id=81&page=2 Archived 19 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine