Maganti Venkateswara Rao
Venkateswara Rao in 2014
Member of parliament for Eluru
In office 16 May 2014 – 20 June 2019
Preceded by	Kavuri Shamba Siva Rao
Succeeded by	Kotagiri Sridhar
Constituency	Eluru
Personal details
Born	5 Feb 1960 Chataparru, West Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh
Political party	TDP
Spouse	Smt. Padmavalli Devi
Children	2 sons, 1 daughter
Residence	81, K.K. Birla Lane
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Maganti Venkateswara Rao (Babu) is an Indian politician from Andhra Pradesh. He is elected in 2014 Lok Sabha elections from Eluru (Lok Sabha constituency) as Telugu Desam Party candidate.^[1] He is well known for his social activities. He initiated supply of drinking water through tankers to villages in Kolleru villages and distributed Tricycles to poor and physically disabled persons. He awarded scholarships to economically backward students and organized medical camps through the MRC trust.^[2]

Personal life

Magantti Venkateswara Rao married Smt. Padmavalli Devi on 18 Feb. 1981. He has two sons (died) and a daughter.^[2]

Political career

Magantti Venkateswara Rao was first elected to the 12th Lok Sabha in 1998 and more recently was re-elected to the 16th Lok Sabha in 2014. At the Lok Sabha, he was a member of the Standing Committee on Agriculture; Consultative Committee, Ministry of Tourism; Standing Committee on External Affairs; Consultative Committee, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change and the National Social Security Board. He was a member of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly from 2004 to 2009. He was a Minister with the Government of Andhra Pradesh between 2007 and 2009.^[2]