C. Vidyasagar Rao
Chennamaneni Vidyasagar Rao (born 12 February 1941) is an Indian politician from Telangana, associated with Bharatiya Janata Party. He served as Governor of Maharashtra from 2014 to 2019. As a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party, he had served as a Union Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs in Atal Bihari Vajpayee's government from 1999. He was elected to the Lok Sabha in 1998 and 1999 (13th Lok Sabha) from Karimnagar (Lok Sabha constituency).
C. Vidyasagar Rao | |
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Official Portrait, 2014 | |
| 21st Governor of Maharashtra | |
| In office 30 August 2014 – 4 September 2019 | |
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| Deputy CM |
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| Preceded by | K. Sankaranarayanan |
| Succeeded by | B. S. Koshyari |
| Governor of Tamil Nadu | |
(Additional Charge) | |
| In office 2 September 2016 – 6 October 2017 | |
| Chief Minister | J. Jayalalithaa O. Panneerselvam Edappadi K. Palaniswami |
| Deputy Chief Minister | O. Panneerselvam |
| Preceded by | K. Rosaiah |
| Succeeded by | Banwarilal Purohit |
| Minister of state in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry | |
| In office 29 January 2003 – 22 May 2004 | |
| Prime Minister | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| Preceded by | Sukhbir Singh Badal |
| Succeeded by | Jairam Ramesh |
| Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs | |
| In office 13 October 1999 – 29 January 2003 | |
| Prime Minister | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| Minister | L. K. Advani |
| Succeeded by | Shakeel Ahmad |
| Member of the Indian Parliament for Karimnagar | |
| In office 1998–2004 | |
| Preceded by | L. Ramana |
| Succeeded by | Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao |
| Member of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly for Metpally | |
| In office 1985-1998 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Chennamaneni Vidyasagar Rao 12 February 1941 Nagaram, Karimnagar district, Hyderabad State, British India (now in Telangana, India) |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Spouse | Vinoda Rao |
| Relatives | Chennamaneni Rajeshwara Rao (brother) C. H. Hanumantha Rao (brother) |
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