Kodela Siva Prasada Rao


Kodela Siva Prasada Rao was an Indian politician from the Telugu Desam Party and also a former Member of the Legislative Assembly from Sattenapalle.
Beginning 2014 he served for five years as the Speaker of the first Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly. In a career spanning three decades, he served as a cabinet minister in the N. T. Rama Rao and N. Chandrababu Naidu governments, serving at various times as Minister of Home affairs, Health, Major Irrigation department, Panchayat Raj and Rural Development, and Civil Supplies.

Life and education

Kodela Siva Prasada Rao was born in Kandlagunta, Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh, India on 2 May 1947. He and his wife Sasikala had three children, a daughter and two sons.
He completed his Primary education in Siripuram, Guntur district and studied pre-university at Loyola College, Vijayawada. He graduated with an M.B.B.S from Guntur Medical College, Guntur and earned his MS from Banaras Hindu University.
On 16 September 2019 he committed suicide by hanging.

Positions held

AS MEMBER OF LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
AS MINISTER