Minister for Finance, Commercial Tax, Excise, Legislative Affairs, Planning and Revenue Government of Andhra Pradesh
In office 1 September 1995 – 14 May 2004
Chief Minister
N. Chandrababu Naidu
Minister of Excise Government of Andhra Pradesh
In office 1985–1989
Chief Minister
N. T. Rama Rao
Minister of Commercial Taxes and Legislative Affairs Government of Andhra Pradesh
In office 12 December 1994 – 1 September 1995
Chief Minister
N. T. Rama Rao
Member of Legislative Assembly, Andhra Pradesh
In office 1978–2004
Preceded by
Appannadora Appasani
Succeeded by
Kolagatla Veerabhadra Swamy
Constituency
Vizianagaram
In office 2009–2014
Preceded by
Kolagatla Veerabhadra Swamy
Succeeded by
Meesala Geetha
Constituency
Vizianagaram
Personal details
Born
Pusapati Ashok Gajapathi Raju
(1951-06-26) 26 June 1951 (age 72) Madras, Madras State, India
Political party
Telugu Desam Party
Spouse
Suneela
Children
2
Parent
Pusapati Vijayarama Gajapati Raju (father)
Residence
Vizianagaram
Alma mater
Hyderabad Public School,[1] Andhra University[2]
Website
http://ashokgajapathiraju.com/
Pusapati Ashok Gajapathi Raju (born 26 June 1951) is an Indian politician and the former Union Minister for Civil Aviation in the Narendra Modi Government. A scion of royal family of Vizayanagram princely state, he is the younger son of the last Maharaja of Vizianagram.[3][4] He was a member of Andhra Pradesh State legislature for over twenty five years and was a Minister in the Govt. of A.P., for thirteen years holding the portfolios of Commercial Tax, Excise, Legislative affairs, Finance, Planning and Revenue.[5]
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inaugurated on 7 June 2015 by the then Minister of Civil Aviation, AshokGajapathiRaju. The terminal building has a capacity to handle 100 peak hour passengers...
TDP and did not contest the Assembly election. Aditi Gajapathi, the daughter of AshokGajapathiRaju, was given the TDP ticket but she lost the election...
29 September 2019. "VZM may not be a cakewalk for father-daughter duo of Ashok and Aditi this time". V Kamalakara Rao. The Times of India. 2 April 2019...
office 2009–2014 Preceded by Constituency Established Succeeded by AshokGajapathiRaju Constituency Vizianagaram In office 2006–2008 Preceded by Kondapalli...
It is the first heliport in India. Union Civil Aviation Minister AshokGajapathiRaju inaugurated the new facility on 28 February 2017. The heliport was...
the new terminal was laid by the then Minister of Civil Aviation, AshokGajapathiRaju, and Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal in January 2018, and construction...
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