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{{Infobox Indian politician
| name = Kavuri Samba Siva Rao
| image = File:Dr. Kavuru Sambasiva Rao takes over the charge of Union Minister for Textiles, in New Delhi on June 19, 2013.jpg
| caption = Kavuru Sambasiva Rao in 2013
| birth_date ={{Birth date and age|1943|10|01|df=y}}
| birth_place =[[Eluru]], [[Andhra Pradesh]]
| residence = Eluru
| death_date =
| death_place =
|education = [[NIT Warangal]]
| constituency = [[Eluru (Lok Sabha Constituency)|Eluru]]
| office = [[Ministry of Textiles (India)|Minister of Textiles]]
|primeminister = [[Manmohan Singh]]
|term_start = 17 June 2013
|term_end = 26 May 2014
| predecessor = [[Anand Sharma]]
| successor =[[Santosh Kumar Gangwar]]
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| spouse = Hemalata
| children = 1 son and 3 daughters
| website =
| footnotes =
| date = 16 September |
| year = 2006 |
| source = https://web.archive.org/web/20071017220939/http://164.100.24.209/newls/Biography.aspx?mpsno=3139
|otherparty=[[Indian National Congress]] (until 2014)
}}

''' Kavuri Sambasiva Rao''' (born 1 October 1943) is an Indian politician, engineer and industrialist from the state of [[Andhra Pradesh]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/k-s-rao-an-engineer-industrialist-serving-fifth-term-as-mp-profile-113061700964_1.html |title=K.S. Rao, an engineer, industrialist serving fifth term as MP (Profile) |work=Business Standard|year=2013}}</ref>

He was the [[Minister of Textiles (India)|Minister of Textiles]] at [[Ministry of Textiles (India)|Ministry of Textiles]], with cabinet rank, for India in UPA Government from 17 June 2013.<ref>{{cite web|title=Who's Who: Minister |url=http://ministryoftextiles.gov.in/aboutus/whos_who/ww_main.htm |publisher=Ministry of Textiles |access-date=16 September 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019203122/http://ministryoftextiles.gov.in/aboutus/whos_who/ww_main.htm |archive-date=19 October 2013 }}</ref>

== Early life and education ==
Born in 1943, he was educated at [[National Institute of Technology, Warangal|NIT Warangal]].

==Career==
He has been a member of the [[8th Lok Sabha|8th]], [[9th Lok Sabha|9th]], [[12th Lok Sabha|12th]], [[14th Lok Sabha|14th]] and [[15th Lok Sabha]] of [[India]]. He represents the [[Eluru (Lok Sabha Constituency)|Eluru]] constituency of [[Andhra Pradesh]] and is a member of the Bhartiya Janata Party,<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://www.livemint.com/Politics/HKk8vylEzdKiHTwr3Jx6XI/Congress-minister-Kavuri-Samba-Siva-Rao-joins-BJP.html|title=Congress minister Kavuri Samba Siva Rao joins BJP|last=Kalavalapalli|first=Yogendra|date=2 May 2014|publisher=[[Mint (newspaper)|Mint]]|access-date=2019-11-02}}</ref> which he joined on 1 May 2014.

Once he was permanent invitee for [[Congress Working Committee]]. Earlier he represented Machilipatnam Lok Sabha constituency in Andhra Pradesh. Kavuri is business entrepreneur in the fields of civil construction and health care. He was elected to Indian Parliament for fives times and member in parliament committee. He had sworn in as Union Cabinet minister for Textiles on 17 June 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://164.100.24.209/newls/Biography.aspx?mpsno=3139 |title=Profile |publisher=Indian Parliament |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071017220939/http://164.100.24.209/newls/Biography.aspx?mpsno=3139 |archive-date=17 October 2007 }}</ref>

On 28 April 2014 he resigned from the Congress and announced his decision to join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).<ref name=":0" /> A month earlier he had resigned as the minister, protesting the creation of the State of Telangana. He has also announced that he would not contest the Lok Sabha polls on Congress ticket.

== References ==
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[[Category:8th Lok Sabha members]]
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[[Category:Telugu politicians]]
[[Category:Members of the Cabinet of India]]
[[Category:Lok Sabha members from Andhra Pradesh]]
[[Category:People from West Godavari district]]
[[Category:People from Eluru]]
[[Category:Engineers from Andhra Pradesh]]
[[Category:Indian industrialists]]
[[Category:Businesspeople from Andhra Pradesh]]

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