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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2020}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = R. V. Sujay Krishna Ranga Rao
| office = [[Ministry of Mines and Geology|Minister of Mines and Geology]]<br />[[Government of Andhra Pradesh]]
| governor = [[E. S. L. Narasimhan]]
| 1blankname = Chief Minister
| 1namedata = [[N. Chandrababu Naidu]]
| predecessor = Peethala Sujatha
| successor = [[Peddireddy Ramachandra Reddy]]
| term_start = 2 April 2017
| term_end = 29 May 2019
| office1 = Member of the [[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start1 = 2004
| term_end1 = 2019
| predecessor1 = Jagan Mohana Rao Peddinti
| successor1 = [[S. V. China Appala Naidu]]
| constituency1 = [[Bobbili Assembly constituency|Bobbili]]
| other_party = [[Indian National Congress]] (until 2014) <br />
[[YSR Congress Party]] (2014{{ndash}}2017)
| party = [[Telugu Desam Party]] (since 2017)
| birth_date =
}}
'''Ravu Venkata Sujay Krishna Ranga Rao''' (born 14 September 1969)<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Archives |first=Royal |date=2021-11-29 |title=Bobbili (Zamindari) |url=https://oroyalarchives.com/bobbili/ |access-date=2025-05-27 |website=Royal Archives |language=en-US}}</ref> is an Indian politician from [[Andhra Pradesh]]. He is a three time former member of the [[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]. He was elected in the [[Bobbili Assembly constituency]] in the 2004 and [[2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]] representing the [[Indian National Congress]]. He won for a third time winning the 2014 Assembly election on the [[YSR Congress Party]] ticket. He later served as a Minister for Mines and Geology in the cabinet of [[N. Chandrababu Naidu]] from 2017 to 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |last=India |first=The Hans |date=2017-10-16 |title=Rift between Minister Sujay and MLAs |url=https://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/Andhra-Pradesh/2017-10-16/Rift-between-Minister-Sujay-and-MLAs/333490 |access-date=2025-05-27 |website=www.thehansindia.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=archive |first=From our online |date=2017-04-02 |title=Chandrababu Naidu's new cabinet: A combination of young blood and grey hair |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/andhra-pradesh/2017/Apr/02/chandrababu-naidus-new-cabinet-a-combination-of-young-blood-and-grey-hair-1589056.html |access-date=2025-05-27 |website=The New Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>

== Personal life and education ==
Ranga Rao hails from the [[Bobbili Estate|Bobbili Royal family]] who ruled [[Bobbili]], in the present [[Vizianagaram district]], [[Andhra Pradesh]] from 1652-1948 until the zamindari were abolished. His grandfather [[Ramakrishna Ranga Rao of Bobbili]] was the chief-minister of [[Madras Presidency]] for two terms. His father Gopala Krishna Ranga Rao also served as [[Member of parliament, Lok Sabha]] in the [[3rd Lok Sabha]] securing 1,35,315 votes against Kerri Narayana Rao from Cheepurupalli Lok Sabha constituency.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://myneta.info/andhrapradesh2019/candidate.php?candidate_id=5464 |title= Affidavit of Sujay Krishna Ranga Rao for 2014 Andhra Pradesh Assembly Election}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.elections.in/parliamentary-constituencies/1962-election-results.html|title= 1962 Loksabha election result}}</ref>

He married Rani Venkata Anupama Ranga Rao and together they have a son and a daughter. He completed his BA at a college affiliated with Madras University, Chennai, in 1991.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Venkata Sujay Krishna Ranga Rao Ravu(TDP):Constituency- BOBBILI(VIZIANAGARAM) - Affidavit Information of Candidate: |url=https://www.myneta.info/andhrapradesh2019/candidate.php?candidate_id=5464 |access-date=2025-05-27 |website=www.myneta.info}}</ref><ref name=":0" />

== Political career ==
Being the head of the Bobbili family and the titular Raja of [[Bobbili Estate]], he is a three-time [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|M.L.A]]. from [[Bobbili (Assembly constituency)]] from 2004 to 2009 (gaining 53,581 votes),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.elections.in/andhra-pradesh/assembly-constituencies/2004-election-results.html|title= 2004 assembly election result Andhra pradesh}}</ref> 2009-2014 (securing 75,697 votes),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.elections.in/andhra-pradesh/assembly-constituencies/2009-election-results.html|title=2009 andhra pradesh assembly election results}}</ref> 2014-2019 (securing 83,587 votes)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.elections.in/andhra-pradesh/assembly-constituencies/2014-election-results.html|title=2014 andhra pradesh assembly election results}}</ref> and lost in the 2019 election.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/royal-families-taste-defeat-in-vizianagaram-district/article27229126.ece|title= Royal families taste defeat in Vizianagaram|newspaper= The Hindu|date= 23 May 2019|last1= Rao|first1= K. Srinivasa}}</ref>

== See also ==
*[[Bobbili Estate]]
*[[Bobbili Fort]]

== References ==
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[[Category:1969 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Telugu Desam Party politicians]]
[[Category:Andhra Pradesh MLAs 2014–2019]]
[[Category:Andhra Pradesh MLAs 2004–2009]]
[[Category:Andhra Pradesh MLAs 2009–2014]]
[[Category:People from Vizianagaram district]]
[[Category:Maharajas]]

R. V. Sujay Krishna Ranga Rao - Revision history

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