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| name = Vanama Venkateswara Rao<br />
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1944|11|1}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Palvancha]]<br />
| residence = [[Palvancha]]<br />
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| constituency = [[Kothagudem (Assembly constituency)|Kothagudem]]<br />
| office = [[Telangana Legislative Assembly|Member of the Telangana Legislative Assembly]]<br />
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| term = 2018–present<br />
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| party = Telangana Rashtra Samithi<br />
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| children = Raghavendra Rao, Ramakrishna<br />
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'''Vanama Venkateswara Rao''' is a politician from [[Telangana]] state and a member of the Legislative Assembly constituency of [[Kothagudem (Assembly constituency)|Kottagudem]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/kothagudem-election-result-2018-live-updates-vanama-venkateswara-rao-of-inc-wins-1968341.html|title=Kothagudem Election Result 2018 Live Updates: Vanama Venkateswara Rao of INC Wins|website=News18}}</ref><br />
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==Political career==<br />
Venkateswara Rao was elected as a MLA from [[Kothagudem]] for the first time in 1989. He later represented the constituency in 1999 and 2004, besides serving as a minister in the cabinet of former Chief Minister [[YS Rajashekhara Reddy]] in 2008.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/Telangana/2019-01-18/Vanama-the-oldest-Haripriya-the-youngest-take-oath-as-MLAs/477294|title=Vanama the oldest, Haripriya the youngest take oath as MLAs|first=The Hans|last=India|date=January 18, 2019|website=www.thehansindia.com}}</ref> In the Telangana general elections of 2018, he contested on a [[Indian National Congress]] party ticket and won with a majority of 4120 votes over the nearest [[Telangana Rashtra Samithi]] party candidate [[Jalagam Venkat Rao]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://myneta.info/telangana2018/candidate.php?candidate_id=6071|title=Vanama Venkateswara Rao(Indian National Congress(INC)):Constituency- KOTHAGUDEM(BHADRADRI) - Affidavit Information of Candidate:|website=myneta.info}}</ref> He resigned from the Congress Party after the 2018 elections and joined the Telangana Rashtra Samithi party.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sakshi.com/news/telangana/vanama-venkateswara-rao-jump-trs-party-1170348|title=గులాబీ గూటికి వనమా..?|date=March 16, 2019|website=Sakshi}}</ref><br />
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