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Naidu served as the [[Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation|Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation]], [[Ministry of Urban Development (India)|Urban Development]] and [[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)|Information and Broadcasting]] in the [[Narendra Modi]] cabinet.<ref name=ref>{{cite news|title=Venkaiah Naidu, BJP’s south Indian face gets second stint in government|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/politics/venkaiah-naidu-bjps-south-indian-face-gets-second-stint-in-government/|publisher=Indian Express|date=25 June 2014}}</ref> A well known leader of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]], he has also served as its national president from 2002 to 2004.<ref name=mvn13>{{cite web|title=BJP PRESIDENTS|url=http://www.bjp.org/leadership/bjp-presidents/shri-m-venkaiah-naidu|publisher=BJP}}</ref> Earlier, he was the Union Cabinet Minister for Rural Development in the [[Third Vajpayee Ministry|Atal Bihari Vajpayee government]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/BJP-wins-all-seats-from-Rajasthan/article14417083.ece|title=BJP wins all seats from Rajasthan|first=Mohammed|last=Iqbal|date=12 June 2016|publisher=|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://m.hindustantimes.com/india-news/cabinet-reshuffle-portfolios-of-modi-s-ministers/story-aMmHcm2zuPe01v4BZQd7MN.html|title=Cabinet reshuffle: Portfolios of Modi’s ministers|date=5 July 2016|access-date=5 July 2016}}</ref> | Naidu served as the [[Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation|Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation]], [[Ministry of Urban Development (India)|Urban Development]] and [[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)|Information and Broadcasting]] in the [[Narendra Modi]] cabinet.<ref name=ref>{{cite news|title=Venkaiah Naidu, BJP’s south Indian face gets second stint in government|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/politics/venkaiah-naidu-bjps-south-indian-face-gets-second-stint-in-government/|publisher=Indian Express|date=25 June 2014}}</ref> A well known leader of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]], he has also served as its national president from 2002 to 2004.<ref name=mvn13>{{cite web|title=BJP PRESIDENTS|url=http://www.bjp.org/leadership/bjp-presidents/shri-m-venkaiah-naidu|publisher=BJP}}</ref> Earlier, he was the Union Cabinet Minister for Rural Development in the [[Third Vajpayee Ministry|Atal Bihari Vajpayee government]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/BJP-wins-all-seats-from-Rajasthan/article14417083.ece|title=BJP wins all seats from Rajasthan|first=Mohammed|last=Iqbal|date=12 June 2016|publisher=|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://m.hindustantimes.com/india-news/cabinet-reshuffle-portfolios-of-modi-s-ministers/story-aMmHcm2zuPe01v4BZQd7MN.html|title=Cabinet reshuffle: Portfolios of Modi’s ministers|date=5 July 2016|access-date=5 July 2016}}</ref> | ||
== Early life == | |||
Venkaiah Naidu was born on 1 July 1949 at Chavatapalem; Nellore district|Nellore District of Madras State, now in [[Andhra Pradesh]], to Rangaiah Naidu and Ramanamma.<ref>GOI Profile[https://vicepresidentofindia.nic.in/profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190719230331/https://vicepresidentofindia.nic.in/profile |date=19 July 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.elections.in/political-leaders/m-venkaiah-naidu.html |title=Elections in India |access-date=1 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190501171442/http://www.elections.in/political-leaders/m-venkaiah-naidu.html |archive-date=1 May 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> He completed his schooling from Zilla Parishad High School|Zilla Parshad High School, Buchireddypalem|Bucchireddy Palem (Nellore), and pursued his bachelor's degree in politics and diplomatic studies from V. R. College, Nellore. Later, he acquired a bachelor's degree in law with specialisation in international law from Andhra University College of Law, Visakhapatnam.<ref name=mvn12>{{cite web|title=Biography|url=http://mutthavarapuvenkaiahnaidu.com/biography/|publisher=M.Venkaiah Naidu Personal website}}{{Dead link|date=September 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{citation |title=Cabinet reshuffle: Modi government's got talent but is it being fully utilised? |url=http://m.economictimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/cabinet-reshuffle-modi-governments-got-talent-but-is-it-being-fully-utilised/articleshow/53132757.cms |work=[[The Economic Times]] |date=10 July 2016 |access-date=13 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160715095557/http://m.economictimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/cabinet-reshuffle-modi-governments-got-talent-but-is-it-being-fully-utilised/articleshow/53132757.cms# |archive-date=15 July 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> He was a swayamsevak in the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and joined [[Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad|ABVP]] during his college days. He was elected as the president of the students' union of colleges affiliated to the Andhra University. He came into the spotlight for his prominent role in the [[1972 Jai Andhra movement|Jai Andhra Movement]] of 1972. While Kakani Venkata Ratnam led the movement from Vijayawada, Naidu took active part in the agitation in Nellore, until it was called off a year later. | |||
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