Ashok Gajapathi Raju

Pusapati Ashok Gajapathi Raju
Raju in 2014
20th Governor of Goa
Assumed office
26 July 2025
PresidentDroupadi Murmu
Chief MinisterPramod Sawant
Preceded byP. S. Sreedharan Pillai
29th Union Minister of Civil Aviation
In office
26 May 2014 – 9 March 2018
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byAjit Singh
Succeeded bySuresh Prabhu
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
16 May 2014 – 23 May 2019
Preceded byBotcha Jhansi Lakshmi
Succeeded byBellana Chandra Sekhar
ConstituencyVizianagaram
Minister for Revenue, Relief and Rehabilitation
Government of Andhra Pradesh
In office
11 October 1999 – 14 May 2004
Governor
Chief MinisterN. Chandrababu Naidu
Succeeded byKonathala Ramakrishna
Minister of Finance and Legislative Affairs
Government of Andhra Pradesh
In office
1 September 1995 – 10 October 1999
Governor
Chief MinisterN. Chandrababu Naidu
Minister of Commercial Taxes and Legislative Affairs
Government of Andhra Pradesh
In office
12 December 1994 – 31 August 1995
GovernorKrishan Kant
Chief MinisterN. T. Rama Rao
Minister of Excise
Government of Andhra Pradesh
In office
9 March 1985 – 2 December 1989
Chief MinisterN. T. Rama Rao
Minister of Commercial Taxes
Government of Andhra Pradesh
In office
1983–1985
Chief MinisterN. T. Rama Rao
Member of Legislative Assembly, Andhra Pradesh
In office
19 May 2009 – 28 March 2014
Preceded byKolagatla Veerabhadra Swamy
Succeeded byMeesala Geetha
ConstituencyVizianagaram
In office
5 March 1978 – 14 November 2003
Preceded byAppannadora Appasani
Succeeded byKolagatla Veerabhadra Swamy
ConstituencyVizianagaram
Personal details
Born (1951-06-26) 26 June 1951
Madras, Madras State, India (present-day Chennai, Tamil Nadu)
Political partyTelugu Desam Party
Children2 including Pusapati Aditi Vijayalakshmi
ResidenceVizianagaram, Andhra Pradesh (formerly) Raj Bhavan, Amravati (currently)
Alma materHyderabad Public School

Pusapati Ashok Gajapathi Raju (born 26 June 1951) is an Indian politician who has been the 20th governor of Goa since 2025. He was the Union Minister for Civil Aviation from 2014 to 2018.[1][2]

References

  1. ↑ Analysis, Daily News & (26 May 2014). "Ashok Gajapathi Raju: The man with the "Royal Touch"". dna. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
  2. ↑ "VIZIANAGRAM". iinet.net.au. Archived from the original on 26 October 2018. Retrieved 30 May 2014.


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