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G. Kishan Reddy
Kishan Reddy in 2024
25th Union Minister of Coal
Incumbent
Assumed office
11 June 2024
PresidentDraupadi Murmu
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byPrahlad Joshi
45th Union Minister of Mines
Incumbent
Assumed office
11 June 2024
PresidentDraupadi Murmu
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byPrahlad Joshi
34th Union Minister of Tourism
In office
7 July 2021 – 11 June 2024
President
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byPrahlad Singh Patel
Succeeded byGajendra Singh Shekhawat
12th Union Minister of Culture
In office
7 July 2021 – 11 June 2024
President
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byPrahlad Singh Patel
Succeeded byGajendra Singh Shekhawat
9th Union Minister of the Development of North Eastern Region
In office
7 July 2021 – 11 June 2024
President
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byDr. Jitendra Singh
Succeeded byJyotiraditya Scindia
48th Union Minister of State for Home Affairs
In office
30 May 2019 – 7 July 2021Serving with H. G. Ahir (2019) and Nityanand Rai (2019-21)
PresidentRamnath Kovind
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
MinisterAmit Shah
Preceded byKiren Rijiju
Succeeded by
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office
23 May 2019
Preceded byBandaru Dattatreya
ConstituencySecunderabad, Telangana
Member of Telangana Legislative Assembly
In office
2 June 2014 – 11 December 2018
Preceded byassembly established
Succeeded byKaleru Venkatesham
ConstituencyAmberpet
1st President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Telangana
Incumbent
Assumed office
4 July 2023
National PresidentJ. P. Nadda
Preceded byBandi Sanjay Kumar
In office
2 June 2014 – 8 April 2016
National President
Preceded byoffice established
Succeeded byK. Laxman
9th President of Bharatiya Janata Party,
Andhra Pradesh
In office
8 March 2010 – 1 June 2014
National President
Preceded byBandaru Dattatreya
Succeeded byKambhampati Hari Babu
Member of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office
2009–2014
Preceded byconstituency established
Succeeded byconstituency shifted to Telangana
ConstituencyAmberpet
In office
2004–2009
Preceded byC. Krishna Yadav
Succeeded byconstituency bifurcated as per Delimitation Act, 2002
ConstituencyHimayatnagar
9th President of the
Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha
In office
2002–2005
Preceded byShivraj Singh Chouhan
Succeeded byDharmendra Pradhan
Personal details
BornGangapuram Kishan Reddy
(1960-06-15) 15 June 1960 (age 64)
Timmapur, Kandukur, Ranga Reddy district, Andhra Pradesh, India
(present-day Telangana)
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party (1980-present)
Other political
affiliations
Janata Party
(1977-1980)
SpouseG. Kavya
Children2
Parents
  • G. Swamy Reddy (father)
  • G. Andalamma (mother)
Residence(s)Hyderabad, Telangana, India
New Delhi, Delhi, India
Alma materDiplamo, CITD

Gangapuram Kishan Reddy (born 15 June 1960) is an Indian politician who serving as the 25th Minister of Coal & 45th Minister of Mines since 2024. He also served as Minister of Tourism, Culture and Development of North Eastern Region of India from 2019 to 2024. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party since 1980. He is an MP representing Secunderabad (Lok Sabha constituency) since 2019. He served as the floor leader of the BJP in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in 2009 and gave it up after being elected as the state BJP president of erstwhile Andhra Pradesh. He was first state president of Telangana BJP from 2014 to 2016, appointed again as Telangana BJP president on 4 July 2023.

Personal life and education

Gangapuram Kishan Reddy, was born in Timmapur village in Rangareddy district of Telangana to G. Swamy Reddy and Andalamma. He is married to Kavya Reddy and has two children, a daughter and a son.

He did a diploma in tool design from CITD.

Early political career

Reddy started his political career as a youth leader of the Janta Party in 1977.

Once the BJP was formed in 1980, he joined the party full time. He became the state treasurer of the state Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, Andhra Pradesh.

Rise in state politics

Member of Legislative Assembly and Floor leader

Between 2004 and 2009 he was the MLA, Himayatnagar Constituency, Floor Leader of BJP in State Assembly. In 2009, when Himayatnagar (Assembly constituency) was abolished and largely replaced by Khairatabad Assembly constituency, Reddy contested from Amberpet Assembly Constituency. From 2009 to 2014 he was the MLA, Amberpet Assembly Constituency, Floor Leader of BJP in State Assembly. He was elected in 2009 to the Amberpet assembly constituency with a majority of over 27,000 votes.

President of State BJP

From 2010 to 2014, he was the BJP State President of the Andhra Pradesh. He was unanimously elected as the Telangana BJP president, as a inugural holder.

Reddy, began the 22-day Telangana "Poru Yatra"– a 3,500-kilometre (2,200 mi) journey through 986 villages and 88 assembly constituencies stressing the need for a stance on Telangana state – on 19 January.

Union minister of India

He was successfully elected as an MP Lok Sabha from Secunderabad constituency in 2019 and 2024.

Minister of State

On 30 May 2019, he was sworn in as Union Minister of State (MoS) for Home Affairs in the Government of India. From 2019 to 2021 Minister of State for Home Affairs, Government of India, serving along with Nityanand Rai.

Considering the increase in demand for local public transport, he wrote a letter to the chief minister of Telangana, K. Chandrashekar Rao, urging him to resume MMTS services in the city.

Union Cabinet Minister

On 18 June 2022, the union Tourism Minister G Kishan Reddy explaining the training process of Agnipath Scheme at a press conference, stated that the people selected as Agniveers would be given training for the "skills of drivers, washermen, barbers, electricians and other professionals". The video clip of the remark became viral. Reddy said that there would be drivers, electricians, barbers and thousands other posts and people selected under this scheme, would be helpful in those jobs. A reporter noted that Skill Development Corporations was already established to train youth with different skills, Reddy answered that such skills would be imparted in Agnipath scheme as well.

In 2024, He took charge as the Union Minister of Mines and Union Minister of Coal in the Third Modi ministry.

Return to state politics

On 5 July 2023, Reddy was re-appointed as the State President of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Telangana. He succeeded Bandi Sanjay Kumar. This reshuffle came after weeks of infighting between various factions of the party.

References

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  26. "Bandi Sanjay out, Kishan Reddy in: Telangana BJP, forced by dissent, gets a makeover". India Today. 4 July 2023. Retrieved 5 July 2023.

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