Konijeti Rosaiah

Konijeti Rosaiah
13th Governor of Tamil Nadu
In office
31 August 2011 – 30 August 2016
Chief MinisterJ. Jayalalithaa
Preceded bySurjit Singh Barnala
Succeeded byC. Vidyasagar Rao (Additional charge)
17th Governor of Karnataka
In office
28 June 2014 – 31 August 2014
Chief MinisterSiddaramaiah
Preceded byH. R. Bhardwaj
Succeeded byVajubhai Vala
15th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh
In office
3 September 2009 – 24 November 2010
GovernorN. D. Tiwari,
E. S. L. Narasimhan
Preceded byY. S. Rajasekhara Reddy
Succeeded byNallari Kiran Kumar Reddy
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
10 March 1998 – 26 April 1999
Prime MinisterAtal Bihari Vajpayee
Preceded byKota Saidiah
Succeeded byNedurumalli Janardhana Reddy
ConstituencyNarasaraopet
Personal details
Born(1933-07-04)4 July 1933
Vemuru, Madras Presidency, British India
Died4 December 2021(2021-12-04) (aged 88)
Hyderabad, Telangana
Political partyIndian National Congress (until 2011)
Spouse(s)
Konijeti Sivalakshmi
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​
(m. 1950)​
Children4
ResidenceAmeerpet, Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Konijeti Rosaiah (4 July 1933 – 4 December 2021) is an Indian politician. He was Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh from 2009 to 2010[1][2][3] and Governor of Tamil Nadu from 2011 to 2016. He was an MLC, MLA and MP from the Indian National Congress.[4]

He was married on 4 June 1950 to Smt Sivalakshmi.[5] He has 3 sons and 1 daughter. Sons are KS Subba Rao and KSN Murthy and daughter is P Rama Devi. His socio-cultural activities include helping the under-privileged. He is also a good orator. He was also member of the spices board in the year 1998. His profession includes Agriculturist, trader and industrialist.

Rosaiah died on 4 December 2021 in Hyderabad, Telangana after a brief illness.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Rosaiah takes oath as caretaker Andhra CM". The Times of India. 3 September 2009. Archived from the original on 5 September 2009. Retrieved 3 September 2009.
  2. ↑ "Konijeti Rosaiah appointed the new Tamil Nadu Governor". Indiavision news. 26 August 2011. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  3. ↑ "Rosaiah - A low profile leader". Archived from the original on 2009-09-06. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
  4. ↑ "rosaiah : ap chief minister k rosaiah : Andhra Pradesh CM Rosaiah resigns : Rosaiah resigns as Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister". BindasLand. Archived from the original on 25 November 2010. Retrieved 25 November 2010.
  5. ↑ "Biographical Sketch of Member of 12th Lok Sabha". loksabhaph.nic.in. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
  6. ↑ Reddy, Ravikanth; Jonathan, P. samuel (2021-12-04). "Former Chief Minister of unified Andhra Pradesh K. Rosaiah passes away". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X.