Kodela Siva Prasad Rao

Kodela Siva Prasada Rao (Palnati Puli) (2 May 1947 – 16 September 2019) was an Indian politician from the Telugu Desam Party and also a former Member of the Legislative Assembly from Narasaraopeta and Sattenapalle.

Beginning 2014 he served for five years as the Speaker of the first Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly. In a career spanning three decades, he served as a cabinet minister in the N. T. Rama Rao and N. Chandrababu Naidu governments, serving at various times as Minister of Home Affairs, Health, Major Irrigation department, Panchayat Raj and Rural Development, and Civil Supplies.

Life and education Kodela Siva Prasada Rao was born in Kandlagunta, Palnadu district, Andhra Pradesh, India on 2 May 1947. He and his wife Sasikala had three children, a daughter, and two sons.

He studied pre-university at Loyola College, Vijayawada. He graduated with a M.B.B.S. from Guntur Medical College, Guntur, and earned his MS (General Surgery) from Banaras Hindu University.

Positions held 1983 - 1985 : Member AP LA 1985 - 1989 : Member AP LA 1989 - 1994 : Member AP LA 1994 - 1999 : Member AP LA 1999 - 2003 : Member AP LA, 2014 : Member AP LA - Speaker, AP LA - Chairman, Business Advisory Committee

AS MEMBER OF LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY

1983 : Elected from Narasaraopet (Assembly constituency) 1985 : Elected from Narasaraopet (Assembly constituency) 1989 : Elected from Narasaraopet (Assembly constituency) 1994 : Elected from Narasaraopet (Assembly constituency) 1999 : Elected from Narasaraopet (Assembly constituency) 2014 : Elected from Sattenapalle (Assembly constituency)

AS MINISTER

1987 - 1988: Minister for Home Affairs 1996 - 1997: Minister for Major & Medium Irrigation 1997 - 1999: Minister for Panchayat Raj 1999 - 2004: Health Minister 2014 - 2019: First Assembly speaker of Andhra Pradesh