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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Family name hatnote|Ambati|lang=Telugu}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2022}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Ambati Rambabu
| office = [[Department of Water Resources Development (Andhra Pradesh)|Minister of Water Resources Development]]<br />[[Government of Andhra Pradesh]]
| governor = [[Biswabhusan Harichandan]]
| 1namedata = [[Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy]]
| 1blankname = Chief Minister
| term_start = 11 April 2022
| term_end = 4 June 2024
| predecessor = [[Poluboina Anil Kumar]]
| successor = [[Nimmala Rama Naidu]]
| office1 = [[Member of Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of Legislative Assembly]], [[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly|Andhra Pradesh]]
| term_end1 = 2024
| term_start1 = 2019
| constituency1 = [[Sattenapalle Assembly constituency|Sattenapalle]]
| successor1 = [[Kanna Lakshminarayana]]
| predecessor1 = [[Kodela Siva Prasada Rao]]
| term_end2 = 1994
| term_start2 = 1989
| constituency2 = [[Repalle Assembly constituency|Repalle]]
| successor2 = Mummaneni Venkata Subbaiah
| predecessor2 = Yadla Venkata Rao
| party = [[YSR Congress Party]]
| other_party = [[Indian National Congress]]
| state = [[Andhra Pradesh]]
| image = Ambati Rambabu 2020-08-17.png
| caption = Ambati in August 2020
| occupation = [[Politician]]
| birth_date = {{Birth based on age as of date|65|2022|4|12}}<ref name=":2" />
| birth_place = [[Repalle, Andhra Pradesh]], India
| children = 3
}}

'''Ambati Rambabu''' (born {{Birth based on age as of date|65|2022|4|12|noage=1}})<ref name=":2" /> is an Indian politician from the state of [[Andhra Pradesh]]. He has served as the [[Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy ministry|Minister for Irrigation]] since 2022. A member of the [[YSR Congress Party]], he was a member of the [[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] from the [[Sattenapalle Assembly constituency|Sattenapalle constituency]] in the 2019 elections.

He entered politics with [[Indian National Congress]]. He was elected the Member of the Legislative Assembly from [[Repalle Assembly constituency|Repalle constituency]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Andhra Pradesh Assembly Election Results in 1985 |url=https://www.elections.in/andhra-pradesh/assembly-constituencies/1985-election-results.html/ |access-date=25 April 2022 |website=Elections in India |archive-date=1 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210301202729/http://www.elections.in/andhra-pradesh/assembly-constituencies/1985-election-results.html |url-status=live }}</ref> during 1989–94, and later served as the chairman of [[Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation]] during 2005–09. After the [[death of Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy]], he continued his support of Reddy's son [[Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy]]. In July 2010, he was suspended from the Indian National Congress. In March 2011, he joined Jagan's newly-founded [[YSR Congress Party]] and has been a spokesperson for that party.

== Early life and education ==
Ambati Rambabu was born to AVSR Anjaneyulu and Venkata Subbamma in [[Repalle, Andhra Pradesh]]. He completed law education from the Nyaya Vidya Parishath Law College at [[Visakhapatnam]] in 1986. He practiced briefly as an [[advocate]] in his early career.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2022-04-11 |title=Ambati Rambabu, The Fiery Eloquent YSRCP Spokesperson Gets Ministerial Berth |url=https://english.sakshi.com/news/andhrapradesh/ap-cabinet-20-ambati-rambabu-fiery-eloquent-ysrcp-spokesperson-gets-ministerial |access-date=2022-04-24 |website=Sakshi Post |language=en |archive-date=24 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220424150614/https://english.sakshi.com/news/andhrapradesh/ap-cabinet-20-ambati-rambabu-fiery-eloquent-ysrcp-spokesperson-gets-ministerial |url-status=live }}</ref> He acted in an obscure film during his younger years before moving on to politics.<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 April 2022 |title=New Cabinet Minister Ambati Rambabu Was Once a Tollywood Hero. Check Pics |url=https://www.news18.com/news/movies/new-cabinet-minister-ambati-rambabu-was-once-a-tollywood-hero-check-pics-4970191.html |access-date=28 April 2022 |website=News18 |language=en |archive-date=13 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220413113558/https://www.news18.com/news/movies/new-cabinet-minister-ambati-rambabu-was-once-a-tollywood-hero-check-pics-4970191.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Political career ==

=== Indian National Congress ===
Ambati started his political career with [[Indian National Congress]]. He was appointed the legal cell convener of the Guntur District Congress Party in 1988, president of the District Youth Congress in 1994 and as the chairman of the Non-Conventional Energy Resources Development Corporation.<ref name=":0" />

In the [[1989 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]s from [[Repalle Assembly constituency|Repalle constituency]], he contested as a Congress party candidate and won as the MLA.<ref name=":0" /> However, he lost the [[1994 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1994]] and [[1999 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1999]] elections to [[Telugu Desam Party]]'s (TDP) Mummaneni Venkata Subbaiah.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Andhra Pradesh Assembly Election Results in 1999 |url=https://www.elections.in/andhra-pradesh/assembly-constituencies/1999-election-results.html |access-date=2022-04-25 |website=Elections in India |archive-date=25 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220425151110/https://www.elections.in/andhra-pradesh/assembly-constituencies/1999-election-results.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Andhra Pradesh Assembly Election Results in 1994 |url=https://www.elections.in/andhra-pradesh/assembly-constituencies/1994-election-results.html |access-date=2022-04-25 |website=Elections in India |archive-date=25 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220425151113/https://www.elections.in/andhra-pradesh/assembly-constituencies/1994-election-results.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":2" />

He was the chairman of [[Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation]] (APIIC) from 2005 until 2007 during the chief ministership of [[Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Md. Ilyas |date=12 April 2022 |title=Jagan Cabinet 2.0 - Profiles of 25 Ministers |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/politics/120422/jagan-cabinet-20-profiles-of-25-ministers.html |access-date=25 April 2022 |website=[[Deccan Chronicle]] |language=en |archive-date=22 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220422171924/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/politics/120422/jagan-cabinet-20-profiles-of-25-ministers.html |url-status=live }}</ref> He was also the general secretary of [[Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee]] (APCC).<ref name=":1"/>

=== Suspension from Congress ===
After the [[death of Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy]], the then [[chief minister of Andhra Pradesh]] from Congress who died in a helicopter crash in September 2009,<ref>{{Cite news |date=3 September 2009 |title=Rajasekhara Reddy and aides dead |language=en-IN |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national//article60630562.ece |url-status=live |access-date=30 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220430125440/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national//article60630562.ece |archive-date=30 April 2022 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> his son [[Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy]] went on an {{Lang|te|odarpu yatra}}, a consolation tour during which he visited families supposedly affected by the death of his father, against the wishes of Congress party's High Command. Ambati, a confidant of Jagan and his father,{{refn|<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":3" /><ref name=":5" />}} stated in July 2010 he would remain with Congress and support Jagan at the same time.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |last=T. S. Sudhir |date=6 July 2010 |title=A rebel is born. Y S Jagan |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/a-rebel-is-born-y-s-jagan-422914 |access-date=25 April 2022 |website=[[NDTV]] |archive-date=25 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220425134600/https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/a-rebel-is-born-y-s-jagan-422914 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Later the same month, he alleged that [[Konijeti Rosaiah]], the then chief minister of Andhra Pradesh,<ref>{{Cite news |date=22 July 2010 |title=Ambati Rambabu wants suspension kept on hold |language=en-IN |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/Ambati-Rambabu-wants-suspension-kept-on-hold/article16207167.ece |access-date=28 April 2022 |issn=0971-751X |archive-date=26 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220426130030/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/Ambati-Rambabu-wants-suspension-kept-on-hold/article16207167.ece |url-status=live }}</ref> was obstructing Jagan's {{Lang|te|yatra}}. Following a complaint by APCC over his statement, [[All India Congress Committee]] suspended him from Congress party citing anti-party activities and statements.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |date=17 July 2010 |title=Ambati Rambabu suspended |language=en-IN |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/Ambati-Rambabu-suspended/article16201539.ece |access-date=25 April 2022 |issn=0971-751X |archive-date=25 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220425131544/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/Ambati-Rambabu-suspended/article16201539.ece |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=18 July 2010 |title=Jagan 'pained' by Rambabu's suspension |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/politics/jagan-pained-by-rambabus-suspension/ |access-date=25 April 2022 |website=[[The Indian Express]] |language=en |archive-date=25 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220425131114/https://indianexpress.com/article/india/politics/jagan-pained-by-rambabus-suspension/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

He acted as the chief spokesman for Jagan's camp, a group comprising MLAs and other politicians from Congress party who supported Jagan, when Jagan was still with Congress.<ref>{{Cite web |date=27 November 2010 |title=Jagan group in a 'wait and watch' mode |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/politics/jagan-group-in-a-wait-and-watch-mode/ |access-date=28 April 2022 |website=[[The Indian Express]] |language=en |archive-date=28 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220428091152/https://indianexpress.com/article/india/politics/jagan-group-in-a-wait-and-watch-mode/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== YSR Congress Party ===
In March 2011, Ambati joined Jagan's newly-founded [[YSR Congress Party]] (YSRCP).<ref>{{Cite news |date=16 March 2011 |title=Ambati dares Ravindra |language=en-IN |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/Ambati-dares-Ravindra/article14950696.ece |access-date=28 April 2022 |issn=0971-751X |archive-date=28 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220428092230/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/Ambati-dares-Ravindra/article14950696.ece |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=11 March 2011 |title=Jagan announces YSR Congress Party |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/jagan-announces-ysr-congress-party/story-M1FKQLttdno6zjh4EY2lIP.html |access-date=28 April 2022 |website=[[Hindustan Times]] |language=en |archive-date=28 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220428092801/https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/jagan-announces-ysr-congress-party/story-M1FKQLttdno6zjh4EY2lIP.html |url-status=live }}</ref> {{As of|2022|4}}, he is one of the official spokespersons of YSRCP, having been appointed as such in May 2011.<ref>{{Cite web |date=27 May 2011 |title=Reddys dominate Jaganparty governing council |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/reddys-dominate-jaganparty-governing-council/articleshow/8592821.cms |access-date=25 April 2022 |website=[[The Times of India]] |language=en |archive-date=25 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220425124915/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/reddys-dominate-jaganparty-governing-council/articleshow/8592821.cms |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Janyala |first=Sreenivas |date=11 April 2022 |title=Among those Jagan dropped: Minister accused of running casino to another involved in spat with MLAs |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/political-pulse/jagan-dropped-minister-accused-of-running-casino-another-involved-spat-with-mlas-7864868/ |access-date=25 April 2022 |website=[[The Indian Express]] |language=en |archive-date=25 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220425125738/https://indianexpress.com/article/india/political-pulse/jagan-dropped-minister-accused-of-running-casino-another-involved-spat-with-mlas-7864868/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In September 2011, Telugu news channel [[ABN Andhra Jyothi]] broadcast a [[sting operation]] on Ambati where he was alleged to have allured a woman over phone for sexual favours. A few hours later, the woman involved came forward and declared that she was coerced by a representative of the news channel to make the allegations. Several [[cable operators]] in [[Guntur]], in which Ambati holds a majority stake-holding, had blocked broadcast of the channel; Ambati denied the allegations and accused the channel of defaming him.<ref>{{Cite web |date=17 September 2011 |title=Sting operation on Ambati boomerangs on TV channel |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/sting-operation-on-ambati-boomerangs-on-tv-channel/articleshow/10014528.cms |access-date=26 April 2022 |website=[[The Times of India]] |language=en |archive-date=25 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220425125140/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/sting-operation-on-ambati-boomerangs-on-tv-channel/articleshow/10014528.cms |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=17 September 2011 |title=Ambati complains against TV news channel |language=en-IN |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/ambati-complains-against-tv-news-channel/article2461252.ece |access-date=26 April 2022 |issn=0971-751X |archive-date=26 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220426133007/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/ambati-complains-against-tv-news-channel/article2461252.ece |url-status=live }}</ref> He obtained a temporary injunction from [[Andhra Pradesh High Court]] against the channel, restricting it from broadcasting any content defaming him.<ref>{{Cite web |date=29 September 2011 |title=HC restrains channel from airing 'sting' on Ambati Rambabu |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/hc-restrains-channel-from-airing-sting-on-ambati-rambabu/articleshow/10167459.cms |access-date=28 April 2022 |website=The Times of India |language=en |archive-date=19 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210519181459/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/hc-restrains-channel-from-airing-sting-on-ambati-rambabu/articleshow/10167459.cms |url-status=live }}</ref>

In January 2013, Ambati was questioned by the [[Central Bureau of Investigation]] as part of an investigation into alleged irregularities in land allotments to Emaar Properties involving APIIC and Rajasekhara Reddy's government, as Ambati was the chairman of the corporation at that time.<ref>{{Cite news |date=8 January 2012 |title=Emaar case: Jagan's aide Ambati appears before CBI |language=en-IN |work=[[The Hindu]] |agency=[[Press Trust of India]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh//article60475090.ece |access-date=25 April 2022 |issn=0971-751X |archive-date=25 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220425142211/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh//article60475090.ece |url-status=live }}</ref> He alleged that the investigation was intended to harass Jagan, his family and YSRCP members.<ref>{{Cite web |date=25 January 2012 |title=CBI on a devious course: Ambati Rambabu |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/andhra-pradesh/2012/jan/25/cbi-on-a-devious-course-ambati-rambabu-333644.html |access-date=25 April 2022 |website=[[The New Indian Express]] |archive-date=25 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220425142413/https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/andhra-pradesh/2012/jan/25/cbi-on-a-devious-course-ambati-rambabu-333644.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

He contested the [[2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2014 elections]] as the YSRCP candidate from [[Sattenapalle Assembly constituency|Sattenapalle constituency]] and lost to [[Kodela Siva Prasada Rao]] of TDP. He later contested the [[2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2019 elections]] from Sattenapalle, despite facing resistance from local YSRCP politicians, and won as the MLA against Kodela.<ref name=":3">{{Cite news |date=10 January 2019 |title=Ambati faces dissent in Sattenapalli |language=en-IN |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/ambati-faces-dissent-in-sattenapalli/article25963755.ece |access-date=25 April 2022 |issn=0971-751X |archive-date=25 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220425140331/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/ambati-faces-dissent-in-sattenapalli/article25963755.ece |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":0" /> In April 2022, he was inducted into the [[Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy ministry|Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy's cabinet]] and was allocated the Ministry of Irrigation (Water Resources) portfolio, replacing [[Anil Kumar Poluboina]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=11 April 2022 |title=Buggana retains finance, Vanitha gets Home |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/buggana-retains-finance-vanithagets-home/article65311357.ece |access-date=25 April 2022 |issn=0971-751X |archive-date=14 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220414035533/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/buggana-retains-finance-vanithagets-home/article65311357.ece |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=24 April 2022 |title=Andhra Pradesh: statements of Central, State governments causing confusion on Polavaram project, says CPI(M) State secretary |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Visakhapatnam/andhra-pradesh-statements-of-central-state-governments-causing-confusion-on-polavaram-project-says-cpim-state-secretary/article65351180.ece |access-date=25 April 2022 |issn=0971-751X |archive-date=25 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220425075140/https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Visakhapatnam/andhra-pradesh-statements-of-central-state-governments-causing-confusion-on-polavaram-project-says-cpim-state-secretary/article65351180.ece |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=8 June 2019 |title=Andhra Pradesh Ministers: Portfolios and profiles |language=en-IN |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/andhra-pradesh-ministers-portfolios-and-profiles/article27698301.ece |access-date=25 April 2022 |issn=0971-751X |archive-date=16 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210816165735/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/andhra-pradesh-ministers-portfolios-and-profiles/article27698301.ece |url-status=live }}</ref> He was also appointed the in-charge minister for [[Nellore district]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Arikatla |first=Venkat |date=19 April 2022 |title=New in-charge ministers, district presidents for YSRC |url=https://www.greatandhra.com/politics/andhra-news/new-in-charge-ministers-dist-presidents-for-ysrc-120477 |access-date=25 April 2022 |website=greatandhra.com |language=en |archive-date=19 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220419231132/https://www.greatandhra.com/politics/andhra-news/new-in-charge-ministers-dist-presidents-for-ysrc-120477 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In [[2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]] he contested the elections from [[Sattenapalle Assembly constituency|sattenapalle]] and lost to his rival [[Kanna Lakshminarayana]] by 27,836 votes.

== Personal life ==
Ambati is married to Vijayalakshmi.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2r9aJXoLeuc |title=YSRCP Leader Ambati Rambabu Wife Vijayalakshmi Election Campaign in Sattenapalli |date=1 April 2019 |language=te |publisher=[[Sakshi TV]] |access-date=26 April 2022}}</ref> The couple has three daughters.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7PoSsQSh9E |title=తన కుటుంబ వివరాలని పంచుకున్న అంబటి రాంబాబు {{!}}{{!}} Talking Politics With iDream |date=10 September 2016 |language=te |publisher=iDream News |trans-title=Ambati Rambabu sharing his family details {{!}}{{!}} Talking Politics With iDream |access-date=26 April 2022}}</ref>

== References ==
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