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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = C. Vidyasagar Rao
| image = Governor_of_Maharashtra_C._Vidyasagar_Rao.jpg
| caption = Official Portrait, 2014
| office = Governor of Maharashtra
| order = 21st
| term_start = 30 August 2014
| term_end = 1 September 2019
| 1blankname = Chief Minister
| 1namedata = [[Prithviraj Chavan]] [[Devendra Fadnavis]]
| predecessor = [[K. Sankaranarayanan]]
| successor = [[B. S. Koshyari]]
| office1 = [[List of governors of Tamil Nadu| Governor of Tamil Nadu]]
| predecessor1 = [[K. Rosaiah]]
| successor1 = [[Banwarilal Purohit]]
| 1blankname1 = Chief Minister
| 1namedata1 = [[J. Jayalalithaa]] [[O. Panneerselvam]] [[Edappadi K. Palaniswami]]
| term_start1 = 2 September 2016
| term_end1 = 6 October 2017
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| birth_name = Chennamaneni Vidyasagar Rao
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1941|02|12}}
| birth_place = Nagaram, [[Karimnagar district]], [[Hyderabad State]], [[British Raj|British India]] (now in [[Telangana]], [[India]])
| death_place =
| spouse = Vinoda Rao
| office2 = [[Ministry of Commerce and Industry (India)|Minister of state in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry]]
| term_start2 = 29 January 2003
| term_end2 = 22 May 2004
| predecessor2 = [[Sukhbir Singh Badal]]
| successor2 = [[Jairam Ramesh]]
| primeminister2 = Atal Bihari Vajpayee
| office3 = [[Minister of Home Affairs (India)|Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs]]
| term_start3 = 13 October 1999
| term_end3 = 29 January 2003
| predecessor3 =
| successor3 = [[Shakeel Ahmad]]
| minister3 = [[L. K. Advani]]
| primeminister3 = [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
| constituency_MP4 = [[Karimnagar (Lok Sabha Constituency)|Karimnagar]]
| parliament4 = Indian
| term_start4 = 1998
| term_end4 = 2004
| predecessor4 = [[L. Ramana]]
| successor4 = [[Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao]]
| constituency_AM5 = [[Metpally]]
| assembly5 = Andhra Pradesh Legislative
| term5 = 1985-1998
| predecessor5 =
| successor5 =
| relatives = [[Chennamaneni Rajeshwara Rao]] (brother) [[C. H. Hanumantha Rao]] (brother)
}}
'''Chennamaneni Vidyasagar Rao''' (born 12 February 1941) is an Indian politician from Telangana, associated with [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]. He served as [[Governor of Maharashtra]] from 2014 to 2019. As a member of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]], he had served as a Union Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs in [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]'s government from 1999. He was elected to the [[Lok Sabha]] in 1998 and 1999 (13th Lok Sabha) from [[Karimnagar (Lok Sabha constituency)]].

==Early life==
He was born in Nagaram, [[Sircilla district]] on 12 February 1942 to C. Srinivasa Rao and Chandramma. He has three brothers. He completed his schooling in [[Vemulwada, Karimnagar District|Vemulawada]], [[Pre-university course|PUC]] in [[Hyderabad]], [[B.Sc.]] in [[Nanded]] of Maharashtra and later studied law at [[Osmania University]].

==Legal and political career==

=== As a lawyer and politician ===
After completion of law, he started working as lawyer. He was elected as convener (Chairman) of Janasangh, Karimnagar in 1972. He went to jail during the emergency period. He represented the [[BJP]] in Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly from [[Metpally]] assembly segment from 1985 to 1998 and entered into the Parliament by winning Karimnagar Lok Sabha constituency in 1998 and in 1999. He was also the BJP state president in 1998. His leadership in assembly has lifted party's profile in the state. Shri Rao had been Floor Leader of his party in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly for 15 years. He was successful in piloting a private member’s bill in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly that sought stringent punishment for people practicing bigamy. His Padyatra to Ichampalli in the year 1998 as the then BJP president highlighting the need to utilize Godavari waters for the needs of the people of Telangana led the Government to consider the project seriously.{{Citation needed|date=December 2019}}

=== As a minister ===
He was Union minister of State for Home affairs in the [[Third Council of Ministers of Atal Bihari Vajpayee|cabinet of Atal Behari Vajpayee in 1999]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/election/1999/oct/13vaj.htm|title=Rediff On The NeT: 70-member Vajpayee ministry sworn in|website=www.rediff.com|access-date=2019-12-28}}</ref> Later, his portfolio was changed to Union Minister of state for Commerce and Industry.

=== As a governor ===
He was appointed as a governor of [[Maharashtra]] on 30 August 2014. His appointment was issued by 13th [[President of India]], Mr.[[Pranab Mukherjee]] after the resignation of [[K. Sankaranarayanan]]. His oath was administered by Chief Justice of [[Bombay High Court]] Mohit Shah.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/chennamaneni-vidyasagar-rao-sworn-in-as-maharashtra-governor/|title=Chennamaneni Vidyasagar Rao sworn in as Maharashtra Governor|work=The Indian Express|access-date=2018-05-28|language=en-US}}</ref> On 26 September 2014, he accepted the resignation of [[Prithviraj Chavan]] as his party had no majority, and [[President's Rule]] was imposed on Maharashtra.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Presidents-rule-imposed-in-Maharashtra/articleshow/43713750.cms|title=President's rule imposed in Maharashtra - Times of India|work=The Times of India|access-date=2018-05-28}}</ref> He held additional charge as governor of Tamil Nadu from 2 September 2016 to 6 October 2017.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/lifelong-sangh-man-who-returned-from-wilderness/articleshow/57048433.cms|title=Maharashtra governor C Vidyasagar Rao: Lifelong Sangh man who returned from wilderness|last=Tiwari|first=Ravish|date=2017-02-09|work=The Economic Times|access-date=2018-05-28}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/president-ram-nath-kovind-appoints-new-governors/article19776160.ece|title=Banwarilal Purohit is new Governor of Tamil Nadu|last=Nair|first=Sobhana K.|date=2017-09-30|work=The Hindu|access-date=2018-05-28|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
His wife's name is Vinoda. His elder brothers are [[Chennamaneni Rajeshwara Rao|C. Rajeshwara Rao]], a former Communist leader, [[C. H. Hanumantha Rao|C. Hanumantha Rao]] who was the chancellor of [[Hyderabad Central University]] and C. Venkateshwara Rao.

==References==
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==External links==
{{commonscat|C. Vidyasagar Rao}}{{Current Indian governors}}
{{Governors of Tamil Nadu}}

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