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{{Short description|Indian politician (born 1962)}}
{{Family name hatnote|Chelluboyina|lang=Telugu}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2022}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2022}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Chelluboyina Venugopala Krishna
| office = [[Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy ministry|Minister of Information & Public Relations <br> and Cinematography]]
| term_start = 11 April 2022 - 3 June 2024
| governor = * [[Biswabhusan Harichandan]]
* [[S. Abdul Nazeer]]
| 1blankname = Chief Minister
| 1namedata = [[Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy]]
| predecessor = [[Perni Nani]]
| successor = [[Kolusu Parthasarathy]]
| office1 = [[Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy ministry|Minister of Backward Classes Welfare]]
| term_start1 = 29 July 2020
| term_end1 = 10 April 2022
| governor1 = * [[Biswabhusan Harichandan]]
* [[S. Abdul Nazeer]]
| 1blankname1 = Chief Minister
| 1namedata1 = [[Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy]]
| predecessor1 = [[Malagundla Sankaranarayana]]
| successor1 =
| office2 = [[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly|Member of Legislative Assembly <br> Andhra Pradesh]]
| term2 = 8 June 2019 - 3 June 2024
| predecessor2 = [[Thota Trimurthulu]]
| constituency2 = [[Ramachandrapuram Assembly constituency|Ramachandrapuram]]
| party = [[YSR Congress Party]]
| other_party = [[Indian National Congress]]
| children = 2
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1962|12|23|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Razole mandal]], Andhra Pradesh, India
| image = Chelluboyina Srinivasa Venugopalakrishna in April 2022.png
| caption = Chelluboyina in April 2022
| occupation = {{hlist|Politician|businessman}}
| successor2 = [[Vasamsetti Subhash]]
}}

'''Chelluboyina Srinivasa Venugopala Krishna''' (born 23 December 1962) is an Indian politician and businessman from the state of [[Andhra Pradesh]]. He is the Minister of Backward Classes Welfare, Public Relations, Information and Cinematography and is elected as the [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the Legislative Assembly]] (MLA) representing [[Ramachandrapuram Assembly constituency]] on behalf of [[YSR Congress Party]]. He started his political career in 2000 with [[Indian National Congress]] and was elected as a member of [[District council (India)|Zilla Parishad]] in 2001 and 2006.

== Early life ==
Chelluboyina was born on 23 December 1962 to Chelluboyina Venkanna and Subhadramma in Adavi Palem, [[Razole mandal]] in erstwhile [[East Godavari district]] (now in [[Konaseema district]]), Andhra Pradesh.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=23 July 2020 |title=మంత్రులుగా చెల్లుబోయిన, సీదిరి |trans-title=Chelluboyina, Seediri as ministers |url=https://www.sakshi.com/news/politics/venugopal-krishna-and-sidiri-appala-raju-swearing-raj-bhavan-1303394 |access-date=9 December 2022 |website=[[Sakshi (newspaper)|Sakshi]] |language=te}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=18 March 2019 |title=తూర్పు గోదావరి వైఎస్సార్‌సీపీ అభ్యర్థుల ప్రొఫైల్స్‌ |trans-title=East Godavari YSRCP candidate profiles |url=https://www.sakshi.com/news/andhra-pradesh/profiles-east-godavari-ysrcp-candidates-1171035 |access-date=9 December 2022 |website=[[Sakshi (newspaper)|Sakshi]] |language=te}}</ref> He graduated in Bachelor of Arts from B. R. Ambedkar Open University.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Srinivasa Venu Gopala Krishna Chelluboyina(YSRCP):Constituency- RAMACHANDRAPURAM(EAST GODAVARI) - Affidavit Information of Candidate |url=https://myneta.info/andhrapradesh2019/candidate.php?candidate_id=4681 |access-date=9 December 2022 |website=myneta.info}}</ref>

== Career ==
Chelluboyina is a businessman by profession. He entered politics in 2000 and joined [[Indian National Congress]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Apparasu |first=Srinivasa Rao |date=22 July 2020 |editor-last=Sarkar |editor-first=Sohini |title=Andhra CM Jagan Mohan Reddy inducts two ministers in minor cabinet rejig |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/andhra-cm-jagan-mohan-reddy-inducts-two-ministers-in-minor-cabinet-rejig/story-4h2bEDRl942A7kCaCLTMdO.html |access-date=9 December 2022 |website=[[Hindustan Times]] |language=en}}</ref> He was elected as a member of {{Lang|te|Zilla Parishad}} ([[District council (India)|district council]]) from [[Razole, Konaseema district|Razole]] in 2001, and again in 2006 and was made the Chairman.<ref name=":1" /> He was appointed president of East Godavari district's Congress unit in 2008 and again 2012.<ref name=":2" /> He worked as a member of [[Pradesh Congress Committee]] in [[united Andhra Pradesh]].<ref name=":0" /> He also worked as a member of [[Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 April 2022 |title=AP: Venu Gopala Krishna Takes Charges as BC Welfare, Cinematography and I&PR |url=https://english.sakshi.com/news/andhrapradesh/ap-venu-gopala-krishna-takes-charges-bc-welfare-cinematography-and-ipr-153413 |access-date=9 December 2022 |website=[[Sakshi (newspaper)|Sakshi]] |language=en}}</ref>

He joined YSR Congress Party (YSRCP){{When|date=December 2022}} and contested the [[2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]] representing [[Kakinada Rural Assembly constituency]] unsuccessfully. He later contested the [[2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]] from Ramachandrapuram constituency and won as the MLA.<ref name=":2" /> In July 2020, he was inducted into the ministry [[Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy]]-led YSRCP government and was allotted the portfolio of Backward Classes Welfare.<ref>{{Cite web |date=23 July 2020 |title=AP Cabinet: Portfolios Allocated To 2 Newly Appointed Ministers |url=https://english.sakshi.com/news/andhrapradesh/portfolios-allocated-ministers-gopalakrishna-appalaraju-ap-cabinet-121775 |access-date=9 December 2022 |website=[[Sakshi (newspaper)|Sakshi]] |language=en}}</ref> He was also appointed the in-charge minister for East Godavari district.<ref>{{Cite web |date=19 August 2022 |title=Jagananna Women's Safe Haven inaugurated |url=https://www.thehansindia.com/andhra-pradesh/jagananna-womens-safe-haven-inaugurated-758323 |access-date=9 December 2022 |website=[[The Hans India]] |language=en}}</ref> In April 2022, he was given additional ministries of Public Relations, Information and Cinematography.<ref>{{Cite web |date=11 April 2022 |title=Andhra Cabinet reshuffle: Here are the portfolios assigned to new ministers |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/andhra-cabinet-reshuffle-here-are-portfolios-assigned-new-ministers-162803 |access-date=9 December 2022 |website=[[The News Minute]] |language=en}}</ref>

== Other work ==
Chelluboyina acts as the president of AP Boxing Association since 1999.<ref name=":1" />

== Personal life ==
Chelluboyina is married to Varalakshmi and has two sons.<ref name=":0" />

== References ==
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== External links ==
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[[Category:1962 births]]
[[Category:People from Konaseema district]]
[[Category:YSR Congress Party politicians]]
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Andhra Pradesh]]
[[Category:Andhra Pradesh MLAs 2019–2024]]
[[Category:State cabinet ministers of Andhra Pradesh]]

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