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{{Short description|Indian politician (born 1944)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2016}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Galla Aruna Kumari
| caption =
| image = gallaruna_2009.jpg
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1944|08|01|df=y}}

| birth_place = [[Diguvamagham]], [[Madras Presidency]], [[British India]] (now in [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[India]])
| residence = [[Film Nagar]], [[Hyderabad]], India
| death_date =
| death_place =
| office1 = [[Kiran Kumar Reddy ministry|Minister for Mines & Geology]] [[United Andhra Pradesh|Government of United Andhra Pradesh]]
| term_start1 = 24 November 2010
| term_end1 = 21 February 2014
| governor1 = [[E. S. L. Narasimhan]]
| 1blankname1 = Chief Minister
| 1namedata1 = [[Nallari Kiran Kumar Reddy]]
| predecessor1 = [[Vijaya Ramaraju Setrucharla]]
| successor1 = [[Peethala Sujatha]]
| office2 = [[Second Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy ministry|Minister of Roads Buildings]] [[United Andhra Pradesh|Government of United Andhra Pradesh]]
| term_start2 = 25 May 2009
| term_end2 = 23 November 2010
| governor2 = [[N. D. Tiwari]]
| 1blankname2 = Chief Minister
| 1namedata2 = [[Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy]] [[Konijeti Rosaiah]]
| predecessor2 = [[T. Jeevan Reddy]]
| successor2 = Pithani Satyanarayana
| office3 = [[First Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy ministry|Minister of Medical Education & Health Insurance]] [[United Andhra Pradesh|Government of United Andhra Pradesh]]
| term_start3 = 14 May 2004
| term_end3 = 20 May 2009
| governor3 = [[Surjit Singh Barnala]] [[Sushilkumar Shinde]] [[Rameshwar Thakur]] [[N. D. Tiwari]]
| 1blankname3 = Chief Minister
| 1namedata3 = [[Y.S.Rajasekhara Reddy]]
| predecessor3 = [[N. M. D. Farooq]] [[Nagam Janardhan Reddy]]
| successor3 = [[Danam Nagender]] [[Sake Sailajanath]]
| office4 = [[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly|Member of Legislative Assembly]] [[United Andhra Pradesh]]
| term_start4 = 1999
| term_end4 = 2014
| predecessor4 = [[Nara Ramamurthy Naidu]]
| successor4 = '''United Andhra Pradesh Assembly Divided'''
| constituency4 = [[Chandragiri (Assembly constituency)|Chandragiri]]
| term_start5 = 1989
| term_end5 = 1994
| predecessor5 = N. R. Jayadeva Naidu
| successor5 = [[Nara Ramamurthy Naidu]]
| constituency5 = [[Chandragiri (Assembly constituency)|Chandragiri]]
| party = [[Telugu Desam Party]] ({{small|2014 - present}})
| otherparty = [[Indian National Congress]] ({{small|1989 - 2014}})
| spouse = [[Galla Ramachandra Naidu]]
| children = [[Jay Galla|Jayadev Galla]]
| nationality = [[India]]n
| father = [[Paturi Rajagopala Naidu]]
| }}
{{family name hatnote|Galla|lang=Telugu}}'''Galla Aruna Kumari''' (born 1 August 1944) is an Indian politician. She is the daughter of former [[Lok Sabha|Indian parliamentarian]] and social activist [[Paturi Rajagopala Naidu]]. She is currently a polit buro member of the [[Telugu Desam Party]]. She was the Minister for Geology and Mines in the [[Government of Andhra Pradesh]], India<ref name="AP Govt profile">{{cite web|url=http://www.portal.ap.gov.in/Government/Lists/Council%20of%20Ministers/DispForm.aspx?ID=24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090202202056/http://portal.ap.gov.in/Government/Lists/Council%20of%20Ministers/DispForm.aspx?ID=24 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2009-02-02 |title=Profile – Smt Aruna Kumari |publisher=Andhra Pradesh Govt |accessdate=2009-07-13 }}</ref> and [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] for the [[Chandragiri (Assembly constituency)|Chandragiri constituency]].<ref name="AP election results">{{cite web|url=http://www.indian-elections.com/assembly-elections/andhra-pradesh/andhrapradesh-results-09.html|title=AP Assembly election results|publisher=Indian-Elections.com|pages=row 148|accessdate=2009-07-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090520082135/http://www.indian-elections.com/assembly-elections/andhra-pradesh/andhrapradesh-results-09.html|archive-date=20 May 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> On 8 March 2014, she joined Telugu Desam Party.<ref>{{cite web|title=Former Congress Minister Aruna Kumari Galla joins TDP with her Son|url=http://news.biharprabha.com/2014/03/former-congress-minister-aruna-kumari-galla-joins-tdp-with-her-son/|work=IANS|publisher=news.biharprabha.com|accessdate=8 March 2014}}</ref>

Aruna Kumari is married to [[Galla Ramachandra Naidu]], an industrialist and founder of [[Amara Raja Group]] of Companies.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amararaja.co.in/|title=Amara Raja Batteries Limited|work=amararaja.co.in|access-date=12 August 2009|archive-date=3 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170603212811/https://amararaja.co.in/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjYY_x9iE_w|title=Open Heart With RK – AP TDP Minister Galla Aruna Kumari – Full Episode|date=11 December 2011|work=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}{{Dead YouTube link|date=February 2022}}</ref> She has a B.S. in computer science from Lake View College. She worked for the [[Chrysler|Chrysler Corporation]] as computer programmer and departmental head for Management Information Systems in the sales division. Her prior roles in her political career include that of President of the Andhra Pradesh Mahila Congress and General Secretary, Pradesh Congress Committee. She was also the MLA for Chandragiri constituency from 1989 to 1994, 1999–2014 and Health Education and Insurance Minister <ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/01/10/stories/2009011053810300.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120114150948/http://www.hindu.com/2009/01/10/stories/2009011053810300.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=2012-01-14 | location=Chennai, India | work=[[The Hindu]] | title=IMA bats for Galla Aruna | date=2009-01-10}}</ref> in the first term of [[Andhra Pradesh]] Chief Minister, late [[Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy]], during which time, she was responsible for creating the universal health programme, ''Aarogyasri''. She also held the ministry for Roads and Buildings during second term of Congress government for some time. Aruna Kumari wrote several novels in [[Telugu language|Telugu]].

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==External links==
{{Commons category|Aruna Kumari Galla}}

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