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{{Short description|Politician and Party Leader}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Kimidi Kalavenkata Rao<br />
| spouse = Chandramouli
| predecessor2 = Kimidi Ganapathi Rao
| successor2 = constituency Merged
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1952|7|1}}
| birth_place = [[Regidi]] [[Srikakulam District]]
| death_date =
| death_place =
| termstart2 = 2004
| parents = Surau Naidu (Father)<br />Annapurnamma(Mother)
| residence = Regidi, [[Srikakulam District]]
| occupation = Agriculture
| alma_mater = [[Maharaja College, Vizianagaram]]
| website =
| termstart = 8 June 2014 - present
| termend2 = 2009
| termend1 = 1994
| honorific_prefix = 
| office = Member of Legislative Assembly, Andhra Pradesh <br /> [[Etcherla Assembly constituency]]
| honorific_suffix =
| native_name = Kalavenkata Rao
| image =
| party = [[Telugu Desam Party]]
| governor =
| order =
| termstart1 = 1983
| predecessor = Meesala Neelakantam Naidu
| successor =
| office1 = Member of Legislative Assembly, Andhra Pradesh <br /> Unukuru Assembly constituency
| order1 =
| predecessor1 = Babu Parankusam Mudili
| successor1 = Palavalasa Rajasekharam
| termend =
}}

'''Kimidi Kalavenkata Rao''' is an Indian politician and Telugudesam party leader.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nocorruption.in/politician/kimidi-kalavenkatarao/|title=Kimidi Kalavenkatarao}}</ref> He was appointed President of the Andhra Pradesh Division of the Telugu Desam Party after the partition of Andhra Pradesh.<ref name="kala">{{Cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/tdp-cadre-jubilant-over-venkata-raos-elevation/article7709023.ece|title=TDP cadre jubilant over Venkata Rao’s elevation}}</ref>

==Political Life==
* Rao joined the [[Telugu Desam Party]] in 1983 with the formation of the party. In the 1983, 1985, 1989 and 2004 elections, he won the [[Unukuru]] Assembly constituency four times as an MLA on behalf of the Telugu Desam Party. He served as the Minister of Trade Taxes, Municipalities and Home Affairs in the Governments of Telugu Desam.
* Rao served as the Chairman of the [[Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam]]-TTD. He was a [[Member of the Rajya Sabha]] from 1998 to 2004.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/member_site/mpterms.aspx|title=List of Former Members of Rajya Sabha(Term Wise)-members with in 1-term serial No.985}}</ref>
* Rao joined the [[Chiranjeevi]]-led [[Prajarajyam Party]] in the 2009 Assembly elections.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/Kala-Venkata-Rao-to-quit-Telugu-Desam/article15363691.ece|title=Kala Venkata Rao to quit Telugu Desam}}</ref> When [[Unukuru]] constituency was merged with other constituencies in 2009, he contested as a Prajarajyam Party candidate from Echerla Assembly constituency and lost to Congress candidate [[Meesala Neelakantam Naidu]]. Though he wanted to come back to Telugudesam party, he could not come due to some reasons. He has not left the Prajarajyam Party since 2012 and has not been active in any political party for 2 years.
* In the 2014 Assembly elections, he contested and won the Telugu Desam Party candidate from [[Etcherla]] Assembly constituency again.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://janamonline.com/article?nid=4180|title='కిమిడి"కి వైద్య ఆరోగ్యశాఖ....!}}{{Dead link|date=June 2021|bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

== Positions held ==

* Municipal Departments, Government of Andhra Pradesh.
* Department of Commercial Taxes, Government of Andhra Pradesh.
* Home Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh.
* Member of the Rajya Sabha.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/member_site/mpterms.aspx|title=List of Former Members of Rajya Sabha(Term Wise)-members with in 1-term serial No.985}}</ref>
* Department of Energy Resources, Government of Andhra Pradesh.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ap.gov.in/government/council-of-ministers/|title=Government Council of Ministers|access-date=2018-06-09|website=|archive-date=2018-06-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180610224252/http://www.ap.gov.in/government/council-of-ministers/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://srikakulampoliticalinformation.blogspot.com/search/label/Kimidi%20Kalavenkatarao Kimidi Kalavenkatarao,కిమిడి కళావెంకటరావు]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bL1OedSVxoM Kimidi Kala Venkatarao Takes Oath as AP Cabinet Minister]
* {{Citation|last=TV9 Telugu|title=Face to face with AP TDP Chief Kala Venkat Rao - Mukha Mukhi - TV9|date=2015-10-25|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nf75vBV0DUI|access-date=2018-06-09}}

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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:1952 births]]
[[Category:Telugu Desam Party politicians]]
[[Category:Rajya Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:People from Srikakulam district]]
[[Category:Rajya Sabha members from Andhra Pradesh]]
[[Category:People from Uttarandhra]]

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