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{{short description|Indian politician (born 1987)}}
{{Hatnote|This is a [[Telugu language|Telugu name]]; the family name is ''Kinjarapu''.}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu
| image = Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu (cropped).jpg
| image_size = 220px
| caption = Official portrait, 2025
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|12|18|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Nimmada]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], India
| alma_mater = [[Purdue University]] ([[Bachelor of Science|B.Sc]])<br>[[Long Island University]] ([[Master of Business Administration|M.BA]])
| president = [[Droupadi Murmu]]
| office = 33rd [[Ministry of Civil Aviation (India)|Union Minister of Civil Aviation]]
| term_start = 9 June 2024
| prime_minister = [[Narendra Modi]]
| predecessor = [[Jyotiraditya Scindia]]
| office1 = National [[General Secretary]] of [[Telugu Desam Party]]
| term_start1 = 2017
| alongside1 = [[Nara Lokesh]]
| 1blankname1 = National President
| 1namedata1 = [[N. Chandrababu Naidu]]
| predecessor1 = ''Office established''
| office2 = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]
| constituency2 = [[Srikakulam Lok Sabha constituency|Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh]]
| term_end2 =
| term_start2 = 16 May 2014
| predecessor2 = [[Killi Krupa Rani]]
| successor2 =
| party = [[Telugu Desam Party]]
| relatives = [[Kinjarapu Atchannaidu]] (uncle)<br/>[[Adireddy Bhavani]] (sister)<br/>[[Bandaru Satyanarayana Murthy]] (father-in-law)<br/>[[Adireddy Srinivas]](brother-in-law)
| signature = Signature of K. Rammohan Naidu.svg
| father = [[Kinjarapu Yerran Naidu]]
| mother =
| spouse = {{marriage|Bandaru Sri Sravya|2017}}<ref name="TDP MP Rammohan Naidu marries former minister's daughter">{{cite news |title=TDP MP Rammohan Naidu marries former minister's daughter |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/amaravati/tdp-mp-rammohan-naidu-marries-former-ministers-daughter/articleshow/59158723.cms |accessdate=22 May 2025 |publisher=The Times of India |date=15 June 2017 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20250522164300/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/amaravati/tdp-mp-rammohan-naidu-marries-former-ministers-daughter/articleshow/59158723.cms |archivedate=22 May 2025}}</ref>
}}

'''Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu''' (born 18 December 1987) is an Indian politician who is serving as the 33rd [[Ministry of Civil Aviation (India)|Minister of Civil Aviation]] since June 2024. He represents the [[Srikakulam Lok Sabha constituency]] and has been elected in the [[16th Lok Sabha|16th]], [[17th Lok Sabha|17th]], and [[18th Lok Sabha]]. He first won the seat in the [[2014 Indian general election]]<ref name="32 newly elected under-35 MPs & what they intend to do for their constituencies">{{cite news |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date=25 May 2014 |title=32 newly elected under-35 MPs & what they intend to do for their constituencies |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/32-newly-elected-under-35-mps-what-they-intend-to-do-for-their-constituencies/articleshow/35569860.cms |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20250720133857/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/32-newly-elected-under-35-mps-what-they-intend-to-do-for-their-constituencies/articleshow/35569860.cms |archivedate=20 July 2025 |accessdate=20 July 2025 |publisher=The Economic Times}}</ref> and was re-elected in 2019 and 2024 as a candidate of the [[Telugu Desam Party]]. He serves as the National General Secretary of the TDP<ref>{{Cite web |work=The Hans India |date=2017-09-24 |title=TDP Central Committee constituted |url=https://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/Andhra-Pradesh/2017-09-24/TDP-Central-Committee-constituted/328627 |access-date=2024-05-02 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Member Detail|url=https://sansad.in/ls/members|website=sansad.in/ls|access-date=2024-07-13|language=en}}</ref> and as the party's leader in the [[Lok Sabha]].

== Early life and education ==
Naidu was born in [[Nimmada]], [[Srikakulam]]. He is the son of [[Kinjarapu Yerran Naidu]],<ref>{{Cite news |date=2012-11-23 |title=Rammohan Naidu named successor of Yerran Naidu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/ |access-date=2024-05-02 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X |archive-date=3 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603121313/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-newdelhi/Delhi-Metro-confident-of-meeting-deadline/article14836060.ece |url-status=live }}</ref> a member of the [[Telugu Desam Party]], and Kinjarapu Vijayakumari. His father was a [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of Legislative Assembly]] (MLA) from the [[Tekkali Assembly constituency|Tekkali constituency]] and subsequently became a [[Member of Parliament]] (MP) from [[Srikakulam]], later serving as a [[Union Minister]] for Rural Development in the [[United Front (India, 1996)|United Front government]] between 1996 and 1998.

He completed his primary schooling in [[Srikakulam]] and later on joined [[Delhi Public School, R. K. Puram]], [[Delhi]], after his father became an MP and moved to Delhi. He then earned a bachelor's degree in [[electrical engineering]] from [[Purdue University]], [[United States]], and an MBA from [[Long Island University]]. He worked for a year in Singapore before returning to India.<ref name="Modi 3.0 Cabinet: Ram Mohan Naidu set to become youngest ever Union Minister">{{cite news |last1=The Hindu |first1= |date=9 June 2024 |title=Modi 3.0 Cabinet: Ram Mohan Naidu set to become youngest ever Union Minister |url=https://www.thehindu.com/elections/lok-sabha/ram-mohan-naidu-set-to-become-youngest-ever-union-minister/article68269030.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240610092341/https://www.thehindu.com/elections/lok-sabha/ram-mohan-naidu-set-to-become-youngest-ever-union-minister/article68269030.ece |archive-date=10 June 2024 |access-date=10 June 2024 |language=en-IN}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Meet Ram Mohan Naidu, India's New Aviation Minister, Youngest In Modi 3.0 |url=https://www.ndtv.com/people/meet-ram-mohan-naidu-indias-new-aviation-minister-youngest-in-modi-3-0-5864249 |access-date=2024-06-29 |website=NDTV.com}}</ref> His uncle, [[Kinjarapu Atchannaidu]], is a senior politician of the [[Telugu Desam Party|TDP]] and also a [[Minister (government)|minister]] in the [[Government of Andhra Pradesh]].

== Personal life ==

Naidu, born in Nimmada village Kotabommali mandal Srikakulam district, belongs to the [[Velama]] Community(caste). {{Citation needed|date=February 2026}}

He married Sravya Bandaru in June 2017, the youngest daughter of the former minister and [[Telugu Desam Party]] [[Vice president|Vice-President]], [[Bandaru Satyanarayana Murthy]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2017-06-15 |title=TDP MP Rammohan Naidu marries former minister's daughter |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/amaravati/tdp-mp-rammohan-naidu-marries-former-ministers-daughter/articleshow/59158723.cms |access-date=2024-05-02 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>

== Political career ==
Naidu entered politics in 2012 after the death of his father.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Senior TDP leader and former Union minister Yerran Naidu dies in a road accident in Andhra Pradesh |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/south/story/tdp-leader-yerran-naidu-dies-in-road-accident-120329-2012-11-01 |access-date=2024-05-02 |website=India Today |date=2 November 2012 |language=en}}</ref> He represents the Srikakulam Parliamentary constituency. Appointed as the constituency in-charge in 2013, he contested the 2014 elections and won by a margin of 127,576 votes.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2014-05-16 |title=Rammohan Naidu wins hands down |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/ |access-date=2024-05-02 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X |archive-date=3 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603121313/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-newdelhi/Delhi-Metro-confident-of-meeting-deadline/article14836060.ece |url-status=live }}</ref> Kinjarupu is the second youngest Member of Parliament in the 16th [[Lok Sabha]]. He introduced a private member's bill demanding the establishment of a [[Railway Zones and Divisions in India|railway zone]] in [[Andhra Pradesh]] with Visakhapatnam as its headquarters.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Teja |first=Charan |date=2017-12-13 |title=TDP MP to move private member's bill seeking AP railway zone |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/andhra-pradesh/tdp-mp-move-private-member-s-bill-seeking-ap-railway-zone-73118 |access-date=2024-05-02 |website=The News Minute |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=The Railways (Amendment) Bill, 2017 as introduced in Lok Sabha on 29/12/2017 |url=http://164.100.47.4/BillsTexts/LSBillTexts/Asintroduced/2674LS%20As%20In.pdf}}</ref> In the [[2024 Indian general election in Andhra Pradesh]], he represented TDP and won by a majority of 3,27,901 votes from the [[Srikakulam Lok Sabha constituency]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Results of Srikakulam Parliament Constituency, General Elections,2024 |url=https://results.eci.gov.in/PcResultGenJune2024/candidateswise-S012.htm}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Srikakulam lok sabha election results 2024: Srikakulam Winning Candidates List and Vote Share |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/lok-sabha/andhra-pradesh/srikakulam-constituency-result-1502 |access-date=2024-06-13 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Srikakulam Constituency Lok Sabha Election Result: Candidates Profiles, Map, Total Votes, Past Results |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/lok-sabha-constituencies/andhra-pradesh/srikakulam |access-date=2024-06-13 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref> He is the incumbent Union Minister of Civil Aviation, India.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu, Union Minister of Civil Aviation |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/civil-aviation-minister-ram-mohan-naidu-hints-at-bringing-down-airfares-101718271893392.html}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-06-13 |title=New Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu promises to review airfares |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/experienced-rising-airfares-as-a-passenger-will-review-civil-aviation-minister-ram-mohan-naidu-2552702-2024-06-13 |access-date=2024-06-13 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref>

=== Performance in Parliament ===

''Performance in the Lok Sabha, 2019-20''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu |url=https://prsindia.org/mptrack/17th-lok-sabha/ram-mohan-naidu-kinjarapu |access-date=2024-05-02 |website=PRS Legislative Research |language=en-US}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
!MP performance parameters (2019–20)
!Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu
|-
|Attendance in parliament
|90%, against State Average 79% and National Average 84%
|-
|Questions raised
|69, against State Average 49 and National Average 49
|-
|Debates Participated
|34, against State Average 13 and National Average 14.5
|-
|Private Member Bills
|0, against State Average 0 and National Average 0.3
|-
|Number of criminal cases
|None
|}

=== Parliamentary Committees ===

He is a member of the standing committee on Railways and Home Affairs, Consultative Committee on Ministry of Tourism and Culture and in the Committee on Welfare of other Backward Classes and Official Language Department in the 16th Lok Sabha.<ref>{{Cite web |work=National Informatics Centre |title=Digital Sansad |url=https://sansad.in/ls |access-date=2024-06-13 |language=en}}</ref>

=== At the United Nations ===

Kinjarapu has represented India at the 72nd session of the [[United Nations General Assembly]] in the 22nd meeting of the first committee on Disarmament. He reiterated India's commitment to upholding the UN Charter's ideals and promoting international peace through multilateral cooperation. Representing India at the United Nations, he emphasized the importance of advancing nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation efforts.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Naidu |first1=Kinjarapu Rammohan |last2=India |date=2017-10-25 |title=Record #1654562 |url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/1654562 |access-date=2022-09-20 |website=United Nations Digital Library System |language=en}}</ref>

== As the Minister for Civil Aviation ==
On 10 June 2024, Naidu was allocated the Ministry of Civil Aviation.

On 12 June 2025 he visited Ahmedabad, Gujarat shortly after the crash of London-bound Air India flight AI171<ref>{{Cite web |title=MSN |url=https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/India/air-india-crash-pm-modi-asks-amit-shah-ram-mohan-naidu-to-visit-ahmedabad-oversee-relief-efforts/ar-AA1GzrLo |access-date=2025-06-12 |website=www.msn.com}}</ref>

<gallery>
Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu oath as Cabinet Minister.jpg|President Droupadi Murmu administering the oath as Cabinet Minister to Naidu
The Union Minister for Civil Aviation, Shri Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu chairs a meeting on the Exchange of MoUs between Mahindra Aerostructures and Airbus for the manufacturing of H130 helicopter fuselages in India, on April 09 2025.jpg|Naidu chairs a meeting of the Ministry of Civil Aviation
</gallery>

==Electoral history==
{| class="wikitable" style="width:70%; text-align: center;"
|+Election results
!Year
!Office
!Constituency
! colspan="2" |Party
!Votes
!%
!Opponent
! colspan="2" |Party
!Votes
!%
!Result
!Ref
|-
|[[2014 Indian general election|2014]]
|rowspan=3 |[[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|MP]]
|rowspan=3 |[[Srikakulam Lok Sabha constituency|Srikakulam]]
|rowspan=3 |[[Telugu Desam Party]]
|rowspan=3 |[[File:Indian Election Symbol Cycle.png|frameless|21x21px]]
|556,163
|52.90
|[[Reddy Shanthi]]
|rowspan=3 |[[YSR Congress Party]]
|rowspan=3 |[[File:Indian Election Symbol Ceiling Fan.svg|frameless|21x21px]]
|428,591
|40.76
|{{Won}}
|rowspan=3 |<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-06-09 |title=Meet Ram Mohan Naidu, 3-time Andhra MP and India's youngest-ever Union minister |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/ram-mohan-naidu-modi-cabinet-ministry-tdp-lok-sabha-srikakulam-2551058-2024-06-09 |access-date=2024-06-09 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|[[2019 Indian general election|2019]]
|534,544
|46.19
|Duvvada Srinivas
|527,891
|45.61
|{{Won}}
|-
|[[2024 Indian general election|2024]]
|754,328
|61.05
|Tilak Perada
|426,427
|34.51
|{{Won}}
|}

==Policy positions==
In October 2019, he wrote an article in [[The News Minute]] criticizing the Andhra Pradesh government under [[Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy]] for its sand mining policy. He argued that the ban on sand mining from May to September 2019 disrupted the construction industry and affected the livelihoods of over 2 million laborers.<ref>{{Cite web |author=Ram Mohan Naidu |date=2019-10-25 |title=Andhra CM Jagan destroyed livelihoods with sand mining ban, TDP MP writes |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/andhra-pradesh/andhra-cm-jagan-destroyed-livelihoods-sand-mining-ban-tdp-mp-writes-111189 |access-date=2024-05-02 |website=The News Minute |language=en}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Third Modi ministry]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{Twitter}}

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