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{{Short description|Indian politician (1957–2012)}}<br />
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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = Kinjarapu Yerran Naidu<br />
| image = Yerram Naidu Kinjarapu.jpg<br />
| caption = <br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|1957|2|23|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Nimmada]], [[Andhra Pradesh]]<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|2012|11|2|1957|2|23|df=y}}<br />
| death_place = Ranasthalam, [[Andhra Pradesh]]<br />
| office1 = [[Ministry of Rural Development (India)| Union Minister of Rural Areas and Employment]]<br />
| termstart1 = 1 June 1996<br />
| termend1 = 19 March 1998<br />
| primeminister1 = [[H. D. Deve Gowda]]<br/>[[I. K. Gujral]]<br />
| predecessor1 = [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]<br />
| successor1 = [[Babagouda Patil]]<br />
| constituency2 = [[Srikakulam Lok Sabha constituency|Srikakulam]]<br />
| office2 = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]<br />
| termstart2 = 10 May 1996<br />
| termend2 = 17 May 2009<br />
| predecessor2 = [[Kanithi Viswanatham]]<br />
| successor2 = [[Killi Krupa Rani]]<br />
| office3 = [[First N. Chandrababu Naidu ministry|State Cabinet Minister, Andhra Pradesh]]<br />
| termstart3 = 8 October 1995<br />
| termend3 = 11 October 1995<br />
| governor3 = [[Krishan Kant]]<br />[[C. Rangarajan]]<br />
| predecessor3 =<br />
| successor3 =<br />
| 1namedata3 = [[N. Chandrababu Naidu]]<br />
| 1blankname3 = Chief Minister<br />
| office4 = [[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly| Member of Legislative Assembly, Andhra Pradesh]]<br />
| termstart4 = 1983<br />
| termend4 = 1996<br />
| predecessor4 = Kannipally Appla Narasimha Bhuktha<br />
| successor4 = [[Kinjarapu Atchannaidu]]<br />
| constituency4 = [[Harishchandrapuram Assembly constituency|Harishchandrapuram]]<br />
| party = [[Telugu Desam Party]]<br />
| parents = K. Dali Naidu, K. Kalavathamma<br />
| spouse = Kinjarapu Vijaya Kumari<br />
| children = [[Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu]] (son) <br/> [[Adireddy Bhavani]] (daughter)<br />
| relations = [[Kinjarapu Atchannaidu]] (brother)<br />
| website = http://www.kinjarapu.com<br />
}}<br />
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'''Kinjarapu Yerran Naidu''' (23 February 1957 – 2 November 2012) was an Indian politician from Andhra Pradesh. He served as the Union Minister in [[H. D. Deve Gowda]] and [[I. K. Gujral]] Cabinets. Formerly, he was the Legislator of Andhra Pradesh, won four times from the [[Harishchandrapuram Assembly constituency|Harishchandrapuram]]. Further, he contested successfully from [[Srikakulam Lok Sabha constituency|Srikakulam]] Parliament four times.<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Yerran Naidu was born on 23 February 1957, in a [[Velama]] family<ref>{{Cite web |date=2 November 2012 |title=Yerran Naidu: A mass leader |url=https://www.ndtv.com/people/yerran-naidu-a-mass-leader-503428 |access-date=2023-04-22 |website=NDTV.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=A Srinivasa Rao |date=2 November 2012 |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=2023-04-22 |website=[[India Today]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2004-04-12 |title=Srikakulam loves you, Yem brother |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/srikakulam-loves-you-yem-brother/articleshow/611391.cms |access-date=2023-04-22 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> in Nimmada, a remote village in the [[Srikakulam]] district of [[Andhra Pradesh]].<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite news | url=https://www.ndtv.com/people/yerran-naidu-a-mass-leader-503428 | title=Yerran Naidu: A mass leader | publisher=NDTV | date=2 November 2012 | agency=Indo-Asian News Service| accessdate=25 March 2019}}</ref> He has a brother, [[Kinjarapu Atchannaidu]], who is also a politician.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=G|first=Siva|date=19 October 2020|title=Kinjarapu Atchannaidu appointed as new chief of TDP in Andhra Pradesh|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/visakhapatnam/kinjarapu-atchannaidu-appointed-as-new-chief-of-tdp-in-andhra-pradesh/articleshow/78754290.cms|access-date=24 December 2021|website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref> He has a son [[Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu]], who is also a politician.<ref>{{Cite news|date=24 November 2012|title=Rammohan Naidu named successor of Yerran Naidu|work=[[The Hindu]]|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/rammohan-naidu-named-successor-of-yerran-naidu/article4129457.ece|access-date=24 December 2021|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
Naidu obtained a law degree with first division from the [[Andhra University]] in [[Visakhapatnam]], and joined the [[Telugu Desam Party]] (TDP) in 1982 when it was formed by popular [[Telugu cinema]] actor [[N. T. Rama Rao]].<br />
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In 1983, Naidu was elected to the state assembly from [[Harishchandrapuram]] in his native district at the age of 25, becoming one of the youngest [[Members of the Legislative Assembly]](MLA). He was re-elected in 1985. Denied a TDP ticket in 1989, he fought as an independent and was re-elected to the assembly. He later returned to the party fold and was elected for the fourth consecutive term in 1994.<br />
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He backed [[N. Chandrababu Naidu]] when the latter led a revolt against N.T. Rama Rao and became a minister in 1995. He was the [[Government Chief Whip]] from 1995 to 1996.<br />
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Popularly known as Yeranna among TDP circles, Naidu was fielded by the party in the [[1996 Indian general election in Andhra Pradesh]]. Elected to the [[Lok Sabha]] from the [[Srikakulam]] constituency, he emerged as a key TDP leader in national politics. With the TDP joining the [[Third Front (India)#United Front (1996–1998)|United Front Government]], Naidu became a minister at the centre, holding the portfolio of Rural Development and Employment.<br />
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He retained the Lok Sabha seat in the 1998 and 1999 elections. Two days before polling in the 2004 elections, he survived an assassination bid by [[Naxalites]] ([[Maoist]] Communists) who attempted to bomb his vehicle in [[Singupuram]] town in Srikakulam district.<ref name="timesofindia-Naxal-naxal">{{cite news |last1=Seetharamaiah |first1=K. V. |title=Yerran Naidu hurt in Naxal attack {{!}} India News |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Yerran-Naidu-hurt-in-Naxal-attack/articleshow/624802.cms |accessdate=17 March 2020 |work=The Times of India|date=19 April 2004 |language=en}}</ref> Re-elected to parliament, he was made the party leader in the Lok Sabha.{{citation needed|date=March 2020}}<br />
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In the 2009 elections, Naidu was defeated by the Congress party's [[Killi Krupa Rani]], who was inducted into the Union ministry on 28 October 2012.<ref name=autogenerated1 /><br />
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==Death==<br />
Naidu died from a heart attack after a car accident in his native district Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh around 2:00 am of 2 November 2012 while returning from a marriage ceremony at Visakhapatnam.The incident took place when a car in which he was travelling was hit by an oil tanker from behind near Ranasthalam in Srikakulam district in north coastal Andhra, about 25&nbsp;km from [[Srikakulam]]. A severely-injured Naidu was transported to Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) in Srikakulam town, where the doctors' efforts to resuscitate him failed. He was declared dead around 3:30 am.<ref>[http://www.newsbullet.in/india/34-more/36430-tdps-yerran-naidu-dies-in-road-accident TDP's Yerran Naidu dies in road accident<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108130905/http://www.newsbullet.in/india/34-more/36430-tdps-yerran-naidu-dies-in-road-accident |date=8 November 2012 }}</ref><br />
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==External links==<br />
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060619230307/http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/biodata.asp?mpsno=533 Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website]<br />
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