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| name = Vyricherla Kishore Chandra Suryanarayana Deo<br />
| image = Shri V. Kishore Chandra Deo, Minister for Panchayati Raj assuming the charge of office in the Ministry of Panchayati Raj, in New Delhi on July 19, 2011.jpg<br />
| caption = Shri Kishore Chandra Deo, as Minister for Panchayati Raj in 2011.<br />
| birth_date ={{Birth date and age|1947|2|15|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place =[[Kurupam]], [[Vizianagaram district]], [[Madras Presidency]], [[British India]] (Now [[Andhra Pradesh]] ,India)<br />
| residence = The `Fort` Kurupam<br />
| death_date =<br />
| death_place =<br />
| constituency2 = [[Araku (Lok Sabha constituency)|Araku]]<br />
| office = [[Ministry of Tribal Affairs (India)|Minister of Tribal Affairs]]<br />
| term_start=12 July 2011<br />
|term_end=26 May 2014<br />
|primeminister=[[Manmohan Singh]]<br />
| predecessor =[[Kantilal Bhuria]]<br />
| successor =[[Jual Oram]]<br />
|office1=[[Ministry of Panchayati Raj|Minister of Panchayati Raj]]<br />
|term_start1=12 July 2011<br />
|term_end1=26 May 2014<br />
|primeminister1=[[Manmohan Singh]]<br />
|predecessor1=[[Vilasrao Deshmukh]]<br />
|successor1=[[Gopinath Munde]]<br />
|office2=[[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]<br />
|term_start2=2009<br />
|term_end2=2014<br />
|predecessor2=''constituency created''<br />
|successor2=[[Kothapalli Geetha]]<br />
|term_start3=2004<br />
|term_end3=2009<br />
|predecessor3=[[Dadichiluka Veera Gouri Sankara Rao]]<br />
|successor3=''constituency demolished''<br />
|constituency3=[[Parvathipuram (Lok Sabha constituency)|Parvathipuram]]<br />
|term_start4=1977<br />
|term_end4=1989<br />
|predecessor4=Biddika Satyanarayana<br />
|successor4=[[Vijaya Ramaraju Setrucharla]]<br />
|constituency4=[[Parvathipuram (Lok Sabha constituency)|Parvathipuram]]<br />
| alma_mater = [[Madras Christian College]]<br />
| party = [[Indian National Congress]] (Till 2019)<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2019/feb/24/former-congress-leader-kishore-chandra-deo-joins-tdp-1943108.html | title=Former Congress leader Kishore Chandra Deo joins TDP | publisher=New Indian Express | date=24 February 2019 | access-date=20 April 2019}}</ref><br />
|otherparty = [[Telugu Desam Party]] (From Feb 2019)<br />
| religion =<br />
| spouse = V. Preeti Deo<br />
| children = 1 son and 1 daughter<br />
| website =<br />
| footnotes =<br />
| date = 8 April |<br />
| year = 2010 |<br />
| source = http://loksabhaph.nic.in/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=2354&lastls=15<br />
}}<br />
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'''Vyricherla Kishore Chandra Suryanarayana Deo''' (born 15 February 1947) is an Indian politician and a member of the [[Indian National Congress|Telugu Desam Party]] political party. He has been elected to the [[Lok Sabha]] for five times, and has also held one term in the [[Rajya Sabha]]. From July 2011 to May 2014, he was the Union Cabinet Minister for Tribal Affairs & Panchayati Raj<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Kishore Chandra Deo was born in [[Kurupam]] to Raja V. Durgaprasad Deo of Kurupam and Rani (now,Late Rajmata) Sobhalata Devi. He is the present [[Zamindar]] of Kurupam, Vizianagram District, Andhra Pradesh. He belongs to the Konda Dora scheduled tribe community, and is from a family of tribal hill chiefs.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.hindu.com/2011/03/03/stories/2011030356600500.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110307044243/http://www.hindu.com/2011/03/03/stories/2011030356600500.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=7 March 2011 | location=Chennai, India | work=[[The Hindu]] | title=Thermal power projects mired in controversies | date=3 March 2011}}</ref> He was educated in [[Madras]], he holds an M.A. degree in Political Science and a B.A. degree in Economics from [[Madras Christian College]], Madras (now [[Chennai]]).<br />
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==Political career==<br />
Deo was a member of the Lok Sabha representing the Araku (ST) constituency (for 2009-2014) in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh. He has been a member of the Congress Working Committee (CWC) which is the highest decision-making body of the party. He was first elected to parliament in 1977 and has been elected to the Lok Sabha five times, and has also held one term in the Rajya Sabha (upper house of Parliament). On 12 July 2011 he was sworn in as a Cabinet Minister in the Union Cabinet, holding the portfolios of Tribal Affairs and Panchayati Raj.<ref name=Hindu20110713>{{cite news |newspaper=The Hindu |title=K.C. Deo back in Union Ministry after 31 years |first=K. |last=Balchand |date=13 July 2011 |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/article2222733.ece |access-date=2011-07-23 |location=Chennai, India}}</ref><br />
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He was also a Minister of State for Steel, Mines and Coal in the Central Cabinet in 1979-80.<ref name=Hindu20110713/> He has served on numerous parliamentary committees, and has been the chairperson of several key parliamentary committees, including the Joint Parliamentary Committee on the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Bill that led to the [[Forest Rights Act]].<ref name=Hindu20110713/> He was also the Chairperson of the Parliamentary Committee on Public Undertakings (CoPU).<br />
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He headed the parliamentary investigation into the 2008 [[cash-for-votes scandal]].<ref name=Hindu20110713/><br />
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Deo is the author of the book ''Changing India's Political Mould'', published in 1993. The book is on electoral and federal reforms in India.<br />
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==Positions held==<br />
* Cabinet Minister - Tribal and Panchayati Raj Affairs - July 2011 – May 2014<br />
* Minister of State for Steel, Mines and Coal in the Central Cabinet - 1979-80<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://india.gov.in/govt/loksabhampbiodata.php?mpcode=2354 Detailed profile: V. Kishore Chandra Deo] in india.gov.in website<br />
* [http://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/pre_member/1952_2003/d.pdf Biodata of Deo, V. Kishore Chandra S. at Rajya Sabha website.]<br />
*[http://loksabhaph.nic.in/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=2354&lastls=15 Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website]<br />
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