Ashok Gajapathi Raju

Pusapati Ashok Gajapathi Raju
Pusapati Ashok Gajapathi Raju
	Raju in 2014
20th Governor of Goa
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 26 July 2025
President	Droupadi Murmu
Chief Minister	Pramod Sawant
Preceded by	P. S. Sreedharan Pillai
29th Union Minister of Civil Aviation
	In office; 26 May 2014 – 9 March 2018
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Preceded by	Ajit Singh
Succeeded by	Suresh Prabhu
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
	In office; 16 May 2014 – 23 May 2019
Preceded by	Botcha Jhansi Lakshmi
Succeeded by	Bellana Chandra Sekhar
Constituency	Vizianagaram
Minister for Revenue, Relief and Rehabilitation; Government of Andhra Pradesh
	In office; 11 October 1999 – 14 May 2004
Governor	Krishan Kant; C. Rangarajan; Surjit Singh Barnala;
Chief Minister	N. Chandrababu Naidu
Succeeded by	Konathala Ramakrishna
Minister of Finance and Legislative Affairs; Government of Andhra Pradesh
	In office; 1 September 1995 – 10 October 1999
Governor	Krishan Kant; C. Rangarajan;
Chief Minister	N. Chandrababu Naidu
Minister of Commercial Taxes and Legislative Affairs; Government of Andhra Pradesh
	In office; 12 December 1994 – 31 August 1995
Governor	Krishan Kant
Chief Minister	N. T. Rama Rao
Minister of Excise; Government of Andhra Pradesh
	In office; 9 March 1985 – 2 December 1989
Chief Minister	N. T. Rama Rao
Minister of Commercial Taxes; Government of Andhra Pradesh
	In office; 1983–1985
Chief Minister	N. T. Rama Rao
Member of Legislative Assembly, Andhra Pradesh
	In office; 19 May 2009 – 28 March 2014
Preceded by	Kolagatla Veerabhadra Swamy
Succeeded by	Meesala Geetha
Constituency	Vizianagaram
	In office; 5 March 1978 – 14 November 2003
Preceded by	Appannadora Appasani
Succeeded by	Kolagatla Veerabhadra Swamy
Constituency	Vizianagaram
Personal details
Born	26 June 1951 (age 74); Madras, Madras State, India (present-day Chennai, Tamil Nadu)
Political party	Telugu Desam Party
Children	2 including Pusapati Aditi Vijayalakshmi
Residence	Vizianagaram, Andhra Pradesh (formerly) Raj Bhavan, Amravati (currently)
Alma mater	Hyderabad Public School

Pusapati Ashok Gajapathi Raju (born 26 June 1951) is an Indian politician who has been the 20th governor of Goa since 2025. He was the Union Minister for Civil Aviation from 2014 to 2018.^[1]^[2]

References

↑ Analysis, Daily News & (26 May 2014). "Ashok Gajapathi Raju: The man with the "Royal Touch"". dna. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
↑ "VIZIANAGRAM". iinet.net.au. Archived from the original on 26 October 2018. Retrieved 30 May 2014.

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[1] Analysis, Daily News & (26 May 2014). "Ashok Gajapathi Raju: The man with the "Royal Touch"". dna. Retrieved 30 July 2015.

[2] "VIZIANAGRAM". iinet.net.au. Archived from the original on 26 October 2018. Retrieved 30 May 2014.

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