Kodela Siva Prasada Rao (2 May 1947 – 16 September 2019) was an Indian politician from the Telugu Desam Party and also a former Member of the Legislative Assembly from Sattenapalle.
Beginning 2014 he served for five years as the Speaker of the first Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly. In a career spanning three decades, he served as a cabinet minister in the N. T. Rama Rao and N. Chandrababu Naidu governments, serving at various times as Minister of Home Affairs, Health, Major Irrigation department, Panchayat Raj and Rural Development, and Civil Supplies.
Life and education
Kodela Siva Prasada Rao was born in Kandlagunta, Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh, India on 2 May 1947. He and his wife Sasikala had three children, a daughter, and two sons.
He completed his Primary education in Siripuram, Guntur district and studied pre-university at Loyola College, Vijayawada. He graduated with a M.B.B.S. from Guntur Medical College, Guntur, and earned his MS (General Surgery) from Banaras Hindu University.
Positions held
1983 - 1985 : Member APLA
1985 - 1989 : Member APLA
1989 - 1994 : Member APLA
1994 - 1999 : Member APLA
1999 - 2003 : Member APLA, 2014 : Member APLA - Speaker, APLA - Chairman, Business Advisory Committee
AS MEMBER OF LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
1983 : Elected from Narasaraopet (Assembly constituency) 1985 : Elected from Narasaraopet (Assembly constituency) 1989 : Elected from Narasaraopet (Assembly constituency) 1994 : Elected from Narasaraopet (Assembly constituency) 1999 : Elected from Narasaraopet (Assembly constituency) 2014 : Elected from Sattenapalle (Assembly constituency)