Karumuri Venkata Nageswara Rao

Karumuri Venkata Nageswara Rao (born 2 October 1964) is a Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, representing Tanuku and General Secretary of Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee. He is a member of the Indian National Congress party. He also served as chairperson for West Godavari Zilla Parishad for three years before being elected as MLA. He was awarded honorary doctorate in social service by Westbrook University, US in 2007. He has been appointed as General Secretary of Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee on 9 June 2013.

Karumuri Nageswara Rao was born to Karumuri Ramakrishna and Karumuri Suryakathamma 2 October 1964, in Attili, West Godavari district, into a Hindu family. He moved to Hyderabad at the age of 18 and started his own business. He has two sisters and a brother who is a chemistry professor in Tanuku. In 1989 he was married to Lakshmi Kiran. The couple have a son and daughter.