G. Kishan Reddy

Gangapuram Kishan Reddy (born 15 June 1964) is an Indian politician who is currently serving as Minister of Tourism, Culture and Development of North Eastern Region of India. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party since 1980. He is an MP representing Secunderabad (Lok Sabha constituency) since 2019. He served as the floor leader of the BJP in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in 2009 and gave it up after being elected as the state BJP president of erstwhile Andhra Pradesh. He was first state president of Telangana BJP from 2014 to 2016, appointed again as Telangana BJP president on 4 July 2023.

G. Kishan Reddy
Union Minister of Tourism
Assumed office
7 July 2021
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byPrahlad Singh Patel
Union Minister of Culture
Assumed office
7 July 2021
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byPrahlad Singh Patel
Union Minister of the Development
of North Eastern Region
Assumed office
7 July 2021
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byDr. Jitendra Singh
Union Minister of State for Home Affairs
In office
30 May 2019  7 July 2021
Served along with H. G. Ahir (2019) and Nityanand Rai (2019-21)
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
MinisterAmit Shah
Preceded byKiren Rijiju
Succeeded by
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Assumed office
23 May 2019
Preceded byBandaru Dattatreya
ConstituencySecunderabad
Member of Legislative Assembly, Telangana
In office
2 June 2014  11 December 2018
Preceded byTelangana Assembly Created
Succeeded byKaleru Venkatesham
ConstituencyAmberpet
1st President of the
Bharatiya Janata Party, Telangana
Assumed office
4 July 2023
National PresidentJ. P. Nadda
Preceded byBandi Sanjay Kumar
In office
2 June 2014  8 April 2016
National President
Preceded byOffice Established
Succeeded byK. Laxman
9th President of the
Bharatiya Janata Party, Andhra Pradesh
In office
8 March 2010  1 June 2014
National President
  • Nitin Gadkari
  • Rajnath Singh
Preceded byBandaru Dattatreya
Succeeded byKambhampati Hari Babu
Member of Legislative Assembly
Andhra Pradesh
In office
2009–2014
Preceded byOffice Established
Succeeded byTelangana Assembly Created
ConstituencyAmberpet
In office
2004–2009
Preceded byC. Krishna Yadav
Succeeded byConstituency bifurcated as per Delimitation Act 2002
ConstituencyHimayatnagar
9th President, Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha
In office
2002–2005
Preceded byShivraj Singh Chouhan
Succeeded byDharmendra Pradhan
Personal details
Born
Gangapuram Kishan Reddy

(1964-06-15) 15 June 1964
Thimmapur, Kandukur Mandal,
Rangareddy district, Andhra Pradesh, India (now Telangana, India)
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party (1980-present)
Other political
affiliations
Janata Party
(1977-1980)
SpouseG. Kavya
Children2
Parents
  • G. Swamy Reddy (father)
  • G. Andalamma (mother)
Residence(s)Hyderabad, New Delhi
Alma materDiplamo, CITD
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