M. V. V. S. Murthi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetM. V. V. S. Murthi
Indian Politician and Businessman
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Place of Birth: Ainavilli, Andhra Pradesh, India
About M. V. V. S. Murthi
- Mathukumilli Veera Venkata Satyanarayana Murthi (3 July 1938 – 1 October 2018) was an Indian politician. Murthi was born on 3 July 1938 in Ainavilli, to a wealthy farming family.
- He earned a doctorate in economics from Andhra University.
- He owned a soft drink bottling company and established the Gandhi Institute of Technology and Management in 1980.
- In 1983, he joined the Telugu Desam Party, and from 1987 to 1989 led the Visakhapatnam Urban Development Authority.
- Murthi left the position to contest the Lok Sabha elections, but lost.
- He was seated to the parliament from the constituency of Visakhapatnam in 1991, stepping down at the end of his term in 1996.
- Murthi returned to the Lok Sabha in 1999, serving until 2004.
- In 2014, Murthi was elected to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council.He was close to Nara Family.
- His grandson is married to Tejaswini, Balakrishna's younger daughter.He died on 1 October 2018, near Cantwell, Alaska in a traffic collision while travelling on the George Parks Highway.
- A state funeral was held on 7 October 2018.
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