Ashok Gajapathi Raju

Pusapati Ashok Gajapathi Raju
Pusapati Ashok Gajapathi Raju
	Raju in October 2014
Governor of Goa
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 26 July 2025
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, Andhra Pradesh
Minister for Revenue, Relief and Rehabilitation in 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 in 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 in Andhra Pradesh
	In office; 12 December 1994 – 31 August 1995
Governor	Krishan Kant
Chief Minister	N. T. Rama Rao
Minister of Excise in Andhra Pradesh
	In office; 9 March 1985 – 2 December 1989
Chief Minister	N. T. Rama Rao
Minister of Commercial Taxes in Andhra Pradesh
	In office; 1983–1985
Chief Minister	N. T. Rama Rao
Member of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
	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; Madras, Madras State, India; (present-day Chennai, Tamil Nadu)
Party	Telugu Desam Party
Children	2 (including Pusapati Aditi Vijayalakshmi)
Alma mater	Hyderabad Public School
Website	http://ashokgajapathiraju.com

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Pusapati Ashok Gajapathi Raju (born 26 June 1951) is an Indian politician who is currently serving as the governor of Goa since July 2025 and the former Union Minister for Civil Aviation. A scion of royal family of Vizianagaram princely state, he is the younger son of the last Maharaja of Vizianagaram. He was appointed as governor of Goa by president of India on 14 July 2025 He was a member of Andhra Pradesh State legislature for over twenty five years and was a State Minister, for thirteen years holding the portfolios of Commercial Taxes, Excise, Legislative affairs, Finance, Revenue, Relief and Rehabilitation.