T. Jeevan Reddy

Tatiparthi Jeevan Reddy is an Indian politician who served as the Cabinet Minister in United Andhra Pradesh in NTR I and YSR I ministries. He was elected as a Member of the Telangana Legislative Assembly after the formation of Telangana in 2014. He served as a member of the Telangana Legislative Council from Nizamabad-Adilabad-Medak-Karimnagar Graduates Constituency between 2019 and 2025. He was elected six times to the Legislative Assembly.

He was first elected as Panchayat Samithi President of Mallial in 1981 in non-party-based elections, equivalent to today's legislative constituency. He was elected as MLA for the first time from the Telugu Desam Party in 1983 and was inducted into the state cabinet with an Excise Minister portfolio. He later differed with N. T. Rama Rao and joined the Indian National Congress under the leadership of Rajiv Gandhi in the year 1984. He won the elections from the Congress Party in 1989, 1996, 1999, 2004 and 2014. In 2019, he was elected as a Member of the Legislative Council (Graduate) from Karimnagar Assembly constituency with a majority of (39,430) votes.

Reddy contested against the Bharat Rashtra Samithi President in the 2006 and 2008 Parliamentary by-election. In the 2008 Parliamentary elections, he lost marginally with 14,000 votes only. In 2006, he was inducted into the State Cabinet until 2009, during which he held the portfolio of R&B. After the formation of Telangana State, he won the only seat from North Telangana for the Congress.