Gummadi Kuthuhalamma
Member of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office
1985–2014
ConstituencyVepanjeri (1985–2009) Gangadhara Nellore (2009–2014)
Personal details
Born(1949-06-01)1 June 1949
Kandukur, Prakasam district, Madras Province, India
Died15 February 2023(2023-02-15) (aged 73)
Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India
Political partyINC (until 2014)
TDP (since 2014)

Gummadi Kuthuhalamma (Telugu: గుమ్మడి కుతూహలమ్మ; 1 June 1949 – 15 February 2023) an Indian politician. A member of the Indian National Congress and later the Telugu Desam Party, she served in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly from 1985 to 2014.[1]

Kuthuhalamma, a doctor by profession, had hogged the limelight in 1978 as a rebel candidate of the Congress party, and became the Zilla Parishad chairman of the erstwhile united Chittoor district.

She had successfully contested as MLA from the erstwhile Vepanjeri Assembly Constituency (SC) in the district for four terms between 1985 and 1999. In 2004, she had won from the reorganised Puthalapattu Assembly Constituency (SC).

In the N. Janardhan Reddy government, Kuthuhalamma had worked as Minister for Health. During the Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy government, she had worked as Deputy Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.

In 2014, she had joined the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and was defeated from the Puthalapattu constituency.

Kuthuhalamma died in Tirupati on 15 February 2023, at the age of 73.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Congress legislator Gummadi Kutuhalamma joins Telugu Desam". Deccan Chronicle. 18 March 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  2. ↑ "Kuthuhalamma: మాజీ మంత్రి కుతూహలమ్మ కన్నుమూత". Andhra Jyothi (in Telugu). 15 February 2023. Retrieved 15 February 2023.


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