V. Rama Rao

V Rama Rao (12 December 1935 – 17 January 2016) served as Governor of Sikkim from 2002–2007. He started his political career in 1956 when he joined Jana Sangh and went on to become a National Leader of Bharatiya Janata Party and was elected to Andhra Pradesh State Legislative Council from Hyderabad Graduates' Constituency for four consecutive terms in 1966, 1972, 1978 and 1984. He served as a Party Floor Leader in council during his last term.

Ventrapragada Rama Rao
Governor of Sikkim
In office 25 October 2002 – 24 October 2007
Preceded by	Kidar Nath Sahani
Succeeded by	Sudarshan Agarwal
President of Bharatiya Janata Party, United Andhra
In office 1993–1996
Preceded by	Venkaiah Naidu
Succeeded by	Bandaru Dattatreya
Member of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council
In office 1966–1985
Constituency	Hyderabad Graduates
Personal details
Born	(1935-12-12)12 December 1935 Machilipatnam, Madras Presidency, British India (now in Andhra Pradesh, India)
Died	17 January 2016(2016-01-17) (aged 80) Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse	Vasantha Kumari V
Children	Srinivas V

Political life

V Rama Rao was born on 12 December 1935 in a Telugu Brahmin Family in a place, near Machilipatnam situated in present-day Krishna District of Andhra Pradesh. He was a lawyer by profession and practised at the Andhra Pradesh High Court. In his early career, he was active in trade union litigations and served as President, Employees and Workers Unions of several State and Central Public Sector Undertakings and Corporations, such as AP State Finance Corporation, A.P. State Small Scale Industries Development Corporation, South Central Railways Employee Union etc.

He joined Jana Sangh in 1956 as a member and went on to serve as a Member of the National Executive of Bharatiya Jana Sangh for a number of years. Moving into Bharatiya Janata Party from erstwhile Jana Sangh, he went on to serve as State Unit President for Andhra Pradesh for two consecutive terms (1993-2001) and as Party National Vice President (2002 - 2007). He also served as a senate member of Osmania University.

As MLC

Rao was elected to Andhra Pradesh State Legislative Council from Hyderabad Graduates' Constituency four consecutive times in 1966, 1972, 1978 and 1984. He served as a Party Floor Leader in council during his last term.

As Governor of Sikkim

In October 2002, he was appointed by President of India as the Governor of Sikkim.

Death

He died while undergoing treatment at Apollo Hospitals Hyderabad on 17 January 2016.