Bhavanam Venkatrami Reddy (18 July 1931 — 7 April 2002) was the chief minister

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 of the India

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n state of Andhra Pradesh

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 between February 1982 and September 1982. Reddy was a member of the Congress party

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 and served as cabinet minister in various AP governments.

Bhavanam was born in Muppala village in Guntur district. He started his political career as a youth congress activist and later became education minister in Chenna Reddy’s cabinet in 1978. He also served in the cabinet of T Anjaiah before becoming chief minister on 24 February 1982. He served as the chief minister for a brief period till 19 September 1982.