Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy

Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy
14th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh
In office 14 May 2004 – 2 September 2009
Preceded by	N. Chandrababu Naidu
Succeeded by	Konijeti Rosaiah
Constituency	Pulivendula
Personal details
Born	8 July 1949 Pulivendula, Madras State, India (now in Andhra Pradesh, India)
Died	2 September 2009 (aged 60) Andhra Pradesh, India
Political party	Indian National Congress
Spouse(s)	Y.S. Vijayalakshmi
Children	Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy Y. S. Sharmila
Religion	Church of South India(Anglican)

Yeduguri Sandinti Rajasekhara Reddy (8 July 1949 – 2 September 2009), popularly known as YSR, was a two-time Chief Minister of the Indian state ofAndhra Pradesh, serving from 2004 to 2009.

Reddy was elected to the 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th Lok Sabha from theKadapa constituency for four terms and to the Andhra Pradesh Assembly for five terms from the Pulivendula constituency. He won every election he contested. In 2003 he undertook a three-month-long paadayaatra, or walking tour of 1475 km during the very hot summer months, across several districts in Andhra Pradesh as a part of his election campaign.^] He led his party to victory in the following general and assembly elections held in 2004, and did the same in 2009.

On 2 September 2009, a helicopter carrying Reddy went missing in theNallamala forest area. The next morning media reported that the helicopter wreckage had been found on top of Rudrakonda Hill, 40 nautical miles (74 km) from Kurnool. The five people aboard were pronounced dead at the scene of the crash

Reddy has been accused of amassing large amounts of money during his tenure as the Chief Minister.He is said to have used the populist schemes like Irrigation projects and housing schemes to his advantage and earn huge profits through them. In a leaked United States diplomatic cable, the American Consul General quotes that there was "widespread corruption that was beyond the pale even for India".