P. V. Narasimha Rao

PV Narasimha Rao ( Venkata Narasimha Rao Pamulaparthi; Telugu: పాములపర్తి వెంకట నరసింహారావు; born June 28, 1921 in Karimnagar, Andhra Pradesh, † December 23, 2004 in Delhi ) was an Indian politician and the ninth Prime Minister of the Republic of India.

Rao studied law in Hyderabad. His political rise began in 1962 in the Regional Government of Andhra Pradesh, he entered the political arena at the national level. From 1971 to 1973 he was Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh. With the support of Indira Gandhi, he became General Secretary of the Congress party and its government as that of her son, Rajiv Gandhi, PV Narasimha Rao served in various ministries ( Interior, Defence, and Education). In 1977, he won a mandate for the first time in the Indian Parliament in 1980 and finally the Indian foreign minister.

After the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi and the elections of 1991, Rao was awarded the contract to form a government, and Executive Director five years.

At the beginning of the government Rao India had to contend with a great lack of currency reserves and a stagnant economy. Rao took the opportunity to carry out long-term economic reforms. He was assisted by his very capable finance minister and jetzigem Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. These reforms led to economic growth, which reached up to 5.5 percent annually and lasted for a decade.

Foreign investors, previously treated with the utmost suspicion in India were encouraged foreign exchange in India to invest. Towards the end but corruption scandals rocked his administration. As the first Prime Minister of India, he was convicted of taking bribes in a criminal case and was subsequently overthrown in 1996.

In 2004, Narasimha Rao died at the age of 83 of a heart attack.