Yadlapati Venkata Rao (16 December 1919 – 28 February 2022) was an Indian politician from the state of Andhra Pradesh.

Rao served as the Minister for Agriculture, Law and Planning in the united Andhra Pradesh from 1978 to 1980.

He founded Sangam Dairy, a farmers' cooperative, in 1977 and was crucial in establishing Jampani Sugar Factory.

Yadlapati Venkat Rao was born on 16 December 1919 in Bodapadu village of Amruthalur mandal near Tenali in modern-day Andhra Pradesh.

[1] In 1978, Rao joined the Indian National Congress and won as the MLA from Vemuru constituency in the 1978 elections.

[7] He was inducted into Marri Chenna Reddy's cabinet and was allotted the ministries of agriculture, law and planning (1978–1980) and headed Andhra Pradesh Industrial Development Corporation.

[14] He died at his daughter's home in Hyderabad, where he spent his later life post his wife's death in 2021,[3] on 28 February 2022, at the age of 102.

[16] Former chief minister of Andhra Pradesh and TDP's president, N. Chandrababu Naidu, paid tributes to Rao by recalling his services as a farmer leader.