Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (19 May 1913 -1 June 1996) was the sixth President of India, serving from 1977 to 1982. Beginning a long political career with the Indian National Congress Party in the Indian independence movement, he went on to hold several key offices in independent India- as the first Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, a two-time Speaker of the Lok Sabha and a Union Minister- before becoming the youngest-ever Indian president.