Chief Minister of Telangana

Chief Minister of Telangana
Telaṅgāṇa Mukhya Mantrī
Incumbent Anumula Revanth Reddy since 7 December 2023
Chief Minister's Office Government of Telangana
Style	The Honourable (formal) Mr./Mrs. Chief Minister (informal)
Status	Head of government
Abbreviation	CMoTG
Member of	Telangana Legislature Telangana Council of Ministers
Reports to	Governor of Telangana Telangana Legislature
Residence	Praja Bhavan, Hyderabad
Seat	Telangana Secretariat, Hyderabad
Appointer	The Governor of Telangana
Term length	Five years and subject to no term limit at the confidence of the Legislative Assembly
Inaugural holder	K. Chandrashekar Rao
Formation	2 June 2014;11 years ago (2014-06-02)
Deputy	Deputy Chief Minister of Telangana
Salary	₹400,000 (US$4,700)
Website	Official website

The chief minister of Telangana is the chief executive of the Indian state of Telangana. In accordance with the Constitution of India, the governor is a state's de jure head, but de facto executive authority rests with the chief minister. Following elections to the Telangana Legislative Assembly, the state's governor usually invites the party (or coalition) with a majority of seats to form the government. The governor appoints the chief minister, whose council of ministers are collectively responsible to the assembly. Given that he has the confidence of the assembly, the chief minister's term is for five years and is subject to no term limits. ^[1]

Since the state's creation on 2 June 2014, ^[2] Telangana has had two chief ministers, the first belonged to Telangana Rashtra Samithi party, its founder and former Union Minister of Labour and Employment K. Chandrashekar Rao was the inaugural holder of the office who sworn in two times by winning the 2014 and 2018 assembly elections consecutively. The current chief minister is Revanth Reddy of the Indian National Congress since 7 December 2023.

History

The state of Telangana was officially formed on 2 June 2014. Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao was elected as the first chief minister of Telangana, following elections in which the Telangana Rashtra Samithi party secured a majority. ^[3] Rao was re-elected to office in 2018. Following the 2023 election, Revanth Reddy of the Indian National Congress was elected as chief minister.

List

• ^† Died in office

#	Portrait	Name (born –died) Constituency)	Election	Tenure in office			Party		Ministry	Appointer (Governor)
				From	To	Time in office
1		Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao (born 1954) MLA for Gajwel	2014	2 June 2014	6 December 2023	9 years, 187 days		Bharat Rashtra Samithi	Rao I	E. S. L. Narasimhan
			2018						Rao II
2		Anumula Revanth Reddy (born 1969) MLA for Kodangal	2023	7 December 2023	Incumbent	1 year, 323 days		Indian National Congress	Reddy	Tamilisai Soundararajan

Statistics

List of chief ministers by length of term

No.	Name	Party		Length of term
				Longest continuous term	Total years of chief ministership
1	K. Chandrashekar Rao	BRS		9 years, 187 days	9 years, 187 days
2	Anumula Revanth Reddy	INC		1 year, 323 days	1 year, 323 days

List by party

Political parties by total time-span of their member holding CMO (26October2025)

No.	Political party	Number of chief ministers	Total days of holding CMO
1	Bharat Rashtra Samithi	1	3474 days
2	Indian National Congress	1	689 days

Parties by total duration (in days) of holding Chief Minister's Office

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BRS

INC

•   BRS
•   INC

Erstwhile Hyderabad State

Following the States Reorganisation Act, which implemented a linguistic reorganization of states, the Hyderabad state was dissolved. Its different sections were merged with Andhra State, Mysore State and Bombay State respectively. ^[4]

List of chief ministers of United Andhra Pradesh

On 1 November 1956, Hyderabad State ceased to exist; its Gulbarga and Aurangabad divisions were merged into Mysore State and Bombay State respectively. Its remaining Telugu-speaking portion, Telangana, was merged with Andhra State to form the new state of United Andhra Pradesh.

N. Chandrababu Naidu of Telugu Desam Party was the longest served chief minister of United Andhra Pradesh. Kiran Kumar Reddy of the Indian National Congress was the last chief minister of United Andhra Pradesh.

#	Portrait		Chief Minister (Lifespan) Constituency	Term of office			Election (Term)	Party	Government	Appointed by (Governor)
				Term start	Term end	Duration
1			Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (1913–1996) MLA for Srikalahasti	1 November 1956	11 January 1960	3 years, 71 days	1955 (1st)	Indian National Congress భారత జాతీయ కాంగ్రెస్సు పక్షము	Neelam I	Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi
							1957 (2nd)		Neelam II
2			Damodaram Sanjivayya (1921–1972) MLA for Kurnool	11 January 1960	12 March 1962	2 years, 60 days			Sanjivayya	Bhim Sen Sachar
(1)			Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (1913–1996) MLA for Dhone	12 March 1962	21 February 1964	1 year, 346 days	1962 (3rd)		Neelam III
3			Kasu Brahmananda Reddy (1909–1994) MLA for Narasaraopet	21 February 1964	30 September 1971	7 years, 221 days			Kasu I	Satyawant Mallannah Shrinagesh
							1967 (4th)		Kasu II	Pattom A. Thanu Pillai
4			Pamulaparthi Venkata Narasimha Rao (1921–2004) MLA for Manthani	30 September 1971	10 January 1973	1 year, 102 days	1972 (5th)	Indian National Congress (Requisitionists) భారత జాతీయ కాంగ్రెస్సు పక్షము (ఇందిరమ్మ)	Narasimha	Khandubhai Kasanji Desai
President's rule అధ్యక్ష పాలన imposed during the period (11 January 1973 – 10 December 1973) [a]
5			Jalagam Vengala Rao (1921–1999) MLA for Vemsoor	10 December 1973	6 March 1978	4 years, 86 days	1972 (5th)	Indian National Congress (Requisitionists) భారత జాతీయ కాంగ్రెస్సు పక్షము (ఇందిరమ్మ)	Jalagam	Khandubhai Kasanji Desai
6			Marri Chenna Reddy (1919–1996) MLA for Medchal	6 March 1978	11 October 1980	2 years, 219 days	1978 (6th)	Indian National Congress (Indira) భారత జాతీయ కాంగ్రెస్సు పక్షము (ఇందిరమ్మ)	Marri I	Sharda Mukherjee
7			Tanguturi Anjaiah (1919–1986) MLC	11 October 1980	24 February 1982	1 year, 136 days			Anjaiah	K. C. Abraham
8			Bhavanam Venkata Ramireddy (1931–2002) MLC	24 February 1982	20 September 1982	208 days			Bhavanam
9			Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy (1920–2001) MLA for Kurnool	20 September 1982	9 January 1983	111 days			Kotla I
10			Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao (1923–1996) MLA for Tirupati	9 January 1983	16 August 1984	1 year, 220 days	1983 (7th)	Telugu Desam Party తెలుగుదేశం పక్షము	Rao I
11			Nadendla Bhaskara Rao (born 1935) MLA for Vemuru	16 August 1984	16 September 1984	31 days		Telugu Desam Party (Rebel) తెలుగుదేశం పక్షము (తిరుగుబాటుదారు)	Nadendla	Thakur Ram Lal
(10)			Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao (1923–1996) MLA for Tirupati 1984–1985 MLA for Hindupuram 1985–1989	16 September 1984	9 March 1985	174 days		Telugu Desam Party తెలుగుదేశం పక్షము	Rao II	Shankar Dayal Sharma
				9 March 1985	3 December 1989	4 years, 269 days	1985 (8th)		Rao III
(6)			Marri Chenna Reddy (1919–1996) MLA for Sanathnagar	3 December 1989	17 December 1990	1 year, 14 days	1989 (9th)	Indian National Congress (Indira) భారత జాతీయ కాంగ్రెస్సు పక్షము (ఇందిరమ్మ)	Marri II	Kumudben Joshi
12			Nedurumalli Janardhana Reddy (1935–2014) MLA for Venkatagiri	17 December 1990	9 October 1992	1 year, 297 days			Janardhana	Krishan Kant
(9)			Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy (1920–2001) MLA for Panyam	9 October 1992	12 December 1994	2 years, 64 days			Kotla II
(10)			Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao (1923–1996) MLA for Hindupuram	12 December 1994	1 September 1995	263 days	1994 (10th)	Telugu Desam Party తెలుగుదేశం పక్షము	Rao IV
13			Nara Chandrababu Naidu (born 1950) MLA for Kuppam	1 September 1995	11 October 1999	4 years, 40 days			Naidu I
				11 October 1999	14 May 2004	4 years, 216 days	1999 (11th)		Naidu II	C. Rangarajan
14			Yeduguri Sandinti Rajasekhara Reddy (1949–2009) MLA for Pulivendla	14 May 2004	20 May 2009	5 years, 6 days	2004 (12th)	Indian National Congress భారత జాతీయ కాంగ్రెస్సు పక్షము	Reddy I	Surjit Singh Barnala
				20 May 2009	2 September 2009	105 days	2009 (13th)		Reddy II	N. D. Tiwari
15			Konijeti Rosaiah (1933–2021) MLC	3 September 2009	25 November 2010	1 year, 83 days			Rosaiah
16			Nallari Kiran Kumar Reddy (born 1959) MLA for Pileru	25 November 2010	1 March 2014	3 years, 96 days			Kiran	E. S. L. Narasimhan
President's rule అధ్యక్ష పాలన imposed during the period (1 March 2014 – 1 June 2014) [a] [b]

==See also==

• List of chief ministers of Hyderabad State
• List of chief ministers of Andhra Pradesh

Notes

1. President's rule may be imposed when the "government in a state is not able to function as per the Constitution", which often happens because no party or coalition has a majority in the assembly. When the President's rule is in force in a state, its council of ministers stands dissolved. The office of chief minister thus lies vacant, and the administration is taken over by the governor, who functions on behalf of the central government. At times, the legislative assembly also stands dissolved. ^[5]
2. After 58 years, the state was bifurcated into Andhra Pradesh and Telangana states on 2 June 2014 by Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014. After state reorganisation, Andhra Pradesh Sasana sabha seats come down from 294 to 175 seats.

References

1. Durga Das Basu. Introduction to the Constitution of India. 1960. 20th Edition, 2011 Reprint. pp. 241, 245. LexisNexis Butterworths Wadhwa Nagpur. ISBN   978-81-8038-559-9. Note: although the text talks about Indian state governments in general, it applies for the specific case of Andhra Pradesh as well.
2. Shankar, Kunal (26 June 2015). "A mixed bag". Frontline . Archived from the original on 2 February 2020. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
3. Amarnath K Menon (1 June 2014). "Telangana is born, KCR to take oath as its first CM". THE INDIA TODAY GROUP. Hyderabad. Archived from the original on 11 November 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
4. "States Reorganization Act 1956". Commonwealth Legal Information Institute. Archived from the original on 16 May 2008. Retrieved 1 July 2008.
5. Amberish K. Diwanji. "A dummy's guide to President's rule". Rediff.com. 15 March 2005.

External links

• Official Website of the Office of the Chief Minister