List of mayors of Hyderabad

Mayor of Hyderabad
Incumbent Gadwal Vijayalakshmi since 11 February 2021
Status	Head of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation
Abbreviation	HYDMYR
Member of	Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation
Residence	Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Seat	5-1-304, Main Rd, Hashmath Gunj, Subhash Nagar, Badi Chowdi, Koti, Hyderabad, Telangana 500095
Appointer	Elected by the councillors
Term length	5 years
Inaugural holder	Madapati Hanumantha Rao
Formation	18 years, 129 days
Deputy	Mothe Srilatha Reddy
Website	GHMC Mayor

The mayor of Hyderabad is the head of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation which is abbreviated as GHMC. The tenure for the post of GHMC is for 5 years. Currently the GHMC consists of 150 wards. Each ward is headed by a ward member and these elected ward members elect a mayor for the corporation. Gadwal Vijayalakshmi is the present "Mayor of Hyderabad" belonging to Bharat Rashtra Samithi ^[1]

List of mayors

Sno.	Name	Portrait	Tenure			Party		Notes	Ref.
			Term start	Term end	Duration
Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad (MCH)
1.	Madapati Hanumantha Rao		1951	1954	4 years	Andhra Maha Sabha		First mayor of MCH	[ citation needed ]
Incumbent due to Andhra Pradesh reorganization issue (1954-1957) Elections not held									[ citation needed ]
2.	Krishna Swamy Mudiraj		1957	1958	1 year	Mudiraj Maha Sabha		First backward caste mayor of MCH First mayor after Andhra Pradesh reorganization.	[2]
3.			1958	1961					[ citation needed ]
4.	V. Ram Moorthy Naidu		1961	1962		Indian National Congress			[ citation needed ]
5.	Rani Kumudini Devi		1962	1963	1 year			First women mayor of MCH	[3]
6.	MR Shyam Rao		1964	1965	1 year
7.	Sarojini Pulla Reddy		1965	1966	1 year
8.	Mir Akber Ali Nasiri		1966	1967	1 year			First minority mayor of MCH	[ citation needed ]
9.	K. Konda Reddy		1968	1968	less than one year			First Mayor who is in Least term of office	[ citation needed ]
10.	B. Kumud Nayak		1968	1969	1 year			First scheduled tribe caste women Mayor of MCH	[3]
11.	Laxminarayana Mudiraj		1969	1970	1 year		[4]
12.			1970	1975
Vacant due to emergency (1975-1977) Elections not held (1978)
13.			1978	1982
14.			1982	1986
15.	Kalra Prakash Rao		1986	1987	1 year	All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen		First dalit mayor of MCH	[5]
16.	Anumula Satyanarayana		1987	1989	2 years				[6]
17.	Allampalli Pochaiah		1989	1991	2 years
18.	Mir Zulfeqar Ali		1991	1995	4 years
19.	Mohammed Mubeen		1995	1999	4 years
17.	Mir Zulfeqar Ali		1999	2002	3 years			First second term mayor of MCH	[ citation needed ]
18.	Teegala Krishna Reddy		2002	2007	5 years	Telugu Desam Party		First Mayor who completed his term Last mayor of MCH.	[7]

Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (Since 2007)

#	Portrait		Mayor (Lifespan) Ward	Term of the office			Election	Party	Ref.
				Term start	Term end	Duration
Elections not held during the period (2007 – 2009)
1			Banda Karthika Reddy (born 1977) Corporator for Tarnaka	4 December 2009	4 December 2011	2 years, 0 days	2009	Indian National Congress	[8] [9]
2			Mohammad Majid Hussain (born 1980) Corporator for Ahmed Nagar	4 January 2012	7 May 2014	2 years, 123 days		All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen	[10] [11] [12]
Elections not held during the period (2014 – 2016)
3			Bonthu Rammohan (born 1973) Corporator for Cherlapally	11 February 2016	10 February 2021	4 years, 365 days	2016	Telangana Rashtra Samithi	[13]
4			Gadwal Vijayalakshmi (bron 1964) Corporator for Banjara Hills	11 February 2021	Incumbent	4 years, 193 days	2020		[14] [15]

References

1. "GHMC Mayor election on Feb. 11: SEC". The Hindu. 22 January 2021. ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 23 October 2022.
2. "Mudiraj – a multi-faceted personality". The Hindu. 12 August 2012 – via www.thehindu.com.
3. "Twin posts held by women for first time". The Hindu. 11 February 2021. ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 23 October 2022.
4. Singh, T. lalith (4 March 2015). "Former Hyderabad mayor Laxminarayan Mudiraj dead". The Hindu. ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 25 April 2019.
5. Mohammed, Syed (21 January 2016). "Can MIM create Dalit-Muslim magic? | Hyderabad News". The Times of India. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
6. "GHMC". AIMIM. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
7. Vadlapatla, Sribala (6 November 2020). "Ex-mayor Teegala likely to join BJP". The Times of India. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
8. "Karthika Reddy elected as GHMC Mayor". The Hindu. 4 December 2009. ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 10 May 2025.
9. subhan (4 December 2011). "Karthika Reddy to resign from Mayor's post today". The Siasat Daily – Archive. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
10. "Majid Hussain takes charge as Mayor". The Hindu. 6 January 2012. ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 10 May 2025.
11. "First-time corporator Majid is city mayor". The Times of India. 4 January 2012. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 10 May 2025.
12. Press Trust of India. "MIM's Mohammed Majid Hussain resigns as mayor of Hyderabad". Archived from the original on 29 March 2017. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
13. S, Rohit P. (12 February 2016). "Bonthu Rammohan of TRS named Hyderabad Mayor". The Hindu. ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 25 April 2019.
14. Oommen, Paul (11 February 2021). "TRS's G Vijayalakshmi elected GHMC Mayor, Latha Sobhan Reddy is Dy Mayor". The News Minute.
15. "Hyderabad mayor Gadwal Vijayalakshmi profile". The Hans India.