Second K. Chandrashekar Rao ministry | |
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2nd Ministry of Telangana | |
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Date formed | 13 December 2018 |
Date dissolved | 3 December 2023 |
People and organisations | |
Head of state | |
Head of government | K. Chandrashekhar Rao Chief Minister |
No. of ministers | 18 |
Ministers removed | 1 |
Member parties | Bharat Rashtra Samithi |
Status in legislature | Majority 100 / 119 (84%) |
Opposition party | None |
Opposition leader | None |
History | |
Election | 2018 |
Outgoing election | 2014 |
Legislature term | 5 years |
Predecessor | First K. Chandrashekar Rao ministry |
Successor | Revanth Reddy ministry |
The Second K. Chandrashekar Rao ministry was the highest decision-making body of executive branch of the Government of Telangana, headed by the Chief Minister of Telangana.
The 18-member cabinet (including chief minister) is its second, being sworn in by the Governor of Telangana on 13 December 2018, 19 February 2019 and 8 September 2019. It is headed by K. Chandrashekar Rao of the BRS, the first Chief Minister of Telangana. [1] [2]
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Portfolio | Minister | Constituency | Tenure | Party | ||
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Took office | Left office | |||||
Chief Minister | ||||||
| Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao | Gajwel | 13 December 2018 | 3 December 2023 | BRS | |
Cabinet Ministers | ||||||
| Mohammed Mahmood Ali | MLC | 13 December 2018 | 3 December 2023 | BRS | |
| Allola Indrakaran Reddy | Nirmal | 19 February 2019 | 3 December 2023 | BRS | |
| Talasani Srinivas Yadav | Sanathnagar | 19 February 2019 | 3 December 2023 | BRS | |
Guntakandla Jagadish Reddy | Suryapet | 19 February 2019 | 3 December 2023 | BRS | ||
Singireddy Niranjan Reddy | Wanaparthy | 19 February 2019 | 3 December 2023 | BRS | ||
| Koppula Eshwar | Dharmapuri (SC) | 19 February 2019 | 3 December 2023 | BRS | |
Errabelli Dayakar Rao | Palakurthi | 19 February 2019 | 3 December 2023 | BRS | ||
| Virusanolla Srinivas Goud | Mahabubnagar | 19 February 2019 | 3 December 2023 | BRS | |
| Vemula Prashanth Reddy | Balkonda | 19 February 2019 | 3 December 2023 | BRS | |
| Chamakura Malla Reddy | Medchal | 19 February 2019 | 3 December 2023 | BRS | |
| Etela Rajender | Huzurabad | 19 February 2019 | 12 June 2021 RES | BRS | |
| Tanneeru Harish Rao | Siddipet | 8 September 2018 | 3 December 2023 | BRS | |
| 9 November 2021 | |||||
| Kalvakuntla Taraka Rama Rao | Sircilla | 8 September 2018 | 3 December 2023 | BRS | |
Sabitha Indra Reddy | Maheshwaram | 8 September 2018 | 3 December 2023 | BRS | ||
| Gangula Kamalakar | Karimnagar | 8 September 2018 | 3 December 2023 | BRS | |
| Satyavathi Rathod | MLC | 8 September 2018 | 3 December 2023 | BRS | |
Puvvada Ajay Kumar | Khammam | 8 September 2018 | 3 December 2023 | BRS | ||
| Patnam Mahender Reddy | MLC | 24 August 2023 | 3 December 2023 | BRS |
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