Chief Minister of Telangana

Chief Minister of Telangana
Telaṅgāṇa Mukhya Mantrī
since 7 December 2023
Chief Minister's Office
Government of Telangana
StyleThe Honourable (formal)
Mr./Mrs. Chief Minister (informal)
StatusHead of government
AbbreviationCMoTG
Member ofTelangana Legislature Telangana Council of Ministers
Reports toGovernor of Telangana
Telangana Legislature
ResidencePraja Bhavan, Hyderabad
SeatTelangana Secretariat, Hyderabad
AppointerThe Governor of Telangana
Term lengthFive years and subject to no term limit
at the confidence of the Legislative Assembly
Inaugural holderK. Chandrashekar Rao
Formation2 June 2014 (2014-06-02)
DeputyDeputy Chief Minister of Telangana
Salary₹400,000 (US$4,700)
WebsiteOfficial 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 Telangana 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, 258 days Indian National Congress Reddy Tamilisai Soundararajan

Statistics

Fraction of time of holding CMO by party in Telangana (as of 7 July 2025)
  1. Telangana Rashtra Samithi (85.7%)
  2. Indian National Congress (14.3%)
# Chief Minister Party Term of office
Longest continuous term Total duration of chief ministership
1 Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao TRS 9 years, 187 days 9 years, 187 days
2 Anumula Revanth Reddy INC 1 year, 258 days 1 year, 258 days

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]

See also

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.
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