List of Chief Ministers of Andhra Pradesh

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The state of Andhra Pradesh has an electorate of more than 60 million people

This is a list of people who have served as the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh since its inception as Andhra and later conversion into Andhra Pradesh after the addition of Telangana region from Hyderabad State. This also contains the list of Chief Ministers of Hyderabad State after its absorption into the Indian union in 1948. An official residence for the Chief Minister was built in 2005 at Greenlands, Begumpet called as Chief Minister's Camp Office.

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[edit] Chief Ministers of Hyderabad state

Hyderabad state included nine Telugu districts of Telangana, four Kannada districts in Gulbarga division and four Marathi districts in Aurangabad division. Rangareddy district was carved out of Hyderabad district in 1978.

#	Name	Took office	Left office	Party	Origin region	Birthplace	Days in office
1	Vellodi Mullath Kadingi	26 Jan 1950	6 Mar 1952	INC	Kerala	-	770
2	Dr.Burgula Ramakrishna Rao^[1]	6 Mar 1952	31 Oct 1956	INC	Telangana	Mahbubnagar	1855

[edit] Chief Ministers of Andhra

Andhra State consisted of Kosta and Rayalaseema regions. This state was carved out of Madras state in 1953.

#	Name	Took office	Left office	Party	Origin region	Birthplace	Days in office
1	Tanguturi Prakasam^[2]^[3]	1 Octo 1953	27 Mar 1955	INC	Kosta	Prakasam	631
2	Bezawada Gopala Reddy^[2]	28 Mar 1955	1 Nov 1956	INC	Kosta	Nellore	584

= Chief Minister elected from Indian National Congress (INC)

= Chief Minister elected from Telugu Desam Party (TDP)

[edit] Chief Ministers of Andhra Pradesh

In 1956, Gulbarga and Aurangabad divisions of Hyderabad state were merged with Mysore state and Bombay state respectively. Remaining portion of Hyderabad state, Telangana, was merged with Andhra state to form Andhra Pradesh state.

#	Name	Portrait	Took office	Left office	Party	Origin region	Birthplace (district)	Days in office
1	Neelam Sanjiva Reddy^[4]		1 Nov 1956	11 Jan 1960	INC	Rayalaseema	Anantapur	1167
2	Damodaram Sanjivayya		11 Jan 1960	12 Mar 1962	INC	Rayalaseema	Kurnool	790
-	Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (second time)		12 Mar 1962	20 Feb 1964	INC	Rayalaseema	Anantapur	719
3	Kasu Brahmananda Reddy		21 Feb 1964	30 Sep 1971	INC	Kosta	Guntur	2777
4	Pamulaparthi Venkata Narasimha Rao^[5]		30 Sep 1971	10 Jan 1973	INC	Telangana	Karimnagar	468
President's Rule (11 Jan – 10 Dec 1973. Period: 335 Days)^[6]
5	Jalagam Vengala Rao		10 Dec 1973	6 Mar 1978	INC	Kosta/Telangana	*Srikakulam/Khammam^[7].^[8]	1547
6	Marri Chenna Reddy		6 Mar 1978	11 Oct 1980	INC	Telangana	Ranga Reddy	950
7	Tanguturi Anjaiah ^[9]		11 Oct 1980	24 Feb 1982	INC	Telangana	Medak	501
8	Bhavanam Venkatarami Reddy		24 Feb 1982	20 Sep 1982	INC	Kosta	Guntur	208
9	Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy		20 Sep 1982	9 Jan 1983	INC	Rayalaseema	Kurnool	111
10	Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao		9 Jan 1983	16 Aug 1984	TDP	Kosta	Krishna	585
11	Nadendla Bhaskara Rao		16 Aug 1984	16 Sep 1984	TDP	Kosta	Guntur	31
-	Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao (second time)		16 Sep 1984	2 Dec 1989	TDP	Kosta	Krishna	1903
-	Marri Chenna Reddy (second time)		3 Dec 1989	17 Dec 1990	INC	Telangana	Ranga Reddy	379
12	Nedurumalli Janardhana Reddy		17 Dec 1990	9 Oct 1992	INC	Kosta	Nellore	662
-	Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy (second time)		9 Oct 1992	12 Dec 1994	INC	Rayalaseema	Kurnool	794
-	Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao (third time)		12 Dec 1994	1 Sep 1995	TDP	Kosta	Krishna	263
13	Nara Chandrababu Naidu^[10]		1 Sep 1995	14 May 2004	TDP	Rayalaseema	Chittoor	3378
14	Yeduguri Sandinti Rajasekhar Reddy		14 May 2004	2 Sep 2009 ^[11]	INC	Rayalaseema	Kadapa	1938
15	Konijeti Rosaiah		03 Sep 2009^[12]	24 Nov 2010	INC	Kosta	Guntur	448
16	Kiran Kumar Reddy		25 Nov 2010 ^[13]	-	INC	Rayalaseema	Chitoor

Jalagam Vengal Rao born in Srikakulam district and was raised in Kosta region. He represented a constituency in Khammam district when he was chief minister.^[14]

Konijeti Rosaiah is the MLC who became Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh apart from Bhavanam Venkatarami Reddy.^[15]

Till date, Nara Chandrababu Naidu remains the longest tenured CM of Andhra Pradesh.^[16]

Kiran Kumar Reddy's family is from Chittoor. His father represented a constituency in Chittoor. He is born and brought up in Hyderabad because his father is in state capital, Hyderabad, as MLA and minister. He started representing his father's constituency in Chittoor after his father's death.

[edit] See also

[edit] References

^ Chief Minister of Hyderabad state
^ ^a ^b Chief Minister of Andhra state
^ Tanguturi Prakasam served a term as Chief Minister of the undivided Madras State between 30 April 1946 and 23 March 1947
^ Sanjiva Reddy served as the sixth President of India between 1977 and 1982
^ PV Narasimha Rao later served in key Central Government positions like External Affairs and Home Ministry before becoming the tenth Prime Minister of India in 1991
^ President's rule was imposed because of rebellion from the state ministers against the CM - PV Narasimha Rao. The rebellion was a fallout of the Telengana agitation (Source: "Less fortunate as Chief Minister". Chennai, India: The Hindu. 2004-12-24. Archived from the original on 2011-01-24. http://www.hindu.com/2004/12/24/stories/2004122407531200.htm. Retrieved 2007-07-05. ).
^ Jalagam Vengala Rao Archived 24 January 2011 at WebCite
^ Rediff On The NeT: Campaign Trail/Srikakulam, Vizianagaram Archived 24 January 2011 at WebCite
^ T. Anjaiah was also known as Ramakrishnareddi Talla
^ Chandrababu Naidu is the son-in-law of NTR
^ "Andhra CM Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy dies". Press Trust of India. 2009-09-02. http://in.news.yahoo.com/242/20090903/1334/tnl-search-for-andhra-cm-resumes-fears-o.html. Retrieved 2009-09-02.
^ Site Under Construction Archived 24 January 2011 at WebCite
^ Sonia Gandhi to pick new Andhra Chief Minister Archived 24 January 2011 at WebCite
^ Rediff On The NeT: Campaign Trail/Srikakulam, Vizianagaram Archived 24 January 2011 at WebCite
^ "The saga of short-lived Cabinets". The Hindu (Chennai, India). 7 September 2009. Archived from the original on 2011-01-24. http://www.hindu.com/2009/09/07/stories/2009090759040600.htm.
^ . Chennai, India. http://www.hindu.com/2010/11/24/stories/2009090759040600.htm. ^{[dead link]}

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Sl.No.	Name	From	To
1	Sri. N.Kiran Kumar Reddy	25/11/2010
2	Sri. K. Rosaiah	04/09/2009	24/11/2010
3	Dr.Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy	14/05/2004	02/09/2009
4	Sri N. Chandra Babu Naidu	01/09/1995	14/05/2004
5	Sri N.T.Rama Rao	12/12/1994	01/09/1995
6	Sri K.VijayaBhaskara Reddy	09/10/1992	12/12/1994
7	Sri N.Janardhana Reddy	17/12/1990	09/10/1992
8	Dr.Marri Chenna Reddy	03/12/1989	17/12/1990
9	Sri N.T.Rama Rao	09/03/1985	03/12/1989
10	Sri N.T.Rama Rao	16/09/1984	09/03/1985
11	Sri N.Bhaskara rao	16/08/1984	16/09/1984
12	Sri N.T.Rama Rao	09/01/1983	16/08/1984
13	Sri K.Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy	09/01/1982	09/01/1983
14	Sri Bhavanam Venkataram	24/02/1982	20/09/1982
15	Sri Tanguturi Anjaiah	11/10/1980	24/02/1982
16	Dr Marri Chenna Reddy	06/03/1978	11/10/1980
17	Sri. Jalagam Vengala Rao	10/12/1973	06/03/1978
	President's rule	10/10/1973	10/12/1973
18	Sri P.V.Narasimha Rao	30/09/1971	10/01/1973
19	Sri Kasu Bramhananda Reddy	29/02/1964	30/09/1971
20	Sri (Dr)Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy	12/03/1962	29/02/1964
21	Sri Damodaram Sanjivayya	11/01/1960	12/03/1962
22	Sri.Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy	01/11/1956	11/01/1960

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