List of Chief Ministers of Andhra Pradesh

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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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

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)

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 Hyderabad

See also

References

  1. ^ Chief Minister of Hyderabad state
  2. ^ a b Chief Minister of Andhra state
  3. ^ Tanguturi Prakasam served a term as Chief Minister of the undivided Madras State between 30 April 1946 and 23 March 1947
  4. ^ Sanjiva Reddy served as the sixth President of India between 1977 and 1982
  5. ^ 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
  6. ^ 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. ).
  7. ^ Jalagam Vengala Rao Archived 24 January 2011 at WebCite
  8. ^ Rediff On The NeT: Campaign Trail/Srikakulam, Vizianagaram Archived 24 January 2011 at WebCite
  9. ^ T. Anjaiah was also known as Ramakrishnareddi Talla
  10. ^ Chandrababu Naidu is the son-in-law of NTR
  11. ^ "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. 
  12. ^ Site Under Construction Archived 24 January 2011 at WebCite
  13. ^ Sonia Gandhi to pick new Andhra Chief Minister Archived 24 January 2011 at WebCite
  14. ^ Rediff On The NeT: Campaign Trail/Srikakulam, Vizianagaram Archived 24 January 2011 at WebCite
  15. ^ "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. 
  16. ^ . Chennai, India. http://www.hindu.com/2010/11/24/stories/2009090759040600.htm. 

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