List of chief ministers of Andhra Pradesh

Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh
*Āndhrapradēś Mukhyamantri*
Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh ; Āndhrapradēś Mukhyamantri
	Emblem of Andhra Pradesh
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	Incumbent; Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy; since 30 May 2019
Appointer	Governor of Andhra Pradesh
Inaugural holder	T. Prakasam (as the Chief Minister of Andhra State); Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy (as the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh);
Formation	1 November 1956; 64 years ago
Deputy	Deputy Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh

The Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh is the chief executive of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. 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 Andhra Pradesh 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 1953, Andhra Pradesh has had 19 chief ministers, A majority of them belonged to the Indian National Congress party. The longest-serving chief minister, N. Chandrababu Naidu from Telugu Desam Party held the office for over thirteen years in multiple tenure. The Indian National Congress's Kasu Brahmananda Reddy has the second-longest tenure and the Telugu Desam Party's founder N. T. Rama Rao, the second actor to become the chief minister in India has the third-longest tenure, while N. Bhaskara Rao from same party has the shortest tenure (only 31 days). One chief minister, Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy of the Indian National Congress party, later became the president of India. while another, P. V. Narasimha Rao of the same party, later became the prime minister of India. There have been three instances of president's rule in Andhra Pradesh, most recently in 2014.

The current incumbent is Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy of the YSR Congress Party since 30 May 2019.

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In an effort to protect the interests of the Telugu people of Madras State, Potti Sreeramulu attempted to force the Madras State government to listen to public demands for the separation of Telugu-speaking districts (Rayalaseema and Coastal Andhra) from Madras State to form Andhra State. He went on a lengthy fast and only stopped when Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru promised to form Andhra State. However, there was no movement on the issue for a long time. He started fasting again in Maharshi Bulusu Sambamurti's house in Madras on 19 October 1952. It started off without fanfare but steadily caught people's attention despite the disapproval of the fast by the Andhra INC committee.

Formation of Andhra State[]

On 1 October 1953, 11 districts in the Telugu-speaking portion of Madras State became the new Andhra State with Kurnool as the capital. T. Prakasam became the first Chief Minister of the new state.^[2] Formation of this first "linguistic state" paved the way to creation of more and provided an opportunity for these states to develop independently, linguistically and economically, each of them having a state to support.^[3]^[4]

Legend

Indian National Congress

Key

^RES Resigned

No.	Name (Birth–Death)	Elected Constituency	Political Party^[a]	Term of office^[5]			Assembly (Election)	Ministry	Appointed by
1	T. Prakasam (1872–1957)	Srungavarapukota	Indian National Congress	1 October 1953	15 November 1954	1 year, 45 days	Interim (1952 election)		Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi
–	Vacant (President's rule)	N/A		15 November 1954	29 March 1955	134 days	Dissolved	N/A	–
2	B. Gopala Reddy (1907–1997)	Atmakur	Indian National Congress	30 March 1955	30 October 1956^[RES]	1 year, 214 days	1st (1955 election)		Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi

Formation of Andhra Pradesh[]

On 1 November 1956, Andhra State and the Telangana region of Hyderabad State were merged to form the united Telugu-speaking state. Non-Telugu-speaking parts of Hyderabad State were merged with Bombay State and Mysore State. After the reorganization in 1956, regions of the Gulbarga and Aurangabad divisions were merged into Mysore State and Bombay State respectively and the rest of the state (Telangana) was merged with Andhra State to form the new state named Andhra Pradesh. After 58 years, the state was bifurcated into Andhra Pradesh and Telangana states on 2 June 2014 by Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014.

Legend

Indian National Congress
Telugu Desam Party
Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party

Key

^† Assassinated or died in office
^§ Returned to office after a previous non-consecutive term
^RES Resigned

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Elected Constituency	Political Party^[a]	Term of office^[5]			Assembly (Election)	Ministry	Appointed by
1		Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy (1913–1996)	Srikalahasti	Indian National Congress	1 November 1956	11 January 1960^[RES]	3 years, 71 days	1st (1955 election)		Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi
1		Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy (1913–1996)	Srikalahasti	Indian National Congress	1 November 1956	11 January 1960^[RES]	3 years, 71 days	2nd (1957 election)		Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi
2		Damodaram Sanjeevaiah (1921–1972)	Kurnool	Indian National Congress	11 January 1960	12 March 1962	2 years, 60 days	2nd (1957 election)		Bhim Sen Sachar
(1)		Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy (1913–1996)	Dhone	Indian National Congress	12 March 1962^[§]	20 February 1964^[RES]	1 year, 345 days	3rd (1962 election)		Bhim Sen Sachar
3		Kasu Brahmananda Reddy (1909–1994)	Narasaraopet	Indian National Congress	21 February 1964	30 September 1971^[RES]	7 years, 221 days	3rd (1962 election)		S. M. Shrinagesh
3		Kasu Brahmananda Reddy (1909–1994)	Narasaraopet	Indian National Congress	21 February 1964	30 September 1971^[RES]	7 years, 221 days	4th (1967 election)		S. M. Shrinagesh
4		P. V. Narasimha Rao (1921–2004)	Manthani	Indian National Congress	30 September 1971	10 January 1973	1 year, 102 days	4th (1967 election)		Khandubhai Kasanji Desai
4		P. V. Narasimha Rao (1921–2004)	Manthani	Indian National Congress	30 September 1971	10 January 1973	1 year, 102 days	5th (1972 election)		Khandubhai Kasanji Desai
–		Vacant (President's rule)	N/A		10 January 1973	9 December 1973	333 days	Dissolved	–	–
5		Jalagam Vengala Rao (1921–1999)		Indian National Congress	10 December 1973	6 March 1978	4 years, 86 days	5th (1972 election)		Khandubhai Kasanji Desai
6		Marri Chenna Reddy (1919–1996)	Medchal	Indian National Congress	6 March 1978	10 October 1980^[RES]	2 years, 218 days	6th (1978 election)		Sharda Mukherjee
7		T. Anjaiah (1919–1986)	Leader of the State Legislative Council	Indian National Congress	11 October 1980	24 February 1982^[RES]	1 year, 136 days			K. C. Abraham
8		Bhavanam Venkataram Reddy (1931–2002)	Leader of the State Legislative Council	Indian National Congress	24 February 1982	20 September 1982^[RES]	208 days
9		K. Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy (1920–2001)	Kurnool	Indian National Congress	20 September 1982	9 January 1983	111 days
10		N. T. Rama Rao (1923–1996)	Tirupati	Telugu Desam Party	9 January 1983	16 August 1984^[RES]	1 year, 220 days	7th (1983 election)
11		N. Bhaskara Rao (1936–)	Vemuru	Telugu Desam Party	16 August 1984	16 September 1984^[RES]	31 days			Thakur Ram Lal
(10)		N. T. Rama Rao (1923–1996)	Hindupur	Telugu Desam Party	16 September 1984^[§]	9 March 1985	5 years, 77 days			Shankar Dayal Sharma
(10)		N. T. Rama Rao (1923–1996)	Hindupur	Telugu Desam Party	9 March 1985	2 December 1989	5 years, 77 days	8th (1985 election)	Rao III	Shankar Dayal Sharma
(6)		Marri Chenna Reddy (1919–1996)	Sanathnagar	Indian National Congress	3 December 1989^[§]	17 December 1990^[RES]	1 year, 14 days	9th (1989 election)		Kumud Ben Joshi
12		N. Janardhana Reddy (1935–2014)	Sanathnagar	Indian National Congress	17 December 1990	9 October 1992^[RES]	1 year, 297 days			Krishan Kant
(9)		K. Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy (1920–2001)	Panyam	Indian National Congress	9 October 1992^[§]	12 December 1994	2 years, 64 days
(10)		N. T. Rama Rao (1923–1996)	Hindupur	Telugu Desam Party	12 December 1994^[§]	1 September 1995^[RES]	263 days	10th (1994 election)
13		N. Chandrababu Naidu (1950–)	Kuppam	Telugu Desam Party	1 September 1995	11 October 1999	8 years, 255 days	10th (1994 election)
13		N. Chandrababu Naidu (1950–)	Kuppam	Telugu Desam Party	11 October 1999	13 May 2004	8 years, 255 days	11th (1999 election)	Naidu II	C. Rangarajan
14		Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy (1949–2009)	Pulivendla	Indian National Congress	14 May 2004	20 May 2009	5 years, 111 days	12th (2004 election)		Surjit Singh Barnala
14		Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy (1949–2009)	Pulivendla	Indian National Congress	20 May 2009	2 September 2009^[†]	5 years, 111 days	13th (2009 election)		N. D. Tiwari
15		Konijeti Rosaiah (1933–)	Leader of the State Legislative Council	Indian National Congress	3 September 2009	24 November 2010^[RES]	1 year, 82 days			N. D. Tiwari
16		N. Kiran Kumar Reddy (1960–)	Pileru	Indian National Congress	25 November 2010	1 March 2014^[RES]	3 years, 96 days		Reddy	E. S. L. Narasimhan
–		Vacant (President's rule)	N/A		1 March 2014	7 June 2014	98 days	Dissolved	–	–
(13)		N. Chandrababu Naidu (1950–)	Kuppam	Telugu Desam Party	8 June 2014^[§]	29 May 2019	4 years, 355 days	14th (2014 election)	Naidu III	E. S. L. Narasimhan
17		Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy (1972–)	Pulivendla	YSR Congress Party	30 May 2019	Incumbent	2 years, 91 days	15th (2019 election)	Reddy	E. S. L. Narasimhan
No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Elected Constituency	Political Party	Term of office			Assembly (Election)	Ministry	Appointed by

Statistics[]

List of chief ministers by length of term[]

No.	Name	Party		Length of term
No.	Name	Party		Longest continuous term	Total years of premiership
1	N. Chandrababu Naidu		TDP	8 years, 255 days	13 years, 245 days
2	Kasu Brahmananda Reddy		INC	7 years, 221 days	7 years, 221 days
3	N. T. Rama Rao		TDP	5 years, 77 days	7 years, 195 days
4	Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy		INC	5 years, 111 days	5 years, 111 days
5	Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy		INC	3 years, 71 days	5 years, 51 days
6	Jalagam Vengala Rao		INC	4 years, 86 days	4 years, 86 days
7	Marri Chenna Reddy		INC	2 years, 218 days	3 years, 232 days
8	N. Kiran Kumar Reddy		INC	3 years, 96 days	3 years, 96 days
9	K. Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy		INC	2 years, 64 days	2 years, 175 days
10	Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy		YSRCP	2 years, 91 days	2 years, 91 days
11	Damodaram Sanjeevaiah		INC	2 years, 60 days	2 years, 60 days
12	N. Janardhana Reddy		INC	1 year, 297 days	1 year, 297 days
13	B. Gopala Reddy		INC	1 year, 214 days	1 year, 214 days
14	T. Anjaiah		INC	1 year, 136 days	1 year, 136 days
15	P. V. Narasimha Rao		INC	1 year, 102 days	1 year, 102 days
16	Konijeti Rosaiah		INC	1 year, 82 days	1 year, 82 days
17	T. Prakasam		INC	1 year, 45 days	1 year, 45 days
18	Bhavanam Venkataram Reddy		INC	208 days	208 days
19	N. Bhaskara Rao		TDP	31 days	31 days

Timeline[]

List by party[]

Political parties by total time-span of their member holding CMO (29 August 2021)
No.	Political party	Number of chief ministers	Total days of holding CMO
1	Indian National Congress	13	14644 days
2	Telugu Desam Party	3	7775 days
3	YSR Congress Party	1	822 days

Parties by total duration of holding Chief Minister's Office[]

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Living former chief ministers[]

As of 29 August 2021, there are four living former chief ministers of Andhra Pradesh:

Living former chief ministers
N. Bhaskara Rao
(1984–1984)
(1936-06-23) 23 June 1936 (age 85)
N. Chandrababu Naidu
(1995–2004, 2014–2019)
(1950-04-20) 20 April 1950 (age 71)
Konijeti Rosaiah
(2009–2010)
(1933-07-04) 4 July 1933 (age 88)
N. Kiran Kumar Reddy
(2010–2014)
(1960-09-13) 13 September 1960 (age 60)

The most recent death of a former chief minister was that of N. Janardhan Reddy on 9 May 2014, aged 79.

Notes[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b This column only names the chief minister's party. The state government he heads may be a complex coalition of several parties and independents; these are not listed here.

References[]

^ 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.
^ "Indian Express October 2, 1953". Retrieved 26 August 2013.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 5 July 2008. Retrieved 13 December 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ http://www.sankalpindia.net/drupal/the-first-linguistic-state-andhra-pradesh-was-born
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b The ordinal number of the term being served by the person specified in the row in the corresponding period

External links[]

Official Website of the Office of the Chief Minister

[party-5] Jump up to: ^a ^b This column only names the chief minister's party. The state government he heads may be a complex coalition of several parties and independents; these are not listed here.

[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] "Indian Express October 2, 1953". Retrieved 26 August 2013.

[3] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 5 July 2008. Retrieved 13 December 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[4] ttp://www.sankalpindia.net/drupal/the-first-linguistic-state-andhra-pradesh-was-born

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