List of chief ministers of Telangana

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{{short description|Head of the government of the Indian state of Telangana}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2013}}
{{Infobox political post
| border = Parliamentary
| minister = not
| post = Chief Minister
| body = Telangana
| native_name = {{lang|te-Latn|Telaṅgāṇa Mukhyamantri}}
| insignia = Government of Telangana Logo.png
| insigniasize =
| insigniacaption = [[Emblem of Telangana]]
| image = Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao.png
| imagesize = 200px
| incumbent = [[K. Chandrashekar Rao]]
| incumbentsince = 2 June 2014
| style = [[The Honourable]] {{small|(Formal)}} [[Mister|Mr./Mrs. Chief Minister]] {{small|(Informal)}}
| department = [[Telangana State Guesthouse|Chief Minister's Office]]
| seat = [[Telangana State Guesthouse]]
| residence = [[Pragathi Bhavan]]
| appointer = [[Governor of Telangana]]
| member_of =
* [[Telangana Legislative Assembly]]
* [[Second K. Chandrashekar Rao ministry|Cabinet]]
| inaugural = [[K. Chandrashekar Rao]]
| formation = {{start date and age|df=yes|2014|06|02}}
| deputy = [[List of deputy chief ministers of Telangana|Deputy Chief Minister of Telangana]]
| website = {{URL|https://www.telangana.gov.in/}}
| salary = *{{INRConvert|440000}}/monthly
*{{INRConvert|5280000}}/annually
}}

The '''chief minister of Telangana''' is the [[head of government|chief executive]] of the [[India]]n state of [[Telangana]]. In accordance with the [[Constitution of India]], the [[Governors of states of India|governor]] is a state's ''[[de jure]]'' head, but ''[[de facto]]'' executive authority rests with the [[Chief minister (India)|chief minister]]. Following elections to the [[Telangana Legislative Assembly]], the [[List of governors of Telangana|state's governor]] usually invites the party (or coalition) with a majority of seats to form the [[Government of Telangana|government]]. The governor appoints the chief minister, whose [[Cabinet (government)|council of ministers]] are [[Cabinet collective responsibility|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 limit]]s.<ref name="term1">[[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 Telangana as well.</ref>

Since the state's [[Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014|creation on 2 June 2014]],<ref name="frontline">{{cite web|title=A mixed bag|url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/politics/a-mixed-bag/article7298203.ece|last=Shankar|first=Kunal|date=26 June 2015|website=[[Frontline (magazine)|Frontline]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200202101735/https://frontline.thehindu.com/politics/a-mixed-bag/article7298203.ece|archive-date=2 February 2020|access-date=2 February 2020}}</ref> Telangana has had only one chief minister, who belongs to [[Telangana Rashtra Samithi]] party, its founder and former [[Ministry of Labour and Employment (India)|Union Minister of Labour and Employment]] [[K. Chandrashekar Rao]] is an inaugural and current holder of the office who sworn in two times by winning the [[2014 Telangana Legislative Assembly election|2014]] and [[2018 Telangana Legislative Assembly election|2018]] assembly elections consecutively.

The [[List of current Indian chief ministers|current incumbent]] is [[K. Chandrashekar Rao]] of the [[Telangana Rashtra Samithi]] since 2 June 2014.

==List==
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;Legend
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;Key
* {{note label|†|†|†}} Assassinated or died in office
* {{note label|§|§|§}} Returned to office after a previous non-consecutive term
* {{note label|RES|RES|RES}} Resigned
{{col-end}}

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|-
!No
!Portrait
! Name
![[List of constituencies of the Telangana Legislative Assembly|Constituency]]
! colspan="3" |Term of office<ref name="term">The ordinal number of the term being served by the person specified in the row in the corresponding period</ref>
![[Telangana Legislative Assembly|Assembly]] ([[Elections in Telangana|election]])
!Party
!
|-
! rowspan="2" |1
| rowspan="2" |[[File:Kalvakuntla_Chandrashekar_Rao.png|92x92px]]
| rowspan="2" |[[K. Chandrashekar Rao]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Gajwel Assembly constituency|Gajwel]]
| 2 June 2014
| 12 December 2018
| rowspan="2" |{{age in years and days|2014|06|02}}
| 1st ([[2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2014 election]])
| rowspan="2" | [[Telangana Rashtra Samithi]]
| rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Telangana Rashtra Samithi}};" |
|-
| 13 December 2018
| Incumbent
| 2nd ([[2018 Telangana Legislative Assembly election|2018 election]])
|}

==Statistics==
;List of chief ministers by length of term
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|-
! Longest continuous term
! Total years of premiership
|-
! data-sort-value="1" | 1
| '''[[K. Chandrashekar Rao]]'''
| '''[[Telangana Rashtra Samithi|TRS]]'''
| '''{{age in years and days|2014|06|02}}'''
| '''{{age in years and days|2014|06|02}}'''
|}

;List by party
{|class="wikitable " style="width:100%; text-align:center"
|+Political parties by total time-span of their member holding [[Telangana Secretariat|CMO]] ({{CURRENTDAY}} {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}})
|-
! data-sort-type=number | {{Tooltip|No.}}
! Political party
! data-sort-type=number | Number of Chief ministers
! Total days of holding CMO
|-
! data-sort-value="1" | 1
| '''[[Telangana Rashtra Samithi]]'''
| data-sort-type=5 | '''1'''
| '''{{age in days|2014|06|02}} days'''
|}

;Parties by total duration (in days) of holding Chief Minister's Office
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==Living former chief minister==
As of {{CURRENTDAY}} {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}, there is no living former chief minister of Telangana:

==See also==
* [[History of Telangana]]
* [[Elections in Telangana]]
* [[Telangana Secretariat]]
* [[Telangana Legislative Assembly]]
* [[List of current Indian chief ministers]]
* [[List of deputy chief ministers of Telangana]]
* [[List of chief ministers of Andhra Pradesh]]

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
{{commons category|Chief ministers of Telangana}}
* [https://www.telangana.gov.in// Official Website of the Office of the Chief Minister]

{{Current Indian chief ministers}}
{{Telangana}}

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