| Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh | |
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| Āndhrapradēś Mukhyamantri | |
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| Appointer | Governor of Andhra Pradesh |
| Inaugural holder |
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| Formation | 1 November 1956 |
| 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]
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Elected Constituency | Political Party[lower-alpha 1] | Term of office[5] | Assembly (Election) |
Ministry | Appointed by | |||
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T. Prakasam (1872–1957) |
Srungavarapukota | Indian National Congress | 1 October 1953 | 15 November 1954 | 1 year, 45 days | Interim (1952 election) |
Prakasam | Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi | |
| – | Error creating thumbnail: File missing | Vacant (President's rule) |
N/A | 15 November 1954 | 29 March 1955 | 134 days | Dissolved | N/A | – | ||
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B. Gopala Reddy (1907–1997) |
Atmakur | Indian National Congress | 30 March 1955 | 30 October 1956[RES] | 1 year, 214 days | 1st (1955 election) |
Reddy | 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.
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Statistics
List of chief ministers by length of term
| No. | Name | Party | Length of term | ||
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| 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 | 7 years, 81 days | 7 years, 81 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
| No. | Political party | Number of chief ministers | Total days of holding CMO |
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| 1 | Indian National Congress | 13 | 14644 days |
| 2 | Telugu Desam Party | 3 | 7775 days |
| 3 | YSR Congress Party | 1 | 2638 days |
Parties by total duration of holding Chief Minister's Office
Living former chief ministers
As of 19 August 2026[update], there are four living former chief ministers of Andhra Pradesh:
- Living former chief ministers
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The most recent death of a former chief minister was that of N. Janardhan Reddy on 9 May 2014, aged 79.
Notes
See also
- History of Andhra Pradesh
- Elections in Andhra Pradesh
- List of governors of Andhra Pradesh
- List of chief ministers of Telangana
- List of current Indian chief ministers
- List of deputy chief ministers of Andhra Pradesh
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.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ↑ http://www.sankalpindia.net/drupal/the-first-linguistic-state-andhra-pradesh-was-born
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 The ordinal number of the term being served by the person specified in the row in the corresponding period