| Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh | |
|---|---|
| Āndhrapradēś Mukhyamantri ఆంధ్ర రాష్ట్ర ముఖ్యమంత్రి | |
| Chief Minister's Office | |
| Style | The Honourable (Formal) Mr./Mrs. Chief Minister (Informal) |
| Status | Head of Government |
| Abbreviation | CMOAP |
| Member of | Andhra Pradesh Legislature |
| Reports to | Governor of Andhra Pradesh |
| Seat | Andhra Pradesh Secretariat |
| Appointer | Governor of Andhra Pradesh |
| Term length | At the confidence of the assembly Chief minister's term is for five years and is subject to no term limits.[1] |
| Inaugural holder |
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| Formation | 1 November 1956 2 June 2014 |
| Deputy | Deputy Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh |
| Website | https://www.ap.gov.in/ |
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 1956, Andhra Pradesh has had 17 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. N. Chandrababu Naidu is also the first chief minister of Andhra Pradesh after the state bifurcation in 2014. 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 Yuvajana Shramika Rythu Congress Party since 30 May 2019.
List of chief ministers
Chief ministers of Andhra State
Andhra State consisted of Uttarandhra, Kostha Andhra and Rayalaseema regions. This state was carved out of Madras State in 1953.
| Chief ministers of Andhra State | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Portrait | Name | Elected constituency | Term of office | Assembly
(election) |
Appointed by | Political party | ||
| Assumed office | Left office | Time in office | |||||||
| 1 | 
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Tanguturi Prakasam | – | 1 October 1953 | 15 November 1954 | 1 year, 45 days | 1st | Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi | Indian National Congress |
| – | Error creating thumbnail: File missing | Vacant[lower-alpha 1] (President's rule) |
N/A | 15 November 1954 | 28 March 1955 | 133 days | N/A | ||
| 2 | Error creating thumbnail: File missing | Bezawada Gopala Reddy | Atmakur | 28 March 1955 | 31 October 1956 | 1 year, 217 days | Indian National Congress | ||
Chief ministers of Andhra Pradesh
On 1 November 1956, Hyderabad State ceased to exist; its Gulbarga and Aurangabad divisions were merged into Mysore State and Bombay State respectively. Its remaining Telugu-speaking portion, Telangana, was merged with Andhra State to form the new state of Andhra Pradesh. The state was bifurcated into Andhra Pradesh and Telangana states on 2 June 2014 by Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014. After state re-organisation, the number of sabha seats come down from 294 to 175.
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Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 President's rule may be imposed when the "government in a state is not able to function as per the Constitution", which often happens because no party or coalition has a majority in the assembly. When President's rule is in force in a state, its council of ministers stands dissolved. The office of chief minister thus lies vacant, and the administration is taken over by the governor, who functions on behalf of the central government. At times, the legislative assembly also stands dissolved.[2]
- ↑ A parenthetical number indicates that the incumbent has previously held office.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ After 58 years, the state was bifurcated into Andhra Pradesh and Telangana states on 2 June 2014 by Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014. After state reorganisation Andhra Pradesh Sasana sabha seats come down from 294 to 175 seats.
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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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.
- ↑ Amberish K. Diwanji. "A dummy's guide to President's rule". Rediff.com. 15 March 2005.