CHIEF MINISTERS LIST OF ANDHRA PRADESH

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.

Chief Ministers of Hyderabad state

Hyderabad state included 9 Telugu districts of Telangana, 4 Kannada districts in Gulberga division & 4 Marathi districts in Aurangabad division. Rangareddy districtwas carved out of Hyderabad district of Telangana in 1978. Now Telangana has 10 districts.

#	Name	Took office	Left office	Party	Origin region	Birthplace	Days in office
1	Vellodi Mullath Kadingi	26 January 1950	6 March 1952	INC	Kerala	-	770
2	Dr.Burgula Ramakrishna Rao[1]	6 March 1952	31 October 1956	INC	Telangana	Mahbubnagar	1855

[edit]Chief Ministers of Andhra state

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 October 1953	27 March 1955	INC	Kosta	Prakasam	631
2	Bezawada Gopala Reddy[2]	28 March 1955	1 November 1956	INC	Kosta	Nellore	584

= Chief Minister elected from Indian National Congress (INC)

= Chief Minister elected from Telugu Desam Party (TDP)

[edit]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 March 1962	20 February 1964	INC	Rayalaseema	Anantapur	719
3	Kasu Brahmananda Reddy		21 February 1964	30 September 1971	INC	Kosta	Guntur	2777
4	Pamulaparthi Venkata Narasimha Rao[5]		30 September 1971	10 January 1973	INC	Telangana	Karimnagar	468
President's Rule (11 January 1973 – 10 December 1973. Period: 335 Days)[6]
5	Jalagam Vengala Rao		10 December 1973	6 March 1978	INC	Andhra/Telangana	*East Godavari/Khammam[7]	1547
6	Marri Chenna Reddy		6 March 1978	11 October 1980	INC	Telangana	Ranga Reddy	950
7	Tanguturi Anjaiah [8]		11 October 1980	24 February 1982	INC	Telangana	Medak	501
8	Bhavanam Venkatarami Reddy		24 February 1982	20 September 1982	INC	Kosta	Guntur	208
9	Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy		20 September 1982	9 January 1983	INC	Rayalaseema	Kurnool	111
10	Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao		9 January 1983	16 August 1984	TDP	Kosta	Krishna	585
11	Nadendla Bhaskara Rao		16 August 1984	16 September 1984	TDP (faction[which?])	Kosta	Guntur	31
-	Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao(second time)		16 September 1984	2 December 1989	TDP	Kosta	Krishna	1903
-	Marri Chenna Reddy (second time)		3 December 1989	17 December 1990	INC	Telangana	Ranga Reddy	379
12	Nedurumalli Janardhana Reddy		17 December 1990	9 October 1992	INC	Kosta	Nellore	662
-	Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy(second time)		9 October 1992	12 December 1994	INC	Rayalaseema	Kurnool	794
-	Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao (third time)		12 December 1994	1 September 1995	TDP	Kosta	Krishna	263
13	Nara Chandrababu Naidu[9]		1 September 1995	14 May 2004	TDP	Rayalaseema	Chittoor	3378
14	Yeduguri Sandinti Rajasekhar Reddy		14 May 2004	2 September 2009 [10]	INC	Rayalaseema	Kadapa	1938
15	Konijeti Rosaiah		03 September 2009[11]	24 November 2010	INC	Kosta	Guntur	559
16	Nallari Kiran Kumar Reddy		25 November 2010[12]	-	INC	Rayalaseema	Chittor * [13]	112

§                     Jalagam Vengal Rao born in Srikakulam district and was raised in Andhra region. He represented a constituency in Khammam district when he was chief minister.^[14]

§                     Konijeti Rosaiah is the MLC who became Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh apart from Bhavanam Venkatarami Reddy.^[15]

§                     Till date, Nara Chandrababu Naidu remains the longest tenured CM of Andhra Pradesh.

§                     Kiran Kumar Reddy's family is from Chittoor. His father represented a constituency in Chittoor. He grew up in Hyderabad because his father is in state capital, Hyderabad, as MLA and minister. He started representing his father's constituency in Chittoor after his father's death.