# List of chief ministers of Telangana

The Chief Minister of Telangana is the chief executive of the Indian state of Telangana. 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 Telangana 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.
Since the state's creation on 2 June 2014, Telangana has had two chief ministers, the first of which belongs to Bharat Rashtra Samithi party, its founder and former Minister of Labour and Employment of the Republic of India K. Chandrashekar Rao was the inaugural holder of the office who sworn in two times by winning the 2014 and 2018 assembly elections consecutively. The Current Chief Minister is Revanth Reddy of the Indian National Congress since 7 December 2023.

## List of officeholders

| No | Name | Took office | Left office | Term |
| 1 | Iwaz Khan | 1724 | 1730 | 1 |
| 2 | Anwarullah Khan | 1730 | 1742 | 1 |
| 3 | Khuda Banda Khan | 1742 | 1748 | 1 |
| 4 | Shah Nawaz Khan | 1748 | 1750 | 1 |
| 5 | Raja Raghu Nath Das | 1750 | 1752 | 1 |
| 6 | Syed Lashkar Khan Rukn ud-Daula | 1752 | 1755 | 1 |
| 7 | Shah Nawaz Khan | 1755 | 1758 | 2 |
| 8 | Basalat Jung | 1758 | 1761 | 1 |
| 9 | Vitthal Sundar | 1761 | 1765 | 1 |
| 10 | Musa Khan Nawab Rukn ud-Daula | 1765 | 1775 | 1 |
| 11 | Viqar-ul-daula Shams-ul-Mulk | 1775 | 1778 to 1781 | 1 |
| 12 | Arastu Jah | 1781 | 1795 | 1 |
| 13 | Raja Shan Rai Rayan | 1795 | 1797 | 1 |
| 14 | Arastu Jah | 1797 | 9 May 1804 | 2 |
| 15 | Raja Rajindra Bahadur (Raja Raghutam Rao) | May 1804 | 9 November 1804 | 1 |
| 16 | Mir Alam | 1804 | 1808 | 1 |
| 17 | Chandu Lal | 1808 | unknown date | 1 |
| 18 | Munir ul-Mulk | unknown | 1832 | 1 |
| 19 | Chandu Lal | 1832 | 1843 | 2 |
| 20 | Ram Baksh | 1843 | 1846 | 1 |
| 21 | Siraj ul-Mulk | 1846 | 1848 | 1 |
| 22 | Amjad ul-Mulk | November 1848 | December 1848 | 1 |
| 23 | Shams ul-Umara | December 1848 | May 1849 | 1 |
| 24 | Ram Baksh | September 1849 | April 1851 | 2 |
| 25 | Ganesh Rao | April 1851 | June 1851 | 1 |
| 26 | Siraj ul-Mulk | 1851 | May 1853 | 2 |
| 27 | Mir Turab Ali Khan, Salar Jung I | May 1853 | 8 February 1883 | 1 |
| 28 | Mir Laiq Ali Khan, Salar Jung II | February 1883 | April 1887 | 1 |
| 29 | Nawab Sir Bashir-ud-Daula Asman Jah | 1887 | 1893 | 1 |
| 30 | Nawab Sir Viqar-ul-Umra | 1893 | 1901 | 1 |
| 31 | Maharaja Sir Kishen Pershad (1st tenure) | 1901 | 11 July 1912 | 1 |
| 32 | Nawab Mir Yousuf Ali Khan, Salar Jung III | July 1912 | November 1914 | 1 |
| 33 | Direct rule by Nizam Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII with Nawab Sir Ahmed Hussain, Amin Jung Bahadur as de facto Prime Minister | November 1914 | 1919 | – |
| 34 | Syed Ali Imam | August 1919 | 5 September 1922 | 1 |
| 35 | Nawab Sir Faridoon-ul-Mulk Bahadur | 5 September 1922 | 1 April 1924 | 1 |
| 36 | Wali-ud-Daula Bahadur | 1 April 1924 | 25 November 1926 | 1 |
| 37 | Maharaja Sir Kishen Pershad (2nd tenure) | 25 November 1926 | 18 March 1937 | 2 |
| 38 | Sir Akbar Hydari | 18 March 1937 | September 1941 | 1 |
| 39 | Nawab Sir Muhammad Ahmad Said Khan Chhatari (1st tenure) | September 1941 | August 1946 | 1 |
| 40 | Sir Mirza Muhammad Ismail | August 1946 | May 1947 | 1 |
| 41 | Nawab Sir Muhammad Ahmad Said Khan Chhatari (2nd tenure) | May 1947 | 29 October 1947 | 2 |
| 42 | Nawab Mehdi Yar Jung (acting) | 1 November 1947 | 28 November 1947 | 1 |
| 43 | Mir Laiq Ali (provisional) | 29 November 1947 | 19 September 1948 | 1 |

### Chief Ministers of Hyderabad State

Hyderabad State included nine Telugu districts of Telangana, four Kannada districts in Gulbarga division and four Marathi districts in Aurangabad division.After the States reorganisation in 1956, regions west of the red and blue lines merged with Bombay and Mysore States respectively and the remaining part (Telangana) was merged with Andhra State to form United Andhra Pradesh.
| No | Name | Portrait | Term of office | Term of office | Party | Party | Days in office |
| 1 | M. K. Vellodi | | 26 January 1950 | 6 March 1952 | Independent (civil service) | | 770 |
| 2 | Burgula Ramakrishna Rao | | 6 March 1952 | 31 October 1956 | Indian National Congress | | 1701 |

### United Andhra Pradesh

On 1 November 1956, Government of India enacted the States Reorganisation Act, 1956 by which Hyderabad State ceased to exist with its Gulbarga and Aurangabad divisions merged into Mysore State and Bombay State respectively and remaining Telugu-speaking portion was merged with Andhra State to form the new state of United Andhra Pradesh. The state was further bifurcated into Andhra Pradesh and Telangana on 2 June 2014 by Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014.
Chief ministers of Andhra Pradesh :
| No. | Portrait | Name | Elected constituency | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Assembly (election) | Appointed by | Political party | Political party |
| No. | Portrait | Name | Elected constituency | Assumed office | Left office | Time in office | Assembly (election) | Appointed by | Political party | Political party |
| 1 | | Neelam Sanjiva Reddy | Srikalahasti | 1 November 1956 | 11 January 1960 | 3 years, 71 days | 1st (1955) | Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi | Indian National Congress | |
| 1 | | Neelam Sanjiva Reddy | Srikalahasti | 1 November 1956 | 11 January 1960 | 3 years, 71 days | 2nd (1957) | Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi | Indian National Congress | |
| 2 | | Damodaram Sanjivayya | Kurnool | 11 January 1960 | 12 March 1962 | 2 years, 60 days | 2nd (1957) | Bhim Sen Sachar | Indian National Congress | |
| (1) | | Neelam Sanjiva Reddy | Dhone | 12 March 1962 | 21 February 1964 | 2 years, 9 days | 3rd (1962) | Bhim Sen Sachar | Indian National Congress | |
| 3 | | Kasu Brahmananda Reddy | Narasaraopet | 21 February 1964 | 30 September 1971 | 7 years, 221 days | 3rd (1962) | Satyawant Mallannah Shrinagesh | Indian National Congress | |
| 3 | | Kasu Brahmananda Reddy | Narasaraopet | 21 February 1964 | 30 September 1971 | 7 years, 221 days | 4th (1967) | Pattom A. Thanu Pillai | Indian National Congress | |
| 4 | | P. V. Narasimha Rao | Manthani | 30 September 1971 | 10 January 1973 | 1 year, 102 days | 4th (1967) | Khandubhai Kasanji Desai | Indian National Congress | |
| 4 | | P. V. Narasimha Rao | Manthani | 30 September 1971 | 10 January 1973 | 1 year, 102 days | 5th (1972) | Khandubhai Kasanji Desai | Indian National Congress | |
| – | | Vacant (President's rule) | N/A | 11 January 1973 | 10 December 1973 | 333 days | 5th (1972) | N/A | N/A | |
| 5 | | Jalagam Vengala Rao | Vemsoor | 10 December 1973 | 6 March 1978 | 4 years, 86 days | 5th (1972) | Khandubhai Kasanji Desai | Indian National Congress | |
| 6 | | Marri Chenna Reddy | Medchal | 6 March 1978 | 11 October 1980 | 2 years, 219 days | 6th (1978) | Sharda Mukherjee | Indian National Congress | |
| 7 | | Tanguturi Anjaiah | MLC | 11 October 1980 | 24 February 1982 | 1 year, 136 days | 6th (1978) | K. C. Abraham | Indian National Congress | |
| 8 | | Bhavanam Venkatarami Reddy | MLC | 24 February 1982 | 20 September 1982 | 208 days | 6th (1978) | K. C. Abraham | Indian National Congress | |
| 9 | | Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy | Kurnool | 20 September 1982 | 9 January 1983 | 111 days | 6th (1978) | K. C. Abraham | Indian National Congress | |
| 10 | | N. T. Rama Rao | Tirupati | 9 January 1983 | 16 August 1984 | 1 year, 220 days | 7th (1983) | K. C. Abraham | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 11 | | N. Bhaskara Rao | Vemuru | 16 August 1984 | 16 September 1984 | 31 days | 7th (1983) | Thakur Ram Lal | Telugu Desam Party | |
| (10) | | N. T. Rama Rao | Tirupati | 16 September 1984 | 9 March 1985 | 5 years, 78 days | 7th (1983) | Shankar Dayal Sharma | Telugu Desam Party | |
| (10) | | N. T. Rama Rao | Hindupuram | 9 March 1985 | 3 December 1989 | 5 years, 78 days | 8th (1985) | Shankar Dayal Sharma | Telugu Desam Party | |
| (6) | | Marri Chenna Reddy | Sanathnagar | 3 December 1989 | 17 December 1990 | 1 year, 14 days | 9th (1989) | Kumudben Joshi | Indian National Congress | |
| 12 | | N. Janardhana Reddy | Venkatagiri | 17 December 1990 | 9 October 1992 | 1 year, 297 days | 9th (1989) | Krishan Kant | Indian National Congress | |
| (9) | | Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy | Panyam | 9 October 1992 | 12 December 1994 | 2 years, 64 days | 9th (1989) | Krishan Kant | Indian National Congress | |
| (10) | | N. T. Rama Rao | Hindupur | 12 December 1994 | 1 September 1995 | 263 days | 10th (1994) | Krishan Kant | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 13 | | N. Chandrababu Naidu | Kuppam | 1 September 1995 | 11 October 1999 | 8 years, 256 days | 10th (1994) | Krishan Kant | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 13 | | N. Chandrababu Naidu | Kuppam | 11 October 1999 | 14 May 2004 | 8 years, 256 days | 11th (1999) | C. Rangarajan | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 14 | | Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy | Pulivendla | 14 May 2004 | 20 May 2009 | 5 years, 111 days | 12th (2004) | Surjit Singh Barnala | Indian National Congress | |
| 14 | | Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy | Pulivendla | 20 May 2009 | 2 September 2009 | 5 years, 111 days | 13th (2009) | N. D. Tiwari | Indian National Congress | |
| 15 | | Konijeti Rosaiah | MLC | 3 September 2009 | 25 November 2010 | 1 year, 83 days | 13th (2009) | N. D. Tiwari | Indian National Congress | |
| 16 | | Kiran Kumar Reddy | Pileru | 25 November 2010 | 1 March 2014 | 3 years, 96 days | 13th (2009) | E. S. L. Narasimhan | Indian National Congress | |
| – | | Vacant (President's rule) | N/A | 1 March 2014 | 1 June 2014 | 92 days | N/A | N/A | N/A | |

## List of chief ministers of Telangana

Following the official creation of the state of Telangana on 2 June 2014, Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi was elected as the first chief minister of the state after his party secured a majority. Hyderabad would remain as the joint capital of both Telangana and Andhra Pradesh for a period. Within the decade, Hyderabad would become the capital of the state of Telangana, and a new capital was selected for Andhra Pradesh. Andhra Pradesh picked Amaravati as its capital and relocated its secretariat in 2016 and its legislature in 2017.
| # | Chief Minister (Lifespan) Constituency | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Election (Term) | Party | Deputy Chief Minister(s) (Term in office) | Government | Appointed by (Governor) |
| 1 | K. Chandrashekar Rao (born 1954) MLA for Gajwel | 2 June 2014 | 7 December 2023 | 9 years, 188 days | 2014 (1st) | Bharat Rashtra Samithi | M. Mahmood Ali (2 Jun. 2014 – 12 Dec. 2018) T. Rajaiah (2 Jun. 2014 – 25 Jan. 2015) Kadiyam Srihari (25 Jan. 2015 – 12 Dec. 2018) | Rao I | E. S. L. Narasimhan |
| 1 | K. Chandrashekar Rao (born 1954) MLA for Gajwel | 2 June 2014 | 7 December 2023 | 9 years, 188 days | 2018 (2nd) | Bharat Rashtra Samithi | Position vacant (12 Dec. 2018 – 7 Dec. 2023) | Rao II | E. S. L. Narasimhan |
| 2 | Anumula Revanth Reddy (born 1969) MLA for Kodangal | 7 December 2023 | Incumbent | 1 year, 102 days | 2023 (3rd) | Indian National Congress | Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka (7 Dec. 2023 – present) | Reddy | Tamilisai Soundararajan |