List of chief ministers of Andhra Pradesh

Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh
Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh
Āndhrapradēś Mukhyamantri; ఆంధ్రరాష్ట్ర ముఖ్యమంత్రి
	File:Emblem of Andhra Pradesh.svg Emblem of Andhra Pradesh
	Incumbent; Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy; since 30 May 2019
	Chief Minister's Office
Style	The Honourable (Formal); Mr./Mrs. Chief Minister (Informal)
Status	Head of Government
Abbreviation	CM
Member of	Andhra Pradesh Legislature
Reports to	Governor of Andhra Pradesh
Residence	Amaravati,Andhra
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.
Inaugural holder	T. Prakasam (as the Chief Minister of Andhra State(1953 - 1956); Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy (as the Chief Minister of United Andhra Pradesh(1956–2014); N. Chandrababu Naidu (as the Chief Minister of bifurcated Andhra Pradesh (2014);
Formation	1 November 1956; 67 years ago; 2 June 2014; 10 years ago
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.^[2]

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 North Andhra, Coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema regions. This state was carved out of Madras State in 1953.

No.	Portrait	Name	Constituency	Term of office			Assembly (election)	Party
No.	Portrait	Name	Constituency	From	To	Days in office	Assembly (election)	Party
1		Tanguturi Prakasam	–	1 October 1953	15 November 1954	1 year, 45 days	1st (1952 election)	Indian National Congress
–		Vacant^[a] (President's rule)	N/A	15 November 1954	28 March 1955	133 days		N/A
2		Bezawada Gopala Reddy	Atmakur	28 March 1955	31 October 1956	1 year, 217 days	(1955 election)	Indian National Congress

Chief ministers of United 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 United Andhra Pradesh.

Sasana sabha of United Andhra Pradesh which includes current day Andhra Pradesh and Telangana has 294 seats.

No.^[b]	Portrait	Name	Constituency	Term of office			Assembly (election)	Party^[c]
No.^[b]	Portrait	Name	Constituency	From	To	Days in office	Assembly (election)	Party^[c]
1		Neelam Sanjiva Reddy	Kalahasti	1 November 1956	11 January 1960	3 years, 71 days	1st (1955 election)	Indian National Congress
1		Neelam Sanjiva Reddy	Kalahasti	1 November 1956	11 January 1960	3 years, 71 days	2nd (1957 election)
2		Damodaram Sanjivayya	Kurnool	11 January 1960	12 March 1962	2 years, 60 days	2nd (1957 election)
(1)		Neelam Sanjiva Reddy	Dhone	12 March 1962	20 February 1964	2 years, 8 days	3rd (1962 election)
3		Kasu Brahmananda Reddy	Narasaraopet	21 February 1964	30 September 1971	7 years, 221 days	3rd (1962 election)
3		Kasu Brahmananda Reddy	Narasaraopet	21 February 1964	30 September 1971	7 years, 221 days	4th (1967 election)
4		P. V. Narasimha Rao	Manthani	30 September 1971	10 January 1973	1 year, 102 days	4th (1967 election)
4		P. V. Narasimha Rao	Manthani	30 September 1971	10 January 1973	1 year, 102 days	5th (1972 election)
–		Vacant^[a] (President's rule)	N/A	11 Jan 1973	10 December 1973	333 days		N/A
5		Jalagam Vengala Rao	Vemsoor	10 December 1973	6 March 1978	4 years, 86 days		Indian National Congress
6		Marri Chenna Reddy	Medchal	6 March 1978	11 October 1980	2 years, 219 days	6th (1978 election)
7		Tanguturi Anjaiah	MLC	11 October 1980	24 February 1982	1 year, 136 days
8		Bhavanam Venkatarami Reddy	MLC	24 February 1982	20 September 1982	208 days
9		Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy	Kurnool	20 September 1982	9 January 1983	111 days
10		N. T. Rama Rao	Tirupati	9 January 1983	16 August 1984	1 year, 220 days	7th (1983 election)	Telugu Desam Party
11		N. Bhaskara Rao	Vemuru	16 August 1984	16 September 1984	31 days
(10)		N. T. Rama Rao	Hindupuram	16 September 1984	9 March 1985	5 years, 77 days
(10)		N. T. Rama Rao	Hindupuram	9 March 1985	2 December 1989	5 years, 77 days	8th (1985 election)
(6)		Marri Chenna Reddy	Sanathnagar	3 December 1989	17 December 1990	1 year, 14 days	9th (1989 election)	Indian National Congress
12		N. Janardhana Reddy	Venkatagiri	17 December 1990	9 October 1992	1 year, 297 days
(9)		Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy	Panyam	9 October 1992	12 December 1994	2 years, 64 days
(10)		N. T. Rama Rao	Hindupur	12 December 1994	1 September 1995	263 days	10th (1994 election)	Telugu Desam Party
13		N. Chandrababu Naidu	Kuppam	1 September 1995	11 October 1999	8 years, 255 days	10th (1994 election)
13		N. Chandrababu Naidu	Kuppam	11 October 1999	13 May 2004	8 years, 255 days	11th (1999 election)
14		Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy	Pulivendla	14 May 2004	20 May 2009	5 years, 111 days	12th (2004 election)	Indian National Congress
14		Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy	Pulivendla	20 May 2009	2 September 2009	5 years, 111 days	13th (2009 election)
15		Konijeti Rosaiah	MLC	3 September 2009	24 November 2010	1 year, 82 days
16		Kiran Kumar Reddy	Pileru	25 November 2010	1 March 2014	3 years, 96 days
–		Vacant^[a] (President's rule)	N/A	1 March 2014	1 June 2014	92 days		N/A

Chief ministers of Andhra Pradesh (from 2014)

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. N. Chandrababu Naidu of Telugu Desam Party become the first chief minister of newly formed Andhra Pradesh . Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy of Yuvajana Shramika Rythu Congress Party is the current incumbent chief minister of Andhra Pradesh

No.	Name	Constituency	Term of office			Assembly (election)	Party
-	Vacant^[a] (President's rule)	N/A	2 June 2014	7 June 2014	5 days		N/A
1	N. Chandrababu Naidu	Kuppam	8 June 2014	29 May 2019	4 years, 355 days	1st (2014 election)	Telugu Desam Party
2	Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy	Pulivendla	30 May 2019	Incumbent	5 years, 29 days	2nd (2019 election)	Yuvajana Shramika Rythu Congress Party

Statistics

List of chief ministers by length of term

No.	Name	Party		Length of term
No.	Name	Party		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 Sanjiva 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	Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy		YSRCP	5 years, 29 days	5 years, 29 days
9	N. Kiran Kumar Reddy		INC	3 years, 96 days	3 years, 96 days
10	K. Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy		INC	2 years, 64 days	2 years, 175 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

Political parties by total time-span of their member holding CMO (28 June 2024)
No.	Political party	Number of chief ministers	Total days of holding CMO
1	Indian National Congress	15	14644 days
2	Telugu Desam Party	3	7775 days
3	Yuvajana Shramika Rythu Congress Party	1	1856 days

Parties by total duration of holding Chief Minister's Office

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INC

TDP

YSRCP

Living former chief ministers

As of 28 June 2024^[update], there are three living former chief ministers of Andhra Pradesh:

Living former chief ministers
N. Bhaskara Rao
(1984–1984)
(1936-06-23) 23 June 1936 (age 88)
N. Chandrababu Naidu
(1995–2004, 2014–2019)
(1950-04-20) 20 April 1950 (age 74)
N. Kiran Kumar Reddy
(2010–2014)
(1960-09-13) 13 September 1960 (age 63)

The most recent death of a former chief minister was that of Konijeti Rosaiah on 4 December 2021, aged 88.

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d 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.^[3]
^ 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.

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.
^ 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.

External links

Official Website of the Office of the Chief Minister

[PR-4] 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.^[3]

[no1-5] A parenthetical number indicates that the incumbent has previously held office.

[party-6] 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.

[term1-1] 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.

[2] 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.

[3] Amberish K. Diwanji. "A dummy's guide to President's rule". Rediff.com. 15 March 2005.

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