The chief minister of Andhra Pradesh is the head of government of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. As per the Constitution of India, the state's governor is the state's de jure head, and the de facto executive authority rests with the chief minister. Following elections to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly, the 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. Usually, the chief minister also serves as leader of the house in the legislative assembly.
Since 1953, there have been 19 chief ministers, with the majority belonging to the Indian National Congress (INC). In 1953, Tanguturi Prakasam from the INC became the first chief minister of the Andhra State. In 1956, Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy from the INC became the first chief minister of Andhra Pradesh following the reorganisation of Indian states. The longest-serving chief minister was N. Chandrababu Naidu from the Telugu Desam Party (TDP), who held the office for over thirteen years across multiple terms, while N. Bhaskara Rao from the TDP had the shortest tenure of 31 days. N. Chandrababu Naidu was also the first chief minister of the residuary Andhra Pradesh following the formation of Telangana in 2014.
Notably, Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy later became the President of India, while P. V. Narasimha Rao, also from the INC and the fourth chief minister of Andhra Pradesh went on to serve as the Prime Minister of India. N. T. Rama Rao from the TDP was the first non-INC chief minister of the state. There have been three instances of President's rule in Andhra Pradesh, most recently in 2014.
The incumbent chief minister of the state is N. Chandrababu Naidu from the TDP, since 12 June 2024.
History
The Andhra State, a precursor to the modern state of Andhra Pradesh, was established on 1 October 1953, following the Andhra movement. The formation of Andhra State was made possible by the Andhra State Act, which was passed in the Parliament of India in September 1953. This significant development was ignited by a determined fast led by Potti Sreeramulu, whose sacrifice ultimately catalysed the demand for a new linguistic state.
The newly created Andhra State included 11 districts in the Telugu-speaking region of the Madras State, with Kurnool as its capital and a unicameral parliamentary system with a legislative assembly chamber.
A total of two people have served as the chief minister during the period, of which both of them belonged to the Indian National Congress. Bezawada Gopala Reddy was the longest-serving chief minister of the region during this period. Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi was the only governor in office during this period.
Andhra Pradesh was officially created on 1 November 1956, through the enactment of the States Reorganisation Act in August 1956. This led to the dissolution of Hyderabad State, with its divisions becoming part of Mysore State and Bombay State. Concurrently, the integration of Telugu-speaking regions into Andhra State laid the foundation of a bicameral parliamentary system consisting of Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly chambers.
Originally situated in Hyderabad, the capital later moved to Amaravati in 2017 following the implementation of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, which led to the formation of Telangana on 2 June 2014 and a reduction in the assembly constituencies from 294 to 175. Despite these significant boundary changes, the state continued to be recognised as Andhra Pradesh.
Currently, there are a total of 175 assembly constituencies in the state. The legislative council is the upper house with 58 members. The INC are the longest-ruling political parties in the state of Andhra Pradesh.
List
Chief Ministers of Andhra State (19531956)
;Key
- No.: Incumbent number
- Returned to office after a previous non-consecutive term
- Died in office
- Resigned
- Dismissed
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! rowspan="2" colspan="2"| Portrait
! rowspan="2" style="width:18em" |Minister<br>
! rowspan="2"| Election
! colspan="3" |Term of office
! rowspan="2" style="width:8em" |Political party
! rowspan="2" style="width:8em" | Ministry
|-
! style="width:9em"| From
! style="width:9em"| To
! style="width:6em"| Period
|-
| bgcolor=""|
|
| Tanguturi Prakasam<br>
| <br>
| 1 October 1953
| 15 November 1954
|
| Indian National Congress
| Prakasam
|-
| colspan="11" |Position vacant (15 November 195428 March 1955)<br/>President's rule was imposed during this period
|-
| bgcolor=""|
|
| Bezawada Gopala Reddy<br>
| 1955<br>
| 28 March 1955
| 31 October 1956
|
| Indian National Congress
| Gopala
|-
|}
Chief Ministers of Andhra Pradesh (1956present)
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! rowspan="2" colspan="2"| Portrait
! rowspan="2" style="width:18em" |Minister<br>
! rowspan="2"| Election
! colspan="3" |Term of office
! rowspan="2" style="width:8em" |Political party
! rowspan="2" style="width:8em" | Ministry
|-
! style="width:9em"| From
! style="width:9em"| To
! style="width:6em"| Period
|-
| rowspan="2" bgcolor=""|
| rowspan="2"|
| rowspan="2"| Neelam Sanjiva Reddy<br>
| 1955<br>
| 1 November 1956
| 16 April 1957
| rowspan="2"|
| rowspan="6" style="width:8em"| Indian National Congress
| Neelam I
|-
| rowspan="2" |1957<br>
|17 April 1957
|11 January 1960
| Neelam II
|-
| bgcolor=""|
|
| Damodaram Sanjivayya<br>
| 11 January 1960
| 12 March 1962
|
| Sanjivayya
|-
| bgcolor=""|
|
| Neelam Sanjiva Reddy<br>
| rowspan="2"| 1962<br>
| 12 March 1962
| 20 February 1964
|
| Neelam III
|-
| rowspan="2" bgcolor=""|
| rowspan="2"|
| rowspan="2"| Kasu Brahmananda Reddy<br>
| 21 February 1964
| 20 February 1964
| rowspan="2"|
| Kasu I
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1967<br>
|20 February 1964
|30 September 1971
| Kasu II
|-
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="" |
| rowspan="2" |
| rowspan="2" |P. V. Narasimha Rao<br>
|30 September 1971
|20 March 1972
| rowspan="2" |
| rowspan="2" |Indian National Congress (Requisitionists)
|Narasimha I
|-
| 1972<br>
| 20 March 1972
| 10 January 1973
| Narasimha II
|-
| colspan="10" |Position vacant (11 January 197310 December 1973)<br/>President's rule was imposed during the period (18 January 197310 December 1973)
|-
| bgcolor=""|
|
| Jalagam Vengala Rao<br>
| 1972<br>
| 10 December 1973
| 6 March 1978
|
| Indian National Congress (Requisitionists)
| Jalagam
|-
| bgcolor=""|
|
| Marri Chenna Reddy<br>
| rowspan="4"| 1978<br>
| 6 March 1978
| 10 October 1980
|
| rowspan="4"| Indian National Congress (Indira)
| Chenna I
|-
| bgcolor=""|
|
| Tanguturi Anjaiah<br>
| 11 October 1980
| 24 February 1982
|
| Anjaiah
|-
| bgcolor=""|
|
| Bhavanam Venkatarami Reddy<br>
| 24 February 1982
| 20 September 1982
|
| Bhavanam
|-
| bgcolor=""|
|
| Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy<br>
| 20 September 1982
| 9 January 1983
|
| Kotla I
|-
| bgcolor="" |
|
| Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao<br>
| rowspan="3"| 1983<br>
| 9 January 1983
| 16 August 1984
|
| rowspan="4"| Telugu Desam Party
| Taraka I
|-
| bgcolor="" |
|
| Nadendla Bhaskara Rao<br>
| 16 August 1984
| 16 September 1984
|
| Bhaskara
|-
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="" |
| rowspan="2"|
| rowspan="2"| Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao<br>
| 16 September 1984
| 9 March 1985
| rowspan="2"|
| Taraka II
|-
| 1985<br>
|9 March 1985
|2 December 1989
| Taraka III
|-
| bgcolor=""|
|
| Marri Chenna Reddy<br>
| rowspan="3"| 1989<br>
| 3 December 1989
| 17 December 1990
|
| rowspan="3"| Indian National Congress (Indira)
| Chenna II
|-
| bgcolor=""|
|
| Nedurumalli Janardhana Reddy<br>
| 17 December 1990
| 9 October 1992
|
| Janardhana
|-
| bgcolor=""|
|
| Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy<br>
| 9 October 1992
| 12 December 1994
|
| Kotla II
|-
| bgcolor=""|
|
| Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao<br>
| rowspan="2" |1994<br>
| 12 December 1994
| 1 September 1995
|
| rowspan="3" | Telugu Desam Party
| Taraka IV
|-
| rowspan="2" bgcolor=""|
| rowspan="2"|
| rowspan="2"| N. Chandrababu Naidu<br>
| 1 September 1995
| 11 October 1999
| rowspan="2"|
| Naidu I
|-
| 1999<br>
|11 October 1999
|13 May 2004
| Naidu II
|-
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="" |
| rowspan="2"|
| rowspan="2"| Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy<br>
| 2004<br>
| 14 May 2004
| 20 May 2009
| rowspan="2"|
| rowspan="4"| Indian National Congress
| Rajasekhara I
|-
| rowspan="3"| 2009<br>
|20 May 2009
|2 September 2009
| Rajasekhara II
|-
| bgcolor="" |
|
| Konijeti Rosaiah<br>
| 3 September 2009
| 24 November 2010
|
| Rosaiah
|-
| bgcolor="" |
|
| N. Kiran Kumar Reddy<br>
| 25 November 2010
| 1 March 2014
|
| Kiran
|-
| colspan="10" |Position vacant (1 March7 June 2014)<br/>President's rule was imposed during this period
|-
| bgcolor=""|
|
| N. Chandrababu Naidu<br>
| 2014<br>
| 8 June 2014
| 29 May 2019
|
| Telugu Desam Party
| Naidu III
|-
| bgcolor=""|
|
| Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy<br>
| 2019<br>
| 30 May 2019
| 11 June 2024
|
| YSR Congress Party
| Jagan
|-
| bgcolor=""|
|
| N. Chandrababu Naidu<br>
| 2024<br>
| 12 June 2024
| Incumbent
|
| Telugu Desam Party
| Naidu IV
|-
|}
Statistics
List by chief minister
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="line-height:1.4em; text-align:center"
! data-sort-type=number rowspan = "2" |#
! rowspan="2" style="width:16em" |Chief Minister
! rowspan="2" colspan=2 style="width:8em" |Party
! colspan="2" |Term of office
|-
! Longest continuous term
! Total duration of chief ministership
|-
! data-sort-value="1" | 1
| Nara Chandrababu Naidu
|
| 8 years, 255 days
|
|-
! data-sort-value="2" | 2
| Kasu Brahmananda Reddy
|
| 7 years, 221 days
| 7 years, 221 days
|-
! data-sort-value="3" | 3
| Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao
|
| 5 years, 76 days
| 7 years, 194 days
|-
! data-sort-value="4" | 4
| Yeduguri Sandinti Rajasekhara Reddy
|
| 5 years, 111 days
| 5 years, 111 days
|-
! data-sort-value="8" | 5
| Yeduguri Sandinti Jagan Mohan Reddy
|
| 5 years, 12 days
| 5 years, 12 days
|-
! data-sort-value="5" | 6
| Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
|
| 3 years, 71 days
| 5 years, 51 days
|-
! data-sort-value="6" | 7
| Jalagam Vengala Rao
|
| 4 years, 86 days
| 4 years, 86 days
|-
! data-sort-value="7" | 8
| Marri Chenna Reddy
|
| 2 years, 218 days
| 3 years, 232 days
|-
! data-sort-value="9" | 9
| Nallari Kiran Kumar Reddy
|
| 3 years, 96 days
| 3 years, 96 days
|-
! data-sort-value="10" | 10
| Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy
|
| 2 years, 64 days
| 2 years, 175 days
|-
! data-sort-value="11" | 11
| Damodaram Sanjeevaiah
|
| 2 years, 60 days
| 2 years, 60 days
|-
! data-sort-value="12" | 12
| Nedurumalli Janardhana Reddy
|
| 1 year, 297 days
| 1 year, 297 days
|-
! data-sort-value="13" | 13
| Bezawada Gopala Reddy
|
| 1 year, 214 days
| 1 year, 214 days
|-
! data-sort-value="14" | 14
| Tanguturi Anjaiah
|
| 1 year, 136 days
| 1 year, 136 days
|-
! data-sort-value="15" | 15
| Pamulaparthi Venkata Narasimha Rao
|
| 1 year, 102 days
| 1 year, 102 days
|-
! data-sort-value="16" | 16
| Konijeti Rosaiah
|
| 1 year, 82 days
| 1 year, 82 days
|-
! data-sort-value="17" | 17
| Tanguturi Prakasam
|
| 1 year, 45 days
| 1 year, 45 days
|-
! data-sort-value="18" | 18
| Bhavanam Venkatarami Reddy
|
| 208 days
| 208 days
|-
! data-sort-value="19" | 19
| Nadendla Bhaskara Rao
|
| 31 days
| 31 days
|}
List by party
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="line-height:1.4em; text-align:center"
! data-sort-type=number |#
! colspan=2 style="width:8em" |Party
! data-sort-type="number" | Number of chief ministers
! Total days of holding the office
|-
! data-sort-value="1" | 1
|
| data-sort-type="5" | 15
| days
|-
! data-sort-value="2" | 2
|
| data-sort-type="2" | 3
| days
|-
! data-sort-value="3" | 3
|
| data-sort-type="3" | 1
| days
|}
Timeline
Oath as the state chief minister
The chief minister serves five years in the office. The following is the oath of the Deputy chief minister of state:
Oath of Secrecy
"I, [Name], do swear in the name of God / solemnly affirm that I will not directly or indirectly communicate or reveal to any person or persons any matter which shall be brought under my consideration or shall become known to me as a Minister for the State of [Name of State] except as may be required for the due discharge of my duties as such Minister. [Naa Peru] ane nenu, shasanam dvara nirmithamaina Bharatadesha Athmabhandhavya, Sarvabhoumadhikara mariyu Samagrathanu kapadathanu ani...
(or: ...Bharata Rajyanganam patla nijanmaina vishwasam, vidheyatha kaligi untanu ani),
[Andhra Pradesh / Telangana] Rashtra Mukhya Mantriga naa kartavyalanu shraddha thonu, anthahkarana shuddhi thonu nirvahisthanu ani...
Bhayam gani, pakshapatam gani, raagadweshalu gani lekunda... Rajyanganam mariyu shasanalaku luyabadi, prajalandarki nyayam chesthanu ani...
Devuni perita pramanam chesthunnanu / Atmasakshiga pramanam chesthunnanu.""[Naa Peru] ane nenu, [Andhra Pradesh / Telangana] Rashtra Mukhya Mantriga naa pariseelana loki vachina, leda naku thilina ey vishayannina...
Oka Mukhya Mantriga naa kartavya nirvahanaku avasaramaina sangathullo thappa... prathyakshanga gani, parokshanga gani, ey vyakthiki leda vyakthulaku thelipe prasakthi ledu ani...
Devuni perita pramanam chesthunnanu / Atmasakshiga pramanam chesthunnanu."
See also
- History of Andhra Pradesh
- Elections in Andhra Pradesh
- List of governors of Andhra Pradesh
- List of deputy chief ministers of Andhra Pradesh
- List of chief ministers of Telangana
- List of current Indian chief ministers
Notes
References
External links
- Official Website of the Office of the Chief Minister