Chief Minister 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.^[1]

Chief Minister of Telangana
Telaṅgāṇa Mukhya Mantrī
Incumbent Anumula Revanth Reddy since 7 December 2023
Chief Minister's Office Government of Telangana
Style	The Honourable (formal) Mr./Mrs. Chief Minister (informal)
Status	Head of government
Abbreviation	CMoTG
Member of	Telangana Legislature Telangana Council of Ministers
Reports to	Governor of Telangana Telangana Legislature
Residence	Praja Bhavan, Hyderabad
Seat	Telangana Secretariat, Hyderabad
Appointer	The Governor of Telangana
Term length	Five years and subject to no term limit at the confidence of the Legislative Assembly
Inaugural holder	K. Chandrashekar Rao
Formation	2 June 2014; 11 years ago (2014-06-02)
Deputy	Deputy Chief Minister of Telangana
Salary	₹400,000 (US$4,700)
Website	Official website

Since the state's creation on 2 June 2014,^[2] Telangana has had two chief ministers, the first belonged to Telangana Rashtra Samithi party, its founder and former Union Minister of Labour and Employment 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.

History

The state of Telangana was officially formed on 2 June 2014. Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao was elected as the first chief minister of Telangana, following elections in which the Telangana Rashtra Samithi party secured a majority.^[3] Rao was re-elected to office in 2018. Following the 2023 election, Revanth Reddy of the Indian National Congress was elected as chief minister.

List

• ^† Died in office

#	Portrait	Name (born – died) Constituency)	Election	Tenure in office			Party		Ministry	Appointer (Governor)
				From	To	Time in office
1		Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao (born 1954) MLA for Gajwel	2014	2 June 2014	6 December 2023	9 years, 187 days		Telangana Rashtra Samithi	Rao I	E. S. L. Narasimhan
			2018						Rao II
2		Anumula Revanth Reddy (born 1969) MLA for Kodangal	2023	7 December 2023	Incumbent	1 year, 253 days		Indian National Congress	Reddy	Tamilisai Soundararajan

Statistics

Fraction of time of holding CMO by party in Telangana (as of 7 July 2025)

1. Telangana Rashtra Samithi (85.7%)
2. Indian National Congress (14.3%)

#	Chief Minister	Party		Term of office
				Longest continuous term	Total duration of chief ministership
1	Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao		TRS	9 years, 187 days	9 years, 187 days
2	Anumula Revanth Reddy		INC	1 year, 253 days	1 year, 253 days

Erstwhile Hyderabad State

Following the States Reorganisation Act, which implemented a linguistic reorganization of states, the Hyderabad state was dissolved. Its different sections were merged with Andhra State, Mysore State and Bombay State respectively.^[4]

See also

• List of chief ministers of Hyderabad State
• List of chief ministers of Andhra Pradesh