| Post: | Chief Minister |
| Body: | Telangana |
| Native Name: | Telugu: Telaṅgāṇa Mukhyamantri |
| Insignia: | File:Flag of the Government of Telangana.svg |
| Insigniasize: | 200px |
| Insigniacaption: | Emblem of Telangana |
| Abbreviation: | CM |
| Department: | Chief Minister's Office |
| Style: |
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| Status: | Head of Government |
| Reportsto: | Governor of Telangana |
| Appointer: | Governor of Telangana |
| Member Of: | |
| Seat: | Telangana Secretariat |
| Residence: | Praja Bhavan, Hyderabad |
| Termlength: | Chief minister's term is for five years and is subject to no term limits.[1] |
| Inaugural: | K. Chandrashekar Rao |
| Deputy: | Deputy Chief Minister of Telangana |
| Website: | Official website |
| Incumbent: | Revanth Reddy |
| Incumbentsince: | 7 December 2023 |
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]
Since the state's creation on 2 June 2014,[2] 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.
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 Bharat Rashtra Samithi party secured a majority.[3] 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.[4] Andhra Pradesh picked Amaravati as its capital and relocated its secretariat in 2016 and its legislature in 2017.[5] [6]
| Portrait | Chief Minister | Term of office[7] | Election | Party | Government | Appointed by (Governor) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Term start | Term end | Duration | ||||||||
| 1 | Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao | 2 June 2014 | 12 December 2018 | 2014 | Bharat Rashtra Samithi | Rao I | E. S. L. Narasimhan | |||
| 13 December 2018 | 6 December 2023 | 2018 | Rao II | |||||||
| 2 | Anumula Revanth Reddy | 7 December 2023 | Incumbent | 2023 | Indian National Congress | Reddy | Tamilisai Soundararajan | |||
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.[8]