K. Chandrashekar Rao

K. Chandrashekar Rao
K. Chandrashekar Rao
	Official portrait, 2019
1st Chief Minister of Telangana
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 2 June 2014
Governor	E.S.L. Narasimhan; Tamilisai Soundararajan
Preceded by	Office Established
Minister of Labour and Employment (Government of India)
	In office; 27 November 2004 – 24 August 2006
Prime Minister	Manmohan Singh
Preceded by	Sis Ram Ola
Succeeded by	Manmohan Singh
Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways (Government of India)
	In office; 22 May 2004 – 25 May 2004
Prime Minister	Manmohan Singh
Preceded by	Shatrughan Sinha
Succeeded by	T. R. Baalu
Deputy Speaker of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
	In office; 1999–2001
Minister of Transport (Government of Andhra Pradesh)
	In office; 1996–1999
Minister of Drought & Relief (Government of Andhra Pradesh)
	In office; 1987–1988
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
	In office; 2009–2014
Constituency	Mahbubnagar (Telangana)
	In office; 2004–2009
Constituency	Karimnagar (Telangana)
Member of Telangana Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 2014
Constituency	Gajwel, Telangana
	In office; 1985–2004
Constituency	Siddipet, Telangana
President of Telangana Rastra Samithi
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 27 April 2001
Personal details
Born	17 February 1954 (age 70); Chintamadaka, Hyderabad State, (present-day Telangana) India
Political party	Bharat Rashtra Samithi (Since 2001)
Other political; affiliations	Telugu Desam Party (1983–2001)
Spouse(s)	K. Shobha
Children	K. T. Rama Rao (son); K. Kavitha (daughter)
Relatives	T. Harish Rao (nephew); Joginapally Santosh Kumar (nephew)
Residence	Pragathi Bhavan
Alma mater	Osmania University

Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao (born 17 February 1954) is an Indian politician. He is the first and current Chief Minister of Telangana since 2014. He is the founder and leader of the Bharat Rashtra Samithi.^[3] He is known for leading the Telangana movement to that led Telangana becoming an Indian state.

Rao was the Union Minister of Labour and Employment from 2004 to 2006. He represents Gajwel constituency in the Legislative Assembly of Telangana.^[4]

References[change | change source]

↑ "Chief Minister - Sri K. Chandrashekar Rao". Cm.telangana.gov.in.
↑ "Second Telangana Legislative Assembly Constituted on 12.12.2018 : District wise List of members". Cm.telangana.gov.in. Archived from the original on 9 May 2021. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
↑ "Telangana CM, K Chandrashekar Rao, a Hindi speaking CM in south India". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
↑ Telangana is born as 29th state, K Chandrasekhar Rao takes oath as first CM – Times of India. Timesofindia.indiatimes.com (2 June 2014). Retrieved on 2017-06-16.

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[1] "Chief Minister - Sri K. Chandrashekar Rao". Cm.telangana.gov.in.

[2] "Second Telangana Legislative Assembly Constituted on 12.12.2018 : District wise List of members". Cm.telangana.gov.in. Archived from the original on 9 May 2021. Retrieved 28 February 2022.

[3] "Telangana CM, K Chandrashekar Rao, a Hindi speaking CM in south India". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 3 August 2014.

[4] Telangana is born as 29th state, K Chandrasekhar Rao takes oath as first CM – Times of India. Timesofindia.indiatimes.com (2 June 2014). Retrieved on 2017-06-16.

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