K. Chandrashekar Rao

K. Chandrashekar Rao
Official portrait, April 2017
3rd Leader of the Opposition, Telangana Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
16 December 2023
Governor
Chief MinisterRevanth Reddy
Preceded byvacant
Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka (2018-19)
1st President of the Bharat Rashtra Samithi
Assumed office
5 October 2022
Working PresidentK. T. Rama Rao
Preceded byoffice established
1st Chief Minister of Telangana
In office
2 June 2014 – 7 December 2023
Governor
Deputy
Preceded byoffice established
(Kiran Kumar Reddy as Chief Minister of United Andhra Pradesh)
Succeeded byAnumula Revanth Reddy
Member of Telangana Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
2 June 2014
Preceded byTumkunta Narsa Reddy (constituency shifted from Andhra Pradesh)
ConstituencyGajwel
Union Minister of Labour & Employment
In office
27 November 2004 – 24 August 2006
Prime MinisterManmohan Singh
Preceded bySis Ram Ola
Succeeded byManmohan Singh
Union Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways
In office
23 May 2004 – 25 May 2004
Prime MinisterManmohan Singh
Preceded byShatrughan Sinha
Succeeded byT. R. Baalu
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
16 May 2009 – 16 May 2014
Preceded byD. Vittal Rao
Succeeded byA. P. Jithender Reddy
ConstituencyMahbubnagar, Andhra Pradesh
In office
16 May 2004 – 16 May 2009
Preceded byC. Vidyasagar Rao
Succeeded byPonnam Prabhakar
ConstituencyKarimnagar, Andhra Pradesh
President of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi
In office
27 April 2001 – 5 October 2022
Working PresidentK. T. Rama Rao (from 15 December 2018)
Preceded byoffice established
Succeeded byoffice abolished
15th Deputy Speaker of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office
17 November 1999 – 1 May 2001
SpeakerK. Prathibha Bharathi(1999-2004)
Preceded byN. Md. Farooq
Succeeded byKoppula Harishwar Reddy
Minister of Transport, Government of Andhra Pradesh
In office
19 December 1996 – 11 October 1999
GovernorKrishan Kant
Gopala Ramanujam
C. Rangarajan
Chief MinisterN. Chandrababu Naidu
Preceded byP. Chandrasekhar
Succeeded byAlimineti Madhava Reddy
Minister of Drought & Relief, Government of Andhra Pradesh
In office
1987–1988
GovernorKumudben Joshi
Chief MinisterN. T. Rama Rao
Member of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office
10 March 1985 – 13 May 2004
Preceded byAnanthula Madan Mohan
Succeeded byT. Harish Rao
ConstituencySiddipet
Personal details
Born (1954-02-17) 17 February 1954
PartyBharat Rashtra Samithi (since 2001)
Other political
affiliations
Telugu Desam Party (1983–2001)
Indian National Congress (1980–1983)
Spouse
K. Shobha
(m. 1969)
ChildrenK. T. Rama Rao (son)
K. Kavitha (daughter)
RelativesK. Himanshu Rao (grandchild)
T. Harish Rao (nephew)
Joginapally Santosh Kumar (nephew)
Alma materOsmania University
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Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao (born 17 February 1954), commonly known by his initials KCR, is an Indian politician currently representing the Gajwel Assembly constituency and who is first Chief Minister of Telangana who served for almost ten years. He is the founding leader of the Bharat Rashtra Samithi, a state party in India. serving as the third leader of the opposition in the Telangana Legislative Assembly from 2023. He is also the father of politicians K. Kavitha&K. T. Rama Rao.