Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao
| Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao | |
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| కల్వకుంట్ల చంద్రశేఖర రావు | |
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| 1st Chief Minister of Telangana | |
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Assumed office 2 June 2014 |
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| Governor | E.S.L. Narasimhan |
| Preceded by | Office Established |
| Chief Minister, Minorities Welfare, Coal, GAD, Commercial Taxes, Rural Water Supply and subjects not allotted to other Ministers | |
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In office 22 May 2004 – 22 May 2006 |
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| Prime Minister | Manmohan Singh |
| Deputy Speaker of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
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In office 1999–2001 |
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| Minister of Transport, Andhra Pradesh | |
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In office 1996–1999 |
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| Minister of Drought & Relief, Andhra Pradesh | |
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In office 1987–1988 |
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| Member of Parliament | |
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In office 2009–2014 |
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| Constituency | Mahbubnagar, Telangana |
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In office 2004–2009 |
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| Constituency |
Karimnagar, Andhra Pradesh (now in Telangana) |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly | |
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Assumed office 2014 |
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| Constituency | Gajwel, Telangana State |
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In office 1985–2004 |
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| Constituency |
Siddipet, Andhra Pradesh (now in Telangana) |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
17 February 1954 Chinthamadaka, Siddipet, Hyderabad State, India (now in Telangana, India) |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Political party | Telangana Rashtra Samithi |
| Spouse(s) | K. Shobha |
| Children |
K. T. Rama Rao K. Kavitha |
| Mother | K. Lakshmamma |
| Father | K. Raghava Rao |
| Residence | Hyderabad, Telangana, India |
| Alma mater | Osmania University |
| Religion | Hinduism |
Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao (born 17 Feb 1954), better known and abbreviated as KCR, is the first and the current Chief Minister of the Indian state of Telangana. Mr Chandrashekar Rao led the final agitation for Telangana statehood for 14 years and helped reach the statehood on June 2, 2014. He is the president of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi, a regional party in India. He is a Member of the Legislative Assembly (Telangana) from the Gajwel constituency of Siddipet in Telangana. Previously, he served as the Member of the Legislative Assembly (Andhra Pradesh) from Siddipet and also as the Member of Parliament from Mahabubnagar, Karimnagar and Medak. He took oath as the first Chief Minister of the new state of Telangana on 2 June 2014.
Rao was born on 17 February 1954 in Chintamadaka village, Siddipet Mandal, Siddipet District of Telangana State. He attained a Masters degree in Literature from Osmania Arts College-Osmania University, Hyderabad.
KCR started his career with the Congress party in 1978 his native Medak district. He was groomed in politics initially by then MLA from Medak - Mr. Anand Mohan. He worked as a prominent Congress youth leader till his switch to Telugu Desam Party in late 1982. At that time, CM was NTR and worked along with him.
KCR joined the TDP in 1982 upon receiving offer to join the party established by his film idol Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao. He contested against none other than his own political guru A.Madan Mohan and lost that election by a small margin. He won four consecutive Assembly elections from Siddipet between 1985 and 1999. From 1987–1988, he worked as Minister of Drought & Relief in N. T. Rama Rao's cabinet. In 1990, he was appointed as TDP convener for Medak, Nizamabad and Adilabad districts. In 1996, he worked as Transport minister in Chandrababu Naidu's cabinet. He also served as the deputy speaker of the Andhra Pradesh Assembly from 2000–2001.
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