N. Kiran Kumar Reddy | |
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16th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh | |
In office 25 June 2011 – 1 March 2014 |
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Preceded by | K. Rosaiah |
Succeeded by | Nara Chandrababu Naidu |
Constituency | Pileru, Chittoor |
Personal details | |
Born |
Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India (now in Telangana, India) |
13 September 1960
Political party | Jai Samaikyandhra Party |
Residence | Hyderabad, Telangana, India |
Religion | Hinduism |
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Nallari Kiran Kumar Reddy (born 13 September 1960 in Hyderabad) is an Indian politician who served as the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh. He was the last Chief Minister of the United Andhra Pradesh before the formation of the Telangana state on June 2, 2014. A four-time Member of the Legislative Assembly in Andhra Pradesh, he was a leader of the Indian National Congress party before resigning from it in February 2014 over the creation of Telangana state. Concurrently Reddy also submitted his resignation from the chief ministership to Governor E. S. L. Narasimhan; the latter accepted the resignation, but asked Reddy to continue as caretaker chief minister. President's Rule was imposed in the state on 1 March 2014. On March 10, 2014 he floated his new political outfit called Jai Samaikyandhra Party.
Kiran Kumar Reddy was a former Congress party member and his father Amaranath Reddy was a minister in P. V. Narasimha Rao cabinet When P.V. Narasimha Rao was the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh as Mr. Reddy was considered close to late Indira Gandhi and P.V. Narsimha Rao. His family hails from Nagaripalle, near Kalikiri, Chittoor district. He did his schooling from Hyderabad Public School and intermediate from St. Josephs' Junior College, Hyderabad. He did his B.Com from Nizam College and LL.B from University College of Law, Osmania University. He was the captain of the Hyderabad, India under-22, South Zone Universities and Osmania University cricket team. He also attended Besant Theosophical High School in Chennai for some years.