Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao

DOB: 17 February 1954

Role: Chief Minister

Party Joined: Telangana Rashtra Samithi

Current Position: Chief Minister

Previous Position: MLA

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Name Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao

Date of Birth 17 February 1954

Age 68

Parents Sri. Raghava Rao and Smt. Venkatamma

Spouse: Smt. Shobha

Birth Place: Chintamadaka, Medak dist, Telangana, India

Education: M.A. (Literature) Educated at Osmania University

Positions Held   

·        1st Chief Minister of Telangana (Assumed office- 2 June 2014)

·        Minister of Labour and Employment (Government of India) ( 22 May 2004 - 22 May 2006)

·        Deputy Speaker of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly ( 1999-2001)

·        Minister of Transport (Government of Andhra Pradesh) ( 1996-1999)

·        Minister of Drought & Relief (Government of Andhra Pradesh) ( 1987-1988)

·        Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha ( 2009-2014)

·        Member of the Legislative Assembly (Assumed office 2014).

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Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao (KCR) is an Indian politician and the first Chief Minister of Telangana state. He is also the founder of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) party formed for the cause of a separate state of Telangana. He has been the Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from different constituencies. He has also been a Member of Parliament and has also held the position of a cabinet minister for Labour and Employment. KCR played an important role in the formation of a separate Telangana state. Besides forming a separate political party, he also spearheaded the movement demanding a separate state. He began a fast-unto-death strike, just a few months after the death of YS Reddy, the then CM of Andhra Pradesh, on Novermber 29th, 2009. The strike ended 11 days later on December 9, 2009 when the Government of India declared the process for formation of the state of Telangana.