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K Chandrashekar Rao

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  • Born 17 February 1954
  • Age 70
  • Birth Place Chintamadaka, Hyderabad State, India, (present-day, Telangana, )
  • Profession Politician, Author
  • Political Party Bharat Rashtra Samithi (since 2001)
  • In Office 1st Chief Minister Of Telangana 2 June 2014 - 7 December 2023, Union Minister Of Labour & Employment 27 November 2004 - 24 August 2006, Union Minister Of Ports, Shipping & Waterways 22 May 2004 - 25 May 2004, Member Of Parliament, Lok Sabha 2009-2014, President Of The Telangana Rashtra Samithi 27 April 2001 - 5 October 2022, 15th Deputy Speaker Of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly 17 November 1999 - 1 May 2001, Minister Of Transport, Government Of Andhra Pradesh 19 December 1996 - 11 October 1999, Minister Of Drought & Relief, Government Of Andhra Pradesh 1987-1988, Member Of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly 1985-2004
  • Residence Chinthamadaka, Telangana, India

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K Chandrashekar Rao BIOGRAPHY

Last Updated : 07 Feb 2025
Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao, often referred to as KCR, is a prominent Indian politician born on February 17, 1954. Currently the leader of the opposition in the Telangana Legislative Assembly, he represents the Gajwel constituency. KCR is the founder and president of the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BR...

K Chandrashekar Rao PERSONAL LIFE

Spouse K. Shobha ​(1969), ​
Children K. T. Rama Rao (son), K. Kavitha (daughter)
Education Osmania University

POSITIONS HELD BY K Chandrashekar Rao

Position Tenure
Member of the Telangana Legislative Assembly N/A
Member of the 16th Lok Sabha N/A
Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways 22 May 2004 - 25 May 2004
Minister of Labour and Employment 27 November 2004 - 24 August 2006
Chief Minister of Telangana 2 June 2014 - 3 December 2023

K CHANDRASHEKAR RAO NEWS

KCR undergoes tests after stomach ache

March 13, 2023 8:43 am

“A small ulcer in the stomach was found which is being managed medically. His all other parameters are normal,’’ the consulting doctor said in a statement.

Nine parties at BRS leader Kavitha’s protest; Cong, JD(U), TMC give it a miss

March 11, 2023 8:05 am

Leaders of nine parties attended the Jantar Mantar protest. Sources in the Trinamool Congress said its Rajya Sabha MP Sushmita Dev had confirmed her participation but was caught up in a party programme and hence could not reach. The JD(U) too had confirmed but did not turn up.

ED may arrest Kavitha tomorrow in liquor policy case, will take the fight to Delhi: KCR

March 10, 2023 10:25 pm

Sources said that the CM observed that the BJP-led Government at Centre was trying to intimidate BRS by arresting Kavitha.

Ahead of ED questioning, BRS leader Kavitha tells Cong to think: 'Of 4,000-odd MLAs in country, it has only 600'

March 10, 2023 1:25 am

To hold hunger strike Friday for Bill, thanks UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi for being 'instrumental' in bringing the legislation and ensuring its passage in Rajya Sabha in 2010

Delhi liquor policy probe: ED summons KCR’s daughter, she calls it ‘political witch hunt’

March 09, 2023 2:38 am

The agency summoned her a day after arresting a Hyderabad-based businessman, Arun Ramchandra Pillai. Officials said during her questioning, they would confront her with the purported disclosures made by him.

Oppn divisions come to the fore: In letter to PM Modi, Congress, DMK, Left missing

March 06, 2023 10:06 am

Both the Congress and the DMK have dismissed the idea of a third front, or a non-Congress grouping, taking on the BJP. But the letter protesting against Manish Sisodia’s arrest illustrates that parties such as AAP, BRS, and TMC perhaps do not agree.

Eyeing BRS foray into Karnataka polls, KCR goes literary in Hyderabad to woo Kannadigas

March 05, 2023 10:27 am

Telangana CM sanctions Rs 5 crore for renovation of Karnataka Sahitya Mandira, saying BRS govt believes in Hyderabad’s way of life symbolising Ganga Jamuna Tehzeeb

Osmania Govt Hospital still awaiting new building, Telangana doctors' body feels the CM's pulse

February 26, 2023 12:15 pm

The hospital building was marked unsafe eight years ago; doctors' association asks KCR to hand over his ambitious new Secretariat as his govt "sees health as priority"

Amid growing AAP, BRS bonhomie, questions raised over their 'links' to Delhi liquor scam

February 09, 2023 6:06 am

Rejecting such allegations, AAP says the two parties have joined hands to counter BJP-led Centre's 'attack' on federal fabric

As BRS casts net wide for friends, it finds one more: Amit Jogi in Chhattisgarh

February 05, 2023 9:29 am

After the two hold a meeting, Amit Jogi, the leader of the struggling JCC(J), says welcomes any help he can get ahead of Chhattisgarh Assembly elections.

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