List of deputy chief ministers of Telangana
| Deputy Chief Minister of Telangana | |
|---|---|
| Telaṅgāṇa Upa Mukhya Mantrī | |
 | |
| Deputy Chief Minister's Office (Government of Telangana) | |
| Style | The Honourable (Formal) Mr./Mrs. Deputy Chief Minister (Informal) |
| Status | Deputy head of government |
| Abbreviation | DCM of TG |
| Member of | Telangana Legislature Telangana Council of Ministers |
| Reports to | Governor of Telangana Chief Minister of Telangana Telangana Legislature |
| Seat | Praja Bhavan, Hyderabad |
| Nominator | Chief Minister of Telangana |
| Appointer | Governor of Telangana |
| Term length | Five years and subject to no term limit At the confidence of the Legislative Assembly |
| Inaugural holder | |
| Formation | 2 June 2014 |
| Website | www |
The deputy chief minister of Telangana is the deputy to the chief minister of Telangana, who is head of the government of Telangana. The deputy chief minister is the second highest ranking member of the Telangana Council of Ministers.[1] A deputy chief minister also holds a cabinet portfolio in the state ministry. In the legislative assembly system of government, the chief minister is treated as the "first among equals" in the cabinet; the position of deputy chief minister is used to govern the state with the support of a single party member or to bring political stability and strength within a coalition government, or in times of state emergency, when a proper chain of command is necessary. On multiple occasions, proposals have arisen to make the post permanent, but without result. The same goes for the post of deputy prime minister at the national level.
The first deputy chief minister of Telangana was Mahmood Ali,[2] who was also Minister of Revenue, Relief & Rehabilitation, ULC, Stamps & Registration in Chandrashekar Rao's first ministry. The second deputy chief minister was T. Rajaiah,[3] who took on the role in addition to his health ministership in K. Chandrashekar Rao's government. On 25 January 2015, the chief minister K. Chandrashekar Rao dismissed Rajaiah in the wake of serious charges of corruption in his department and soon that day position of Rajaiah was replaced by Kadiyam Srihari[4] and he became the third deputy chief minister of the state.
The current Deputy Chief Minister is Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka. He assumed the office on 7th December 2023.
List
| No. | Portrait | Name | Elected Constituency | Political Party[a] | Term of office[5] | Chief Minister | Governor | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 
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M. Mahmood Ali | Member of the State Legislative Council | Bharat Rashtra Samithi | 2 June 2014 | 12 December 2018 | 4 years, 193 days | K. Chandrashekar Rao | E. S. L. Narasimhan | ||
| 2 | 
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T. Rajaiah | Ghanpur (Station) | 2 June 2014 | 25 January 2015 | 237 days | |||||
| 3 | 
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Kadiyam Srihari | Member of the State Legislative Council | 25 January 2015 | 12 December 2018 | 3 years, 321 days | |||||
| Vacant (13 December 2018 - 6 December 2023) | |||||||||||
| 4 | 
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Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka | Madhira | Indian National Congress | 7 December 2023 | Incumbent | 362 days | Anumula Revanth Reddy | Tamilisai Soundararajan (7 December 2023 - 18 March 2024), C. P. Radhakrishnan (20 March 2024 - 30 July 2024), Jishnu Dev Varma (31 July 2024 - present) | ||
Statistics
- List of deputy chief ministers by length of term
| # | Deputy Chief Minister | Party | Term of office | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Longest continuous term | Total duration of deputy chief ministership | ||||
| 1 | M. Mohamood Ali | TRS | 4 years, 193 days | 4 years, 193 days | |
| 2 | Kadiyam Srihari | TRS | 3 years, 321 days | 3 years, 321 days | |
| 3 | Bhatti Vikramarka Mallu | INC | 362 days | 362 days | |
| 4 | T. Rajaiah | TRS | 237 days | 237 days | |
- Timeline
- List by party
| No. | Political party | Number of Deputy chief ministers | Total days of holding Deputy CMO |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bharat Rashtra Samithi | 3 | 1654 days |
| 2 | Indian National Congress | 1 | 362 days |
- Parties by total duration (in days) of holding Deputy Chief Minister's Office
See also
- History of Telangana
- Elections in Telangana
- List of governors of Telangana
- Chief Secretariat of Telangana
- Telangana Legislative Assembly
- List of chief ministers of Telangana
- List of chief ministers of Andhra Pradesh
- List of current Indian deputy chief ministers
- List of deputy chief ministers of Andhra Pradesh
Notes
- ^ This column only names the deputy chief minister's party. The state government he heads with chief minister may be a complex coalition of several parties and independents; these are not listed here.
References
- ^ Rajendran, S. (13 July 2012). "Of Deputy Chief Ministers and the Constitution". The Hindu. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
- ^ "KCR keeps his promise; Mehmood Ali becomes first Deputy CM of Telangana". Two Circles. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
- ^ "Telangana Deputy Chief Minister Rajaiah sacked". TheHindu. 25 January 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
- ^ Kodiyam Srikari: As EDUCATION MINISTER & DEPUTY CM
- ^ The ordinal number of the term being served by the person specified in the row in the corresponding period