Kalvakuntla Chandrashekhar Rao, better known and abbreviated as KCR, (born 17 February 1954) is an Indian politician serving as the first and current Chief Minister of Telangana since 2014. He is the leader and Founder of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi, a regional party in India.[4] He is a Member of the Legislative Assembly (Telangana) from the Gajwel constituency of Siddipet District in Telangana. Previously, he served as the Member of the Legislative Assembly (Andhra Pradesh) from Siddipet and also as the Member of Parliament from Mahbubnagar, Karimnagar and Medak. He took oath as the first Chief Minister of the new state of Telangana on 2 June 2014. He went for early elections in 2018, when his cabinet recommended to dissolve the legislative lower house, Nine months before the completion of his term. He again took oath as the Chief Minister of Telangana for the second term on 13 December 2018.