Nara Chandra Babu Naidu

Nara Chandrababu Naidu (born 20 April 1950), commonly known as CBN, is an Indian politician who is currently serving as the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh since 2024. He holds the record of longest-serving Chief Minister in the political history of Telugu states. He is the national president of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP).

In 1978, he was elected to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly from the Indian National Congress party, and from 1980 to 1982, he served as a minister in the state cabinet. Afterwards, he switched party allegiance and joined TDP, which had been founded by his father-in-law N. T. Rama Rao.[5] Naidu served as a TDP Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from 1989 to 1995.[6] In 1995, he became the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh.