Nara Chandrababu Naidu (born 20 April 1950), commonly known as CBN, is an Indian politician serving as the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh since 2024. He is the national president of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and holds the record for the longest-serving Chief Minister in the political history of the Telugu states.
Naidu began his political career with the Indian National Congress, being elected to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in 1978. He served as a minister in the state cabinet from 1980 to 1982. He subsequently joined the TDP, which had been founded by his father-in-law, N. T. Rama Rao, and served as a TDP Member of the Legislative Assembly from 1989 to 1995. In 1995, he became the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh.
During his earlier terms as Chief Minister, Naidu was associated with economic reform and information technology–driven growth. His tenure saw significant investments in Hyderabad, including the development of HITEC City, Genome Valley, the HITEX Exhibition Centre and the Financial District. He also established the Hyderabad Multi-Modal Transport System (MMTS) to improve urban mobility, initiated the Hyderabad Outer Ring Road project, and laid the groundwork for the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport.
At the national level, Naidu served as the convener of the United Front in 1996. After the 1999 Lok Sabha elections, in which the TDP won 29 seats, he extended support to the Bharatiya Janata Party–led National Democratic Alliance, strengthening his standing in national politics. In 2014, following the bifurcation of the state, Naidu returned as Chief Minister of the residuary Andhra Pradesh.
Adapted from the English Wikipedia article on N. Chandrababu Naidu.