Nallari Kiran Kumar Reddy (born 13 September 1959) is an Indian politician who served as the 16th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh between 25 November 2010 and 1 March 2014. He was the last Chief Minister of the United Andhra Pradesh before the formation of the Telangana state on 2 June 2014. Reddy was sworn in as the 16th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh on 25 November 2010. A four-time Member of the Legislative Assembly in Andhra Pradesh, he was a leader of the Indian National Congress party before resigning from it in February 2014 over the creation of Telangana state. Concurrently Reddy also submitted his resignation from the chief ministership to Governor E. S. L. Narasimhan; the latter accepted the resignation, but asked Reddy to continue as caretaker chief minister. President's Rule was imposed in the state on 1 March 2014. On 10 March 2014 he floated his new political outfit called Jai Samaikyandhra Party. In elections the party failed to win a single seat and lost deposits in numerous seats. The party dissolved on 13 July 2018 and Reddy re-joined INC. Early life Kiran Kumar Reddy is a member of the Indian National Congress party and his father, Amaranath Reddy, was a minister in P. V. Narasimha Rao's cabinet. His family hails from Nagaripalle, near Kalikiri, in Chittoor, Annamayya district. He did his schooling from Hyderabad Public School and intermediate from St. Joseph's Junior College, Hyderabad. He did his B.Com. from Nizam College and LL.B. from University College of Law, Osmania University. He was an avid cricketer in college. He was batch mates with Nandamuri Balakrishna and former Indian Cricket team captain, Mohammad Azharuddin, who also represented Hyderabad in the Ranji trophy. He also captained the Hyderabad under-22 , South Zone Universities and Osmania University cricket teams. He also attended Besant Theosophical High School in Chennai for some years. Political career Reddy was elected to Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in 1989 after his father's death. He served as member of the Public Undertakings Committee and Assurance Committee. He was elected to the state assembly from Native Vayalpadu (Valmikipuram) in 1989, 1999 and 2004. He lost in 1994 when Congress was routed in Chittoor district. He won from Pileru in 2009 after Valmikipuram got merged into Pileru constituency under delimitation. A known YSR loyalist, he was the Congress government chief whip for five years from 2004, before he was