Andhra Pradesh Council of Ministers

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Andhra Pradesh Council of Ministers
Āndhra Pradesh Rāṣṭra Mantri Maṇḍali
Emblem of Andhra Pradesh.svg
Seat of Government Amaravati
Legislative branch
Assembly
Speaker Chintakayala Ayyanna Patrudu [1]
Members in Assembly 175
Council Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council
Chairman Koyye Moshenu Raju
Deputy Chair Zakia Khanam
Members in Council 58
Executive branch
Governor Syed Abdul Nazeer
Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu
Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan
Chief Secretary Neerabh Kumar Prasad [2]

The Andhra Pradesh Council of Ministers are elected legislative members, who are appointed as ministers by the Governor of Andhra Pradesh to form the executive branch of the Government of Andhra Pradesh. They hold various portfolios as decided by the Chief minister of Andhra Pradesh. The most recent state council of ministers is headed by N. Chandrababu Naidu after the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election. [3] [4] [5] The term of every executive wing is five years.

Contents

The council of ministers are assisted by department secretaries attached to each ministry who are from IAS cadre. The chief executive officer responsible for issuing orders on behalf of Government is Chief Secretary to the State Government.

Constitutional requirement

For the Council of Ministers to aid and advise Governor

According to Article 163 of the Indian Constitution, [6]

# There shall be a Council of Ministers with the Chief Minister at the head to aid and advise the Governor in the exercise of his function, except in so far as he is by or under this Constitution required to exercise his functions or any of them in his discretion.

  1. If any question arises whether any matter is or is not a matter as respects which the Governor is by or under this Constitution required to act in his discretion, the decision of the Governor in his discretion shall be final, and the validity of anything done by the Governor shall not be called in question on the ground that he ought or ought not to have acted in his discretion.
  2. The question whether any, and if so what, advice was tendered by Ministers to the Governor shall not be inquired into in any court.

This means that the Ministers serve under the pleasure of the Governor and he/she may remove them, on the advice of the Chief Minister, whenever they want.

The Chief Minister shall be appointed by the Governor and the other Ministers shall be appointed by the Governor on the advice of the Chief Minister, and the Minister shall hold office during the pleasure of the Governor:

Provided that in the States of Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and Orissa, there shall be a Minister in charge of tribal welfare who may in addition be in charge of the welfare of the Scheduled Castes and backward classes or any other work.

# The Council of Minister shall be collectively responsible to the Legislative Assembly of the State.

  1. Before a Minister enters upon his office, the Governor shall administer to him the oaths of office and of secrecy according to the forms set out for the purpose in the Third Schedule.
  2. A Minister who for any period of six consecutive months is not a member of the Legislature of the State shall at the expiration of that period cease to be a Minister.
  3. The salaries and allowances of Ministers shall be such as the Legislature of the State may from time to time by law determine and, until the Legislature of the State so determines, shall be a specified in the Second Schedule.

Chief Minister

N. Chandrababu Naidu (Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh) The portrait of CM Shri Nara Chandrababu Naidu.jpg
N. Chandrababu Naidu (Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh)

Like any Indian state, Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh is the real head of the government and responsible for state administration. He is the leader of the parliamentary party in the legislature and heads the state cabinet.

Deputy Chief Minister

Pawan Kalyan (Deputy Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh) The portrait of Pawan Kalyan (2024).jpg
Pawan Kalyan (Deputy Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh)

State cabinet

As per Indian Constitution, all portfolios of state government is vested in Chief Minister, who distribute various portfolio to individual ministers whom he nominates to the State Governor. The state governor appoints individual ministers for various portfolios and departments as per advice of Chief Minister and together form the State Cabinet. As the original portfolios are vested with CM, who delegates to others upon his/her wish, actions of individual ministers are part of collective responsibility of the state cabinet and Chief Minister is responsible for actions of each minister. The state cabinet along with Chief Minister, prepares General policy and individual department policy, which will be guiding policy for day-to-day administration of each minister.

Council of Ministers

#PortraitMinisterPortfolioConstituencyTenureParty
Took officeLeft office
Chief Minister
1
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Nara Chandrababu Naidu
  • General Administration
  • Law & Order
  • Public Enterprises
  • Other departments not allocated to any Minister
Kuppam 12 June 2024Incumbent TDP
Deputy Chief Minister
2
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Konidala Pawan Kalyan
  • Panchayati Raj
  • Rural development & Rural water supply
  • Environment
  • Forest
  • Science & Technology
Pithapuram 12 June 2024Incumbent JSP
Cabinet Ministers
3 Nara Lokesh at public meet (cropped).jpg Nara Lokesh Mangalagiri 12 June 2024Incumbent TDP
4
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Kinjarapu Atchannaidu
  • Agriculture
  • Co-operation
  • Marketing
  • Animal Husbandry
  • Dairy Development & Fisheries
Tekkali 12 June 2024Incumbent TDP
5
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Kollu Ravindra
  • Mines & Geology
  • Excise
Machilipatnam 12 June 2024Incumbent TDP
6
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Nadendla Manohar
  • Food & Civil Supplies
  • Consumer Affairs
Tenali 12 June 2024Incumbent JSP
7
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Ponguru Narayana
  • Municipal Administration & Urban Development
Nellore City 12 June 2024Incumbent TDP
8
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Vangalapudi Anitha Payakaraopet 12 June 2024Incumbent TDP
9
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Satya Kumar Yadav
  • Health
  • Family Welfare & Medical Education
Dharmavaram 12 June 2024Incumbent BJP
10
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Nimmala Rama Naidu
  • Water Resources Development
Palakollu 12 June 2024Incumbent TDP
11
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N. M. D. Farooq
  • Law & Justice
  • Minority Welfare
Nandyal 12 June 2024Incumbent TDP
12
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Anam Ramanarayana Reddy Atmakur 12 June 2024Incumbent TDP
13
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Payyavula Keshav
  • Finance
  • Planning
  • Commercial Taxes
  • Legislative Affairs
Uravakonda 12 June 2024Incumbent TDP
14
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Anagani Satya Prasad
  • Revenue
  • Registration & Stamps
Repalle 12 June 2024Incumbent TDP
`15
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Kolusu Parthasarathy
  • Housing
  • Information & Public Relations
Nuzvid 12 June 2024Incumbent TDP
16
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Dola Sree Bala Veeranjaneya Swamy
  • Social Welfare
  • Disabled & Senior Citizen Welfare
  • Sachivalayam & Village Volunteer
Kondapi 12 June 2024Incumbent TDP
17
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Gottipati Ravi Kumar
  • Energy
Addanki 12 June 2024Incumbent TDP
18
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Kandula Durgesh
  • Tourism
  • Culture
  • Cinematography
Nidadavole 12 June 2024Incumbent JSP
19
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Gummadi Sandhya Rani
  • Women & Child Welfare
  • Tribal Welfare
Salur 12 June 2024Incumbent TDP
20
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B. C. Janardhan Reddy
  • Roads & Buildings
  • Infrastructure & Investments.
Banaganapalle 12 June 2024Incumbent TDP
21
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T. G. Bharath
  • Industries & Commerce
  • Food Processing
Kurnool 12 June 2024Incumbent TDP
22
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S. Savitha
  • B. C. Welfare
  • Economically Weaker Sections Welfare
  • Handlooms and Textiles
Penukonda 12 June 2024Incumbent TDP
23 Vasamsetti Subhash.jpg Vasamsetti Subhash
  • Labour
  • Factories
  • Boilers & Insurance Medical Services
Ramachandrapuram 12 June 2024Incumbent TDP
24
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Kondapalli Srinivas
  • Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises
  • Society for Elimination of Rural Poverty
  • NRI Empowerment and Relations
Gajapathinagaram 12 June 2024Incumbent TDP
25
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Mandipalli Ramprasad Reddy
  • Transport
  • Youth & Sports
Rayachoti 12 June 2024Incumbent TDP

List of Cabinets

AssemblyChief MinisterMinistryPartyElection
1st Tanguturi Prakasam Panthulu First Tanguturi Prakasam Panthulu ministry INC 1955 Andhra State Legislative Assembly election
Bezawada Gopala Reddy First Bezawada Gopala Reddy ministry
2nd Neelam Sanjiva Reddy First Neelam Sanjiva Reddy ministry INC 1957 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
Damodaram Sanjivayya Damodaram Sanjivayya ministry
3rd Neelam Sanjiva Reddy Second Neelam Sanjiva Reddy ministry 1962 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
Kasu Brahmananda Reddy First Kasu Brahmananda Reddy ministry
4th Kasu Brahmananda Reddy Second Kasu Brahmananda Reddy ministry 1967 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
P. V. Narasimha Rao First P. V. Narasimha Rao ministry
5th P. V. Narasimha Rao Second P. V. Narasimha Rao ministry 1972 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
Kasu Brahmananda Reddy Third Kasu Brahmananda Reddy ministry
Jalagam Vengala Rao Jalagam Vengala Rao ministry
6th Marri Chenna Reddy First Marri Chenna Reddy ministry 1978 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
T. Anjaiah T. Anjaiah ministry
Bhavanam Venkatarami Reddy Bhavanam Venkatarami Reddy ministry
Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy First Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy ministry
7th N. T. Rama Rao First N. T. Rama Rao ministry TDP 1983 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
N. Bhaskara Rao N. Bhaskara Rao ministry
N. T. Rama Rao First N. T. Rama Rao ministry
8th N. T. Rama Rao Second N. T. Rama Rao ministry 1985 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
9th Marri Chenna Reddy Second Marri Chenna Reddy ministry INC 1989 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
N. Janardhana Reddy N. Janardhana Reddy ministry
Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy Second Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy ministry
10th N. T. Rama Rao Third N. T. Rama Rao ministry TDP 1994 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
N. Chandrababu Naidu First N. Chandrababu Naidu ministry
11th N. Chandrababu Naidu Second N. Chandrababu Naidu ministry 1999 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
12th Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy First Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy ministry INC 2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
13th Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy Second Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy ministry 2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
Konijeti Rosaiah Konijeti Rosaiah ministry
Kiran Kumar Reddy Kiran Kumar Reddy ministry
14th N. Chandrababu Naidu Third N. Chandrababu Naidu ministry TDP 2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
15th Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy ministry YSRCP 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
16th N. Chandrababu Naidu Fourth N. Chandrababu Naidu ministry TDP 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

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