Department of Social Welfare (Andhra Pradesh)

Minister of Social Welfare
Sāṅghika Saṅkṣēma Śākha Mantrī
Incumbent Dola Sree Bala Veeranjaneya Swamy since 12 June 2024
Department of Social Welfare
Member of	Andha Pradesh Cabinet
Reports to	Governor of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh Legislature
Appointer	Governor of Andhra Pradesh on the advice of the chief minister of Andhra Pradesh
Inaugural holder	Ravela Kishore Babu [1]
Formation	8 June 2014
Website	Official website

The Minister of Social Welfare or Minister of Social Welfare & Empowerment, is the head of the Department of Social Welfare of the Government of Andhra Pradesh.

The incumbent Minister of Social Welfare is Dola Sree Bala Veeranjaneya Swamy from the Telugu Desam Party.

List of ministers

#	Portrait		Minister (Lifespan) Constituency	Term of office			Election (Term)	Party	Ministry	Chief Minister	Ref.
				Term start	Term end	Duration
1			Ravela Kishore Babu (born 1959) MLA for Prathipadu	8 June 2014	1 April 2017	2 years, 297 days	2014 (14th)	Telugu Desam Party	Naidu III	N. Chandrababu Naidu	[2]
2			Nakka Ananda Babu (born 1966) MLA for Vemuru	2 April 2017	29 May 2019	2 years, 57 days					[3]
3			Pinipe Viswarup (born 1962) MLA for Amalapuram	30 May 2019	7 April 2022	2 years, 312 days	2019 (15th)	YSR Congress Party	Jagan	Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy	[4]
4			Merugu Nagarjuna (born 1966) MLA for Vemuru	11 April 2022	11 June 2024	2 years, 61 days					[5]
5			Dola Sree Bala Veeranjaneya Swamy (born 1971) MLA for Kondapi	12 June 2024	Incumbent	284 days	2024 (16th)	Telugu Desam Party	Naidu IV	N. Chandrababu Naidu	[6]

References

1. "Chandrababu Naidu allocates portfolios, has two deputy CMs". The Hindu Business Line. 11 June 2014.
2. "19 ministers take oath along with Chandrababu Naidu". The Indian Express. 8 June 2014. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
3. "AP Cabinet expansion: NMD Farooq, Kidari Sravan to take oath as ministers today". The New Indian Express. 11 November 2018.
4. "Jaganmohan Reddy sworn-in as Andhra Pradesh chief minister". The Times of India. 30 May 2019. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 25 August 2024.
5. Service, Indo-Asian News (11 April 2022). "25 members of Jagan Reddy's revamped Cabinet take oath". The Siasat Daily. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
6. "Full list of Andhra Pradesh Cabinet Ministers with portfolios: Who gets what". The Hindu. 14 June 2024. ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 23 July 2024.