Department of Women and Child Welfare (Andhra Pradesh)

Minister of Women and Child Welfare
Strī mariyu Śiśu Saṅkṣēma Śākha Mantrī
Incumbent Gummadi Sandhya Rani since 12 June 2024
Department of Women and Child 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	Peethala Sujatha [1]
Formation	8 June 2014
Website	Official website

The Minister of Women & Child Welfare, is the head of the Department of Women & Child Welfare of the Government of Andhra Pradesh.

The incumbent minister of the Women & Child Welfare department is the Gummadi Sandhya Rani from 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			Peethala Sujatha (born 1973) MLA for Chintalapudi	8 June 2014	1 April 2017	2 years, 297 days	2014 (14th)	Telugu Desam Party	Naidu III	N. Chandrababu Naidu	[2]
2			Paritala Sunitha (born 1970) MLA for Raptadu	2 April 2017	29 May 2019	2 years, 57 days					[3]
3			Taneti Vanitha (born 1973) MLA for Kovvur	30 May 2019	7 April 2022	2 years, 312 days	2019 (15th)	YSR Congress Party	Jagan	Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy	[4]
4			K. V. Ushashri Charan (born 1976) MLA for Kalyandurg	11 April 2022	11 June 2024	2 years, 61 days					[5]
5			Gummadi Sandhya Rani (born 1973) MLA for Salur	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.