Minister of Finance | |
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Ārdhika Śākha Mantrī | |
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Department of Finance | |
Abbreviation | FM |
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 | Bezawada Gopala Reddy |
Formation | 1 November 1956 |
The Minister of Finance or Finance Minister is the head of the Department of Finance & Planning of the Government of Andhra Pradesh. The minister is one of the senior-most officers in the Cabinet of Andhra Pradesh, with as chief responsibility the maintenance of the state finances.
From June 2014 to May 2019, the Finance Minister of Andhra Pradesh was Yanamala Rama Krishnudu from the Telugu Desam Party, taking over the reins from Anam Ramanarayana Reddy [1] before the bifurcation of the state into the present-day residual Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Following the cabinet formation on 12 June 2024, Payyavula Keshav assumed the office under the Chief Ministership of N. Chandrababu Naidu.
# | Portrait | Minister (Lifespan) Constituency | Term of office | Election (Term) | Party | Ministry | Chief Minister | Ref. | |||
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Term start | Term end | Duration | |||||||||
1 | ![]() | Nara Chandrababu Naidu (born 1950) MLA for Kuppam | 12 December 1994 | 1 September 1995 | 263 days | 1994 (9th) | Telugu Desam Party | N. T. R IV | N. T. Rama Rao | [2] | |
2 | Ashok Gajapathi Raju (born 1951) MLA for Vizianagaram | 1 September 1995 | 11 October 1999 | 4 years, 40 days | 1994 (10th) | Naidu I | Nara Chandrababu Naidu | [3] | |||
3 | Yanamala Rama Krishnudu (born 1951) MLA for Tuni | 11 October 1999 | 13 May 2004 | 4 years, 215 days | 1999 (11th) | Naidu II | [4] | ||||
4 | ![]() | Konijeti Rosaiah (born 1933) MLA for Bapatla & MLC | 14 May 2004 | 24 November 2010 | 6 years, 194 days | 2004 (12th) & 2009 (13th) | Indian National Congress | Reddy I & Reddy II & Rosaiah | Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy & Konijeti Rosaiah | [5] [6] | |
5 | ![]() | Anam Ramanarayana Reddy (born 1950) MLA for Atmakur | 25 November 2010 | 1 March 2014 | 3 years, 96 days | 2009 (13th) | Kiran | Nallari Kiran Kumar Reddy | [7] | ||
6 | Yanamala Rama Krishnudu (born 1951) MLC | 8 June 2014 | 29 May 2019 | 4 years, 355 days | 2014 (14th) | Telugu Desam Party | Naidu III | N. Chandrababu Naidu | [8] | ||
7 | ![]() | Buggana Rajendranath Reddy (born 1970) MLA for Dhone | 30 May 2019 | 11 June 2024 | 5 years, 12 days | 2019 (15th) | YSR Congress Party | Jagan | Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy | [9] [10] [11] [12] | |
8 | ![]() | Payyavula Keshav (born 1965) MLA for Uravakonda | 12 June 2024 | Incumbent | 256 days | 2024 (16th) | Telugu Desam Party | Naidu IV | N. Chandrababu Naidu | [13] |