List of home ministers of Andhra Pradesh

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Minister of Home Affairs
పౌర రక్షణ శాఖ మంత్రి
Incumbent
Taneti Vanitha
since 11 April 2022
Ministry of Home Affairs
StyleThe Honourable
AbbreviationHM
Member ofState Cabinet,
Andhra Pradesh Legislature
Reports toChief Minister,
Andhra Pradesh Legislature
SeatAmaravati
AppointerGovernor on the advice of the Chief Minister
Term lengthUpto Confidence of Chief Minister
5 years
Inaugural holderNimmakayala Chinarajappa
Formation08 June 2014

The Minister of Home Affairs (or simply, the Home Minister, short-form HM) is the head of Ministry of Home Affairs of the Government of Andhra Pradesh. One of the senior-most officers in the Cabinet of Andhra Pradesh, the chief responsibility of the Home Minister is the maintenance of Andhra Pradesh's internal security; the state's police force comes under its jurisdiction. Occasionally, they are assisted by the Minister of State of Home Affairs.

Ever since the time of formation of Andhra Pradesh. the office has been seen as second in seniority with par to FRinacen minister only to the Chief Minister in the state Cabinet. Several Home Ministers have since held the additional portfolio of Deputy Chief Minister.

From June 2014 to May 2019, the Home Minister of Andhra Pradesh was Nimmakayala Chinarajappa of the Telugu Desam Party, taking over the reins from Kiran Kumar Reddy who was also Home Minister as well as last Chief minister of Andhra Pradesh before burification of state into Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Following the cabinet re-shuffling on 11 April 2022, Taneti Vanitha assumed the office under Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy ministry.

List of Home Ministers

No. Portrait Name Constituency Term of office Party Chief Minister Ref.
From To Days in office
United Andhra Pradesh
Chegondi Harirama Jogaiah Narasapuram Telugu Desam Party N. T. Rama Rao [1]
M. V. Mysura Reddy Indian National Congress [2]
Alapati Dharma Rao [3]
P. Indra Reddy 1995 1996 1 year Telugu Desam Party N. T. Rama Rao
Alimineti Madhava Reddy 1996 1999 4 years N. Chandrababu Naidu [4]
Tulla Devender Goud 1999 2004 5 years
Kunduru Jana Reddy 2004 2009 5 years Indian National Congress Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy
Sabitha Indra Reddy 2009 2013 4 years Indian National Congress Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy
Kiran Kumar Reddy
Andhra Pradesh
1 Nimmakayala Chinarajappa Peddapuram 8 June 2014 29 May 2019 4 years, 355 days Telugu Desam Party N. Chandrababu Naidu [5]
2 Mekathoti Sucharita Prathipadu 8 June 2019 7 April 2022 2 years, 303 days YSR Congress Party Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy [6][7].[8]
3 Taneti Vanitha Gopalapuram 11 April 2022 Incumbent 2 years, 7 days [9][10]

References

  1. ^ Data India. Press Institute of India. 1990. p. 441.
  2. ^ "Former TDP MP Mysura Reddy suspended for breach of discipline". The Hindu. 25 May 2012. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
  3. ^ "Naxalite violence pushes security in Andhra Pradesh to new levels". India Today. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
  4. ^ "మరపురాని నేత మాధవరెడ్డి". Sakshi (in Telugu). 7 March 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
  5. ^ "Have a look on educational qualifications of CBN cabinet ministers". indiaherald.com. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
  6. ^ "Mekathoti Sucharita, the Dalit(christian) woman Home Minister of Andhra Pradesh". The New Indian Express. Hyderabad. 9 June 2019.
  7. ^ "Mekatoti Sucharita set to create history". The Hindu. Guntur. 8 June 2019.[dead link]
  8. ^ "Jagan Reddy appoints Dalit woman as home minister of Andhra Pradesh". Hindustan times. 8 June 2019. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
  9. ^ The New Indian Express (12 April 2022). "Vanitha gets home, Buggana retains finance, Botcha & Suresh swap ministries in new team". Archived from the original on 14 April 2022. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
  10. ^ The Hindu (11 April 2022). "Buggana retains finance, Vanitha gets Home". Archived from the original on 14 April 2022. Retrieved 14 April 2022.

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