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.
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| 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 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
editFor the Council of Ministers to aid and advise Governor
editAccording 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
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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
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State current cabinet
editAs 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
edit| # | Portrait | Minister | Portfolio | Constituency | Tenure | Party | ||
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| Took office | Left office | |||||||
| Chief Minister | ||||||||
| 1 | |
Nara Chandrababu Naidu |
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Kuppam | 12 June 2024 | Incumbent | TDP | |
| Deputy Chief Minister | ||||||||
| 2 | |
Konidala Pawan Kalyan | Pithapuram | 12 June 2024 | Incumbent | JSP | ||
| Cabinet Ministers | ||||||||
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Nara Lokesh | Mangalagiri | 12 June 2024 | Incumbent | TDP | ||
| 4 |  |
Kinjarapu Atchannaidu | Tekkali | 12 June 2024 | Incumbent | TDP | ||
| 5 |  |
Kollu Ravindra | Machilipatnam | 12 June 2024 | Incumbent | TDP | ||
| 6 |  |
Nadendla Manohar | Tenali | 12 June 2024 | Incumbent | JSP | ||
| 7 |  |
Ponguru Narayana | Nellore City | 12 June 2024 | Incumbent | TDP | ||
| 8 |  |
Vangalapudi Anitha | Payakaraopet | 12 June 2024 | Incumbent | TDP | ||
| 9 |  |
Satya Kumar Yadav | Dharmavaram | 12 June 2024 | Incumbent | BJP | ||
| 10 |  |
Nimmala Rama Naidu | Palakollu | 12 June 2024 | Incumbent | TDP | ||
| 11 |  |
Nasyam Mohammed Farooq |
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Nandyal | 12 June 2024 | Incumbent | TDP | |
| 12 |  |
Anam Ramanarayana Reddy | Atmakur | 12 June 2024 | Incumbent | TDP | ||
| 13 |  |
Payyavula Keshav | Uravakonda | 12 June 2024 | Incumbent | TDP | ||
| 14 |  |
Anagani Satya Prasad | Repalle | 12 June 2024 | Incumbent | TDP | ||
| `15 |  |
Kolusu Parthasarathy | Nuzvid | 12 June 2024 | Incumbent | TDP | ||
| 16 |  |
Dola Sree Bala Veeranjaneya Swamy |
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Kondapi | 12 June 2024 | Incumbent | TDP | |
| 17 |  |
Gottipati Ravi Kumar | Addanki | 12 June 2024 | Incumbent | TDP | ||
| 18 |  |
Kandula Durgesh | Nidadavole | 12 June 2024 | Incumbent | JSP | ||
| 19 |  |
Gummadi Sandhya Rani | Salur | 12 June 2024 | Incumbent | TDP | ||
| 20 |  |
B. C. Janardhan Reddy | Banaganapalle | 12 June 2024 | Incumbent | TDP | ||
| 21 |  |
T. G. Bharath |
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Kurnool | 12 June 2024 | Incumbent | TDP | |
| 22 |  |
S. Savitha |
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Penukonda | 12 June 2024 | Incumbent | TDP | |
| 23 | 
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Vasamsetti Subhash | Ramachandrapuram | 12 June 2024 | Incumbent | TDP | ||
| 24 |  |
Kondapalli Srinivas |
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Gajapathinagaram | 12 June 2024 | Incumbent | TDP | |
| 25 |  |
Mandipalli Ramprasad Reddy | Rayachoti | 12 June 2024 | Incumbent | TDP | ||
List of Cabinets
editReferences
edit- ^ "Ayyanna Patrudu unanimously elected as Speaker of A.P. Legislative Assembly". The Hindu. 22 June 2024.
- ^ "Neerabh Kumar Prasad takes over as Chief Secretary of Andhra Pradesh". The Hindu. 7 June 2024.
- ^ "Andhra Pradesh Election Results 2024: NDA Crosses Halfway Mark, Stage Set For Chandrababu Naidu's Return As CM". News18. 4 June 2024.
- ^ "Andhra Pradesh Council of Ministers: Full list". The Hindu. 14 June 2024.
- ^ "AP Cabinet Ministers List: Who Gets What?". Deccan Chronicle. 14 June 2024.
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