| Government Name: | Andhra Pradesh Council of Ministers |
| Nativename: | Āndhra Pradesh Rāṣṭra Mantri Maṇḍali |
| Division Type: | Seat of Government |
| Division: | Amaravati |
| Leader Type: | Governor |
| Leader Title: | Syed Abdul Nazeer |
| Leader Type2: | Chief Minister |
| Leader Title2: | Nara Chandrababu Naidu |
| Leader Type3: | Deputy Chief Minister |
| Leader Title3: | Pawan Kalyan |
| Leader Type4: | Chief Secretary |
| Leader Title4: | Neerabh Kumar Prasad[1] |
| Legislature Label: | Assembly |
| Speaker Label: | Speaker |
| Speaker: | Chintakayala Ayyanna Patrudu[2] |
| Members In Assembly Label: | Members in Assembly |
| Members In Assembly: | 175 |
| Legislative Council Label: | Council |
| Legislative Council: | Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council |
| Chairman Label: | Chairman |
| Chairman: | Koyye Moshenu Raju |
| Deputy Chairman: | Zakia Khanam |
| Members In Council Label: | Members in Council |
| Members In Council: | 58 |
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.
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.
According to
Article 163 of the Indian Constitution,[6]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.
See main article: articles and List of chief ministers of Andhra Pradesh. 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.
See main article: articles and List of deputy chief ministers of Andhra Pradesh.
As 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.
| Portrait | Minister | Portfolio | Constituency | Tenure | Party | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | |||||||
| Chief Minister | ||||||||
| 1 | Nara Chandrababu Naidu |
| Kuppam | 12 June 2024 | Incumbent | |||
| Deputy Chief Minister | ||||||||
| 2 | Konidala Pawan Kalyan |
| Pithapuram | 12 June 2024 | Incumbent | |||
| Cabinet Ministers | ||||||||
| 3 | Nara Lokesh |
| 12 June 2024 | Incumbent | ||||
| 4 | Kinjarapu Atchannaidu |
| 12 June 2024 | Incumbent | ||||
| 5 | Kollu Ravindra |
| 12 June 2024 | Incumbent | ||||
| 6 | Nadendla Manohar |
| Tenali | 12 June 2024 | Incumbent | |||
| 7 | Ponguru Narayana |
| 12 June 2024 | Incumbent | ||||
| 8 | Vangalapudi Anitha |
| 12 June 2024 | Incumbent | ||||
| 9 | Satya Kumar Yadav | 12 June 2024 | Incumbent | |||||
| 10 | Nimmala Rama Naidu |
| Palakollu | 12 June 2024 | Incumbent | |||
| 11 | N. M. D. Farooq |
| Nandyal | 12 June 2024 | Incumbent | |||
| 12 | Anam Ramanarayana Reddy | Atmakur | 12 June 2024 | Incumbent | ||||
| 13 | Payyavula Keshav |
| Uravakonda | 12 June 2024 | Incumbent | |||
| 14 | Anagani Satya Prasad |
| Repalle | 12 June 2024 | Incumbent | |||
| `15 | Kolusu Parthasarathy |
| Nuzvid | 12 June 2024 | Incumbent | |||
| 16 | Dola Sree Bala Veeranjaneya Swamy |
| Kondapi | 12 June 2024 | Incumbent | |||
| 17 | Gottipati Ravi Kumar |
| Addanki | 12 June 2024 | Incumbent | |||
| 18 | Kandula Durgesh |
| Nidadavole | 12 June 2024 | Incumbent | |||
| 19 | Gummadi Sandhya Rani |
| Salur | 12 June 2024 | Incumbent | |||
| 20 | B. C. Janardhan Reddy |
| Banaganapalle | 12 June 2024 | Incumbent | |||
| 21 | T. G. Bharath |
| Kurnool | 12 June 2024 | Incumbent | |||
| 22 | S. Savitha |
| Penukonda | 12 June 2024 | Incumbent | |||
| 23 | Vasamsetti Subhash |
| Ramachandrapuram | 12 June 2024 | Incumbent | |||
| 24 | Kondapalli Srinivas |
| Gajapathinagaram | 12 June 2024 | Incumbent | |||
| 25 | Mandipalli Ramprasad Reddy |
| Rayachoti | 12 June 2024 | Incumbent | |||