| Native Name: | Telugu: Āndhra Pradēś Upa Mukhya Mantrī |
| Insignia: | File:Emblem of Andhra Pradesh.svg |
| Insigniasize: | 250px |
| Insigniacaption: | Emblem of Andhra Pradesh |
| Post: | Deputy Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh |
| Incumbent: | Konidala Pawan Kalyan |
| Department: | Deputy Chief Minister's Office |
| Style: | The Honourable Mr./Mrs. Deputy Chief Minister |
| Seat: | Andhra Pradesh Secretariat, Amaravati |
| Status: | Deputy head of government |
| Abbreviation: | DCM of AP |
| Member Of: | Andhra Pradesh Legislature Andhra Pradesh Council of Ministers |
| Reportsto: | Governor of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh Legislature |
| Termlength: | Five years and subject to no term limit |
| Termlength Qualified: | At the confidence of the Legislative Assembly |
| Appointer: | The Governor of Andhra Pradesh on the advice of the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh |
| Inaugural: | Konda Venkata Ranga Reddy |
| Flagsize: | 150 |
| Flagcaption: | Emblem of Andhra Pradesh |
The deputy chief minister of Andhra Pradesh is the deputy to the chief minister of Andhra Pradesh, who is the head of the government of Andhra Pradesh. The deputy chief minister is the second-highest-ranking member of the Andhra Pradesh Council of Ministers.[1] A deputy chief minister also holds a cabinet portfolio in the state ministry. On multiple occasions, proposals have arisen to make the post permanent, but without result. The same goes for the post of deputy prime minister at the national level.
In 1953, Andhra State consisted of Coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema regions. This state was carved out of the erstwhile Madras State.[2] Later, the Andhra state was merged with Telangana province of Hyderabad to form Andhra Pradesh in November 1956. On 1 November 1956, Hyderabad State ceased to exist; its Gulbarga and Aurangabad divisions were merged into Mysore State and Bombay State respectively. Its remaining Telugu-speaking portion, Telangana, was added to Andhra State. Andhra state formed from Madras state on 1953 oct 1. After 58 years, Telangana was carved out to form as a separate state on 2 June 2014 by Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014.
Konda Venkata Ranga Reddy was first deputy chief minister since the state's formation in November 1956.[3] Pushpasreevani Pamula was the first women to hold the post, who has served from June 2019 to April 2022.[4] [5]
The current incumbent Konidala Pawan Kalyan is from the Jana Sena Party since 16 June 2024.[6]
Andhra State consisted of North Andhra, Coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema regions. This state was carved out of Madras State in 1953. Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy served as deputy CM under Prakasam and Bezawada Gopala Reddy.[7] Later, the Andhra state was merged with Telangana province of Hyderabad to form Andhra Pradesh in November 1956.
| Portrait | Deputy Chief Minister | Term of the office | Election | Party | Chief Minister | Government | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Term start | Term end | Days in office | |||||||||
| 1 | Neelam Sanjiva Reddy | 1 October 1953 | 15 November 1954 | 1952 | Indian National Congress | Tanguturi Prakasam | Prakasam | ||||
| (1) | Neelam Sanjiva Reddy | 30 March 1955 | 31 October 1956 | 1955 | Indian National Congress | Bezawada Gopala Reddy | Gopala | ||||
| data-sort-type=number rowspan = "2" | Deputy Chief Minister | Party | Term of office | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Longest continuous term | Total duration of deputy chief ministership | ||||
| data-sort-value="1" | 1 | B. V. Subba Reddy | |||
| data-sort-value="2" | 2 | C. Jagannatha Rao | |||
| data-sort-value="3" | 3 | Koneru Ranga Rao | |||
| data-sort-value="4" | 4 | Damodar Raja Narasimha | |||
| data-sort-value="5" | 5 | Nimmakayala Chinarajappa | |||
| data-sort-value="6" | 6 | K. E. Krishnamurthy | |||
| data-sort-value="7" | 7 | Pilli Subhash Chandra Bose | |||
| data-sort-value="8" | 8 | Amzath Basha Shaik Bepari | |||
| data-sort-value="9" | 9 | K. Narayana Swamy | |||
| data-sort-value="10" | 10 | Pamula Pushpa Sreevani | |||
| data-sort-value="11" | 11 | Alla Nani | |||
| data-sort-value="12" | 12 | Dharmana Krishna Das | |||
| data-sort-value="13" | 13 | Budi Mutyala Naidu | |||
| data-sort-value="14" | 14 | Kottu Satyanarayana | |||
| data-sort-value="15" | 15 | Peedika Rajanna Dora | |||
| data-sort-value="16" | 16 | Konidala Pawan Kalyan | |||