Post: | Minister of Legislative Affairs |
Insignia: | Emblem of Andhra Pradesh.svg |
Insigniasize: | 250px |
Incumbent: | Payyavula Keshav |
Incumbentsince: | 12 June 2024 |
Department: | Department of Legislative Affairs |
Member Of: | Andha Pradesh Cabinet |
Reports To: | Governor of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh Legislature |
Appointer: | Governor of Andhra Pradesh |
Appointer Qualified: | on the advice of the chief minister of Andhra Pradesh |
Inaugural: | Yanamala Rama Krishnudu |
Formation: | 8 June 2014 |
The Minister of Legislative Affairs is the head of the Department of Legislative Affairs 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 legislative affairs.
From June 2014 to May 2019, the Legislative Affairs Minister of Andhra Pradesh was Yanamala Rama Krishnudu from the Telugu Desam Party, taking over the reins from Sake Sailajanath[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 | Term of office | Election | Party | Ministry | Chief Minister | Ref. | |||||
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Term start | Term end | Duration | ||||||||||
1 | Yanamala Rama Krishnudu | 8 June 2014 | 29 May 2019 | 2014 | Telugu Desam Party | Naidu III | [2] | |||||
2 | Buggana Rajendranath Reddy | 30 May 2019 | 11 June 2024 | 2019 | YSR Congress Party | Jagan | Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy | [3] [4] [5] [6] | ||||
3 | Payyavula Keshav | 12 June 2024 | Incumbent | 2024 | Telugu Desam Party | Naidu IV | [7] |