Post: | Chairman |
Insignia: | Emblem of Andhra Pradesh.svg |
Insigniasize: | 300 |
Insigniacaption: | Emblem of Andhra Pradesh |
Body: | Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council |
Native Name: | Telugu: Āndhra Pradēś Śāsana Maṇḍali Chairmann |
Incumbent: | Koyye Moshenu Raju |
Incumbentsince: | 19 November 2021 |
Appointer: | Members of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council |
Termlength: | Subject to the pleasure of the Legislative Council (Six years maximum) |
Inaugural: | A. Chakrapani |
Formation: | 30 March 2007; years ago |
Deputy: | Zakia Khanam |
The Chairperson of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council presides over the upper house of the Andhra Pradesh Legislature. The Chairperson regulates the debates and proceedings of the House.
The office was in existence from 1958 to 1985 and again from 2007 when the Andhra Pradesh Sasana Mandali has been reconstituted.[1]
As of 19 November 2021, the elected Chairperson of the council is Koyye Moshenu Raju.
Name[2] | Took office | Left office | Duration | Party | Chief Minister | ||||||
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1 | Madapati Hanumantha Rao | 7 July 1958 | 30 June 1960 | ||||||||
11 July 1960 | 20 July 1964 | ||||||||||
2 | Gottipati Brahmaiah | 25 July 1964 | 30 June 1968 | ||||||||
3 | Pidathala Ranga Reddy | 15 July 1968 | 13 March 1972 | ||||||||
4 | Thota Rama Swamy | 25 March 1972 | 30 June 1974 | ||||||||
5 | N. Venkata Subbaiah | 2 July 1974 | 28 March 1978 | ||||||||
6 | Syed Mukasheer Shah | 26 March 1979 | 30 June 1980 | ||||||||
23 February 1981 | 31 May 1985 | ||||||||||
7 | A. Chakrapani | 1 April 2007 | 1 June 2014 | ||||||||
2 June 2014 | 27 May 2017 | ||||||||||
8 | N. Md. Farooq | 15 November 2017 | 10 November 2018 | ||||||||
9 | Shariff Mohammed Ahmed | 7 February 2019 | 31 May 2021 | ||||||||
10 | Koyye Moshenu Raju | 19 November 2021 | Incumbent | ||||||||