| Post: | Minister of Home Affairs |
| Insignia: | Emblem of Andhra Pradesh.svg |
| Insigniasize: | 300 |
| Flagcaption: | Emblem of Andhra Pradesh |
| Incumbent: | Vangalapudi Anitha |
| Incumbentsince: | 12 June 2024 |
| Department: | Department of Home Affairs |
| Abbreviation: | HM |
| 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: | Nimmakayala Chinarajappa |
| Formation: | 8 June 2014 |
The Minister of Home Affairs or Home Minister (HM) is the head of the Ministry of Home Affairs of the Government of Andhra Pradesh. The minister's chief responsibility is the maintenance of Andhra Pradesh's internal security; the state's police force comes under the ministry's jurisdiction. Occasionally, the minister is assisted by the Minister of State of Home Affairs. The Minister of Home Affairs is one of the senior-most officers in the Cabinet of Andhra Pradesh. Several Home Ministers have held the additional portfolio of Deputy Chief Minister.
From June 2014 to May 2019, the Home Minister of Andhra Pradesh was Nimmakayala Chinarajappa of the Telugu Desam Party, taking over the reins from Kiran Kumar Reddy, who was also Home Minister as well as the last Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh before the bifurcation of United Andhra Pradesh into the present-day residual Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Following the cabinet re-shuffling on 11 April 2022, Taneti Vanitha assumed the office under the Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy ministry, serving until 11 June 2024. On 14 June 2024, Vangalapudi Anitha assumed the office under the fourth N. Chandrababu Naidu ministry.
The Home Department oversees various personnel and administrative functions across several departments, including the police, prisons, fire services, and printing & stationery departments, with the exception of cadre officer matters. Its responsibilities include management of the Special Protection Force (SPF), administration of the Sainik Welfare Department, and regulation under the Arms Act and related state judicial matters. Additionally, the department is authorized to sanction or withdraw prosecution, delegate magisterial powers to district collectors and district election officers during election periods, and confer magisterial powers to IAS probationers.[1]
| Portrait | Name | Constituency | Term of office | Party | Chief Minister | Ref. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Days in office | |||||||||
| United Andhra Pradesh | |||||||||||
| Chegondi Harirama Jogaiah | Narasapuram | Telugu Desam Party | N. T. Rama Rao | [2] | |||||||
| M. V. Mysura Reddy | Indian National Congress | [3] | |||||||||
| Alapati Dharma Rao | [4] | ||||||||||
| P. Indra Reddy | 1995 | 1996 | 1 year | Telugu Desam Party | N. T. Rama Rao | ||||||
| Alimineti Madhava Reddy | 1996 | 1999 | 4 years | N. Chandrababu Naidu | [5] | ||||||
| Tulla Devender Goud | 1999 | 2004 | 5 years | ||||||||
| Kunduru Jana Reddy | 2004 | 2009 | 5 years | Indian National Congress | Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy | ||||||
| Sabitha Indra Reddy | 2009 | 2013 | 4 years | Indian National Congress | Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy Kiran Kumar Reddy | ||||||
| Portrait | Minister | Term of office | Election | Party | Ministry | Chief Minister | Ref. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Term start | Term end | Duration | ||||||||||
| 1 | Nimmakayala Chinarajappa | 8 June 2014 | 29 May 2019 | 2014 | Telugu Desam Party | Naidu III | [6] | |||||
| 2 | Mekathoti Sucharitha | 8 June 2019 | 7 April 2022 | 2019 | YSR Congress Party | Jagan | Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy | [7] [8] | ||||
| 3 | Taneti Vanitha | 11 April 2022 | 11 June 2024 | [9] [10] | ||||||||
| 4 | Vangalapudi Anitha | 12 June 2024 | Incumbent | 2024 | Telugu Desam Party | Naidu IV | [11] [12] | |||||