Ministry of Home Affairs and Disaster Management

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.

Minister of Home Affairs
Paura rakṣaṇa Vyavahārāla mariyu Vipatthu Nirvahāṇa Śākha Mantrī
since 12 June 2024
Department of Home Affairs
AbbreviationHM
Member ofAndha Pradesh Cabinet
Reports toGovernor of Andhra Pradesh
Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh Legislature
AppointerGovernor of Andhra Pradesh
on the advice of the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh
Inaugural holderNimmakayala Chinarajappa
Formation8 June 2014

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.

Functions

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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]

List of Home Ministers

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United Andhra Pradesh

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No. 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

Andhra Pradesh

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# Portrait Minister
(Lifespan)
Constituency
Term of office Election
(Term)
Party Ministry Chief Minister Ref.
Term start Term end Duration
1   Nimmakayala Chinarajappa
(born 1953)
MLA for Peddapuram
8 June 2014 29 May 2019 4 years, 355 days 2014
(14th)
Telugu Desam Party Naidu III N. Chandrababu Naidu [6]
2   Mekathoti Sucharitha
(born 1972)
MLA for Prathipadu
8 June 2019 7 April 2022 2 years, 303 days 2019
(15th)
YSR Congress Party Jagan Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy [7][8]
3 Taneti Vanitha
(born 1973
MLA for Gopalapuram
11 April 2022 11 June 2024 2 years, 58 days [9][10]
4   Vangalapudi Anitha
(born 1979)
MLA for Payakaraopet
12 June 2024 Incumbent 166 days 2024
(16th)
Telugu Desam Party Naidu IV N. Chandrababu Naidu [11][12]

References

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  1. ^ "Home Department". Andhra Pradesh State Portal.
  2. ^ Data India. Press Institute of India. 1990. p. 441.
  3. ^ "Former TDP MP Mysura Reddy suspended for breach of discipline". The Hindu. 25 May 2012. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
  4. ^ "Naxalite violence pushes security in Andhra Pradesh to new levels". India Today. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
  5. ^ "మరపురాని నేత మాధవరెడ్డి". Sakshi (in Telugu). 7 March 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
  6. ^ "Have a look on educational qualifications of CBN cabinet ministers". indiaherald.com. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
  7. ^ "Mekathoti Sucharita, the Dalit(christian) woman Home Minister of Andhra Pradesh". The New Indian Express. Hyderabad. 9 June 2019.
  8. ^ "Mekatoti Sucharita set to create history". The Hindu. Guntur. 8 June 2019.[dead link]
  9. ^ The New Indian Express (12 April 2022). "Vanitha gets home, Buggana retains finance, Botcha & Suresh swap ministries in new team". Archived from the original on 14 April 2022. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
  10. ^ "Buggana retains finance, Vanitha gets Home". The Hindu. 11 April 2022. Archived from the original on 14 April 2022. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
  11. ^ "Chandrababu Naidu sworn-in as new Andhra CM: Here is full list of AP ministers". The Economic Times. 12 June 2024. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  12. ^ "AP Cabinet Ministers List: Who Gets What?". Deccan Chronicle. 14 June 2024. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
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