The Minister of Water Resources Development or Irrigation Minister, officially Minister of Water Resources Development, is the head of the Department of Water Resources Development of the Government of Andhra Pradesh.

Minister of Water Resources Development
Jalavanarula Abhivr̥d'dhi Śākha Mantrī
since 12 June 2024
Department of Water Resources Development
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 holderDevineni Uma Maheswara Rao
Formation8 June 2014
WebsiteOfficial website

From June 2014 to May 2019, following the bifurcation of United Andhra Pradesh into the present-day residual Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, the Irrigation Minister of Andhra Pradesh was Devineni Uma Maheswara Rao of the Telugu Desam Party. Following the cabinet formation on 12 June 2024, Nimmala Rama Naidu assumed the office under the Chief Ministership of N. Chandrababu Naidu.

List of ministers

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# Portrait Minister
(Lifespan)
Constituency
Term of office Election
(Term)
Party Ministry Chief Minister Ref.
Term start Term end Duration
1 Devineni Uma Maheswara Rao
(born 1962)
MLA for Mylavaram
8 June 2014 29 May 2019 4 years, 355 days 2014
(14th)
Telugu Desam Party Naidu III N. Chandrababu Naidu [1]
2 Anil Kumar Poluboina
(born 1980)
MLA for Nellore City
8 June 2019 7 April 2022 2 years, 303 days 2019
(15th)
YSR Congress Party Jagan Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy [2]
3 Ambati Rambabu

MLA for Sattenapalle
11 April 2022 8 June 2024 2 years, 58 days [3]
4   Nimmala Rama Naidu
(born 1968)
MLA for Palakollu
12 June 2024 Incumbent 159 days 2024
(16th)
Telugu Desam Party Naidu IV N. Chandrababu Naidu [4]

References

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  1. ^ "Chandrababu Naidu's Cabinet: Ayyanna, Ganta to be ministers". Deccan Chronicle. 8 June 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  2. ^ "YS Jagan Cabinet Ministers List 2019: 25 ministers inducted into AP Cabinet". The Times of India. TNN. 8 June 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  3. ^ "Buggana retains finance, Vanitha gets Home". The Hindu. 11 April 2022. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  4. ^ "Full list of Andhra Pradesh Cabinet Ministers with portfolios: Who gets what". The Hindu. 14 June 2024. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
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