Ministry of Human Resources Development
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| Minister of Human Resources Development | |
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| Mānava Vanarula Abhivr̥d'dhi Śākha Mantrī | |
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| Department of Human Resources Development | |
| Abbreviation | HRD |
| Member of | Andha Pradesh Cabinet |
| Reports to | Governor of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh Legislature |
| Appointer | Governor of Andhra Pradesh on the advice of the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh |
| Inaugural holder | Ganta Srinivasa Rao |
| Formation | 8 June 2014 |
| Website | Official website |
The Minister of Education or Education Minister, officially Minister of Human Resources Development, is the head of the Department of Education of the Government of Andhra Pradesh. One of the senior-most officers in the Cabinet of Andhra Pradesh. Occasionally, the minister is assisted by the Minister of State for Education.
From June 2014 to May 2019, following the bifurcation of United Andhra Pradesh into the present-day residual Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, the Education Minister of Andhra Pradesh was Ganta Srinivasa Rao of the Telugu Desam Party. Following the cabinet formation on 12 June 2024, Nara Lokesh assumed the office under the Chief Ministership of N. Chandrababu Naidu.
List of ministers
[edit]| # | Portrait | Minister (Lifespan) Constituency |
Term of office | Election (Term) |
Party | Ministry | Chief Minister | Ref. | |||
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| Term start | Term end | Duration | |||||||||
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Ganta Srinivasa Rao (born 1960) MLA for Bheemili |
8 June 2014 | 29 May 2019 | 4 years, 355 days | 2014 (14th) |
Telugu Desam Party | Naidu III | N. Chandrababu Naidu | [1] | |
| 2 | 
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Audimulapu Suresh (born 1964) MLA for Yerragondapalem |
8 June 2019 | 7 April 2022 | 2 years, 303 days | 2019 (15th) |
YSR Congress Party | Jagan | Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy | [2] | |
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Botsa Satyanarayana (born 1958) MLA for Cheepurupalli |
11 April 2022 | 8 June 2024 | 2 years, 58 days | [3] | |||||
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Nara Lokesh (born 1983) MLA for Mangalagiri |
12 June 2024 | Incumbent | 142 days | 2024 (16th) |
Telugu Desam Party | Naidu IV | N. Chandrababu Naidu | [4] | |
References
[edit]- ^ "Chandrababu Naidu's Cabinet: Ayyanna, Ganta to be ministers". Deccan Chronicle. 8 June 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
- ^ "YS Jagan Cabinet Ministers List 2019: 25 ministers inducted into AP Cabinet". The Times of India. TNN. 8 June 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
- ^ "Buggana retains finance, Vanitha gets Home". The Hindu. 11 April 2022. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
- ^ "Full list of Andhra Pradesh Cabinet Ministers with portfolios: Who gets what". The Hindu. 14 June 2024. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 23 July 2024.