The Second N. Chandrababu Naidu ministry (or also known as 21st ministry of Andhra Pradesh) of the state of Andhra Pradesh was formed on 11 October 1999 headed by N. Chandrababu Naidu as the Chief Minister following the 1999 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election. The cabinet was sworn in a simple ceremony held at Raj Bhavan, Hyderabad. Initially the chief minister and eight other ministers of his council of ministers were administered the oath of office and secrecy by the then Governor C. Rangarajan.
The cabinet was later expanded and reshuffled for four times citing several reasons on different occasions during the five year tenure to end on 14 May 2004.Naidu's nine-member cabinet sworn in
Background The 1999 Andhra Pradesh legislative assembly elections were swept by the Telugu Desam Party (TDP). The TDP bagged 180 seats in the election and formed the government. N. Chandrababu Naidu incumbent chief minister of United Andhra Pradesh continued to be the chief minister for the second term. The Second N. Chandrababu Naidu Ministry was initially constituted with a nine member council consisting of the chief minister and other eight ministers on 11 October 1999 with a formal oath taking ceremony at the Raj Bhavan, Hyderabad constituted by the then Governor C Rangarajan. The eight ministers constituted a combination of seven cabinet rank ministers and one minister of state. The cabinet was expanded by inducting twenty six new ministers, Increasing the strength of the cabinet to thirty five. Besides the chief minister, the council consisted of twenty six cabinet ministers and eight ministers of state on 22 October 1999. Two others took the oath later, one as a cabinet minister and the other as a minister of state. Later with the assassination of the incumbent cabinet rank minister Alimineti Madhava Reddy on 7 March 2000, his wife Uma Madhava Reddy was inducted into the cabinet to substitute the vacant ministry post on 6 November 2000.
Later with the death of the incumbent minister Karnam Ramachandra Rao on 13 May 2002 due to ill health and the resignation of other two incumbent ministers, where the Suddala Devaiah, minister of state quit of murder charge on 17 June 2002 and Pocharam Srinivas Reddy in September 2002 on allegations in the involvement of the minister in a corruption, paved way for another set of expansion and reshuffling of the council. On 11 September 2002, the council had a minor reshuffling with the ministerial duties of the existing ministers, and inducting three new ministers into the cabinet. The council reshuffling majorly involved the induction of ministers from the Telangana region. The council further remained the same until the end of the legislative tenure i.e 14 May 2004.
Prior to the minor council reshuffling in 2002, the council witnessed a major council reshuffling in 2001. On 26 November 2001, the council was reshuffled by dropping eight ministers and inducting eleven new ones. Council consisting of six cabinet-rank ministers and five ministers of state. The strength of the council stood at thirty nine ministers as of 2001, with twenty nine cabinet-rank ministers and ten ministers of state.
Achievements
The Second N. Chandrababu Naidu ministry witnessed the implementation of new reforms in the field of information and technology in the state of Andhra Pradesh.
Council of Ministers
Key Assassinated or died in office Resigned from office Promoted to cabinet level
SI No. Portfolio MinisterConstituency Tenure PartyTook officeLeft officeChief Minister1General Administration and all other Portfolios not allotted to other MinistersN. Chandrababu Naidu Kuppam 11 October 199914 May 2004Cabinet Ministers2Revenue, Relief and RehabilitationAshok Gajapathi RajuVizianagaram11 October 1999 14 May 20043Home, Jails, Fire Services, Sainik Welfare, Film Development Corporation, CinematographyTulla Devender GoudMedchal11 October 1999 14 May 20044Panchayati Raj, Rural Development, Rural Water Supply and Employment GenerationAlimineti Madhava ReddyBhongir11 October 19997 March 2000 5TransportB. Vishwa Mohan ReddyYemmiganur11 October 199914 May 20046Finance, Planning, Small Savings, Lotteries and Legislative AffairsYanamala RamakrishnuduTuni11 October 199914 May 20047Agriculture and HorticultureVadde Sobhanadreeswara RaoMylavaram11 October 199914 May 20048Roads, Building and PortsK. Vijayarama RaoKhairatabad11 October 199914 May 20049Medical, Health and Family WelfareSanakkayala ArunaGuntur-II22 October 199926 November 200110Forest, Environment, Science & TechnologyChintakayala Ayyanna PatruduNarispatnam22 October 199914 May 200411Law and CourtsP. ChandrasekharMahbubnagar22 October 199914 May 200412Municipal Administration, Urban Development, Minorities Welfare, Waqf, Urdu AcademyN. M. D. FarooqNandyal22 October 199911 September 2002Higher Education11 September 200214 May 200413Food, Civil Supplies, Legal Metrology, Consumer AffairsNagam Janardhan ReddyNagarkurnool22 October 199911 September 2002Medical, Health and Family Welfare11 September 200214 May 200414Commercial TaxesJ. Lakshmi PadmavathiParchur22 October 199926 November 200115Prohibition and ExciseThummala Nageswara RaoSathupalli22 October 199926 November 2001Roads and Buildings26 November 200114 May 200416Minor Irrigation, A.P.I.D.C., Ground Water Development and SericultureK. E. PrabhakarDhone22 October 199914 May 200417Social WelfareK. PushpaleelaIbrahimpatnam22 October 199926 November 200118Co-operationChikkala Ramachandra RaoTallarevu22 October 199914 May 200419Higher EducationKarnam Ramachandra RaoMedak22 October 199913 May 2002 20Small Scale Industries, Khadi & Village Industries, C.M.E.Y., Sports, Youth Services and Self EmploymentTammineni SitaramAmadalavalasa22 October 199914 May 200421EndowmentsDandu Sivarama RajuUndi22 October 199914 May 200422School Education, Adult Education, Libraries, Museums, Archaeology and Archives.Kadiyam SrihariGhanpur (Station)22 October 199914 May 200423Mines and GeologyPocharam Srinivas ReddyBanswada22 October 19995 September 2002 24Energy, Coal and BoilersKothapalli SubbarayuduNarasapuram22 October 199914 May 200425Marketing, Ware Housing CorporationBijivemula Veera ReddyBadvel22 October 199914 May 200426Major Irrigation and Medium IrrigationMandava Venkateshwara RaoNizamabad Rural22 October 199914 May 200427Major Industries, Commerce and Export PromotionKotagiri Vidyadhara RaoChintalapudi22 October 199914 May 200428Information & Public Relations and Cultural AffairsNaramalli SivaprasadChittoor22 October 1999 26 November 200129Mines & GeologyUma Madhava ReddyBhongir6 November 200014 May 200430Information & BroadcastingSomireddy Chandra Mohan ReddySarvepalli26 November 200114 May 200431Labour & TourismTalasani Srinivas YadavSecunderabad26 November 200114 May 200432Information Technology, Roads and BuildingsBojjala Gopala Krishna ReddySri Kalahasti26 November 200114 May 200433J. R. PushparajTadikonda26 November 200114 May 200434P. Ramasubba ReddyJammalamadugu26 November 200114 May 200435Major Irrigation and Medium IrrigationKodela Siva Prasada RaoNarasaraopet26 November 200111 September 2002Panchayati Raj and Rural Development and Civil Supplies11 September 200214 May 200436Muddasani Damodar ReddyKamalapur11 September 2002 14 May 200437Technical Education and TrainingNerella AnjaneyuluYellareddy11 September 200214 May 200438LabourPally Babu MohanAndole11 September 200214 May 200439C. Muthyam ReddyDommat11 September 200214 May 2004Ministers of State40Social Welfare, Women Welfare & Family WelfareSomineni SaraswatiKodur11 October 1999 14 May 200441Handlooms, Textiles, Printing and StationeryP. BhumannaAdilabad22 October 199914 May 200442Animal Husbandry and Dairy DevelopmentKristappa NimmalaGorantla22 October 199914 May 200443Labour and EmploymentC. Krishna YadavHimayathnagar22 October 199926 November 200144Tribal Welfare and Disabled WelfareM. Mani KumariAraku22 October 199914 May 200445Tourism and SugarEnugala Peddi ReddyHuzurabad22 October 199926 November 200146HousingA. Prabhakar ReddyAlur22 October 199926 November 200147Technical Education, Industrial Training InstitutionsAlapati Rajendra PrasadVemuru22 October 199926 November 200148Backward Classes Welfare and FisheriesN. Narasimha RaoBandar22 October 1999 14 May 200449Damacharla AnjaneyuluKondapi26 November 200114 May 200450Muddasani Damodar ReddyKamalapur26 November 200111 September 2002 51Suddala DevaiahNarella26 November 200117 June 2002 52Pathivada Narayanaswamy NaiduBhogapuram26 November 200114 May 200453Pothuganti RamuluAchampet26 November 200114 May 2004
Notes
See also Andhra Pradesh Council of Ministers First N. Chandrababu Naidu ministry First Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy ministry
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