The Chairperson of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council presides over the upper house of the Andhra Pradesh Legislature. The Chairperson regulates the debates and proceedings of the House.
The office was in existence from 1958 to 1985 and again from 2007 when the Andhra Pradesh Sasana Mandali has been reconstituted.
As of 19 November 2021, the elected Chairperson of the council is Koyye Moshenu Raju.
President of the Madras Legislative Council
Madras Legislative Council, the first representative legislature for the Madras Presidency was established in December 1920. The presiding officer of the council was known as the president. P. Rajagopalachari was nominated as the first president and took office on 17 December 1920.
No. Name Image Assumed office Left office 1P. Rajagopalachari December 1920 February 1925 2L. D. Swamikannu Pillai February 1925 September 1925 3M. Ratnaswami September 1925 1926 4C. V. S. Narasimha Raju 1926 1930 5B. Ramachandra Reddi 1930 1937
Chairman of Madras Legislative Council The Government of India Act 1935 enabled the introduction of provincial autonomy in 1937, and the Madras Legislative Council became the upper chamber of a bicameral legislature. The presiding officer of the council was called as the chairman of the council. This agreement continued after Indian Independence till the abolition of the council in 1986.
No. Name Image Took office Left officePolitical party 1U. Rama Rao 1937 1945INC rowspan="4" 2R. B. Ramakrishna Raju 1946 1952 3P. V. Cherian 1952 On 1 October 1953, Andhra State was created without a Legislative Council.Left office on 20 April 1964 as the chair person of the residual Madras state.
List of chairpersons of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council In the first years since its creation in post-independence India, the state of Andhra Pradesh worked under a unicameral parliamentary system. On 5 December 1956, the Andhra Pradesh Vidhana Sabha passed a resolution calling for the creation of an upper house, the Vidhan Parishad, to transition to a bicameral system as it used to be earlier in the Madras state. The Vidhan Parishad was formed officially on 1 July 1958 under article 169 of the Constitution of India. The first President of India, Rajendra Prasad inaugurated the Vidhan Parishad on 8 July 1958. # Chair Took office Left office Duration Party Chief Minister 1 Madapati Hanumantha Rao 7 July 1958 30 June 1960 Neelam Sanjiva Reddy Damodaram Sanjivayya 11 July 1960 20 July 1964 Damodaram Sanjivayya Neelam Sanjiva Reddy Kasu Brahmananda Reddy 2 Gottipati Brahmaiah 25 July 1964 30 June 1968 Kasu Brahmananda Reddy 3 Pidathala Ranga Reddy 15 July 1968 13 March 1972 Kasu Brahmananda Reddy P. V. Narasimha Rao 4 Thota Rama Swamy 25 March 1972 30 June 1974 P. V. Narasimha Rao President's rule Jalagam Vengala Rao 5 Nivarthi Venkata Subbaiah 2 July 1974 28 March 1978 Jalagam Vengala Rao Marri Chenna Reddy 6 Syed Mukhasir Shah 26 March 1979 30 June 1980 Marri Chenna Reddy 23 February 1981 31 May 1985 T. Anjaiah Bhavanam Venkatarami Reddy Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy N. T. Rama Rao Nadendla Bhaskara Rao N. T. Rama Rao 7 Dr. Appanaboyina Chakrapani 1 April 2007 27 May 2017 Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy Konijeti Rosaiah Kiran Kumar Reddy President's rule N. Chandrababu Naidu 8 N. Md. Farooq 15 November 2017 10 November 2018 N. Chandrababu Naidu 9 Mohammed Ahmed Shariff 7 February 2019 31 May 2021 N. Chandrababu Naidu Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy 10 Koyye Moshenu Raju 19 November 2021 Incumbent Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy N. Chandrababu Naidu
List of deputy chairpersons of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council # Deputy Chair Took office Left office Duration Party 1 Dr. Gokaraju Subba Raju 8 July 1958 30 June 1964 2 Mamidipudi Anandam 17 July 1964 30 March 1966 3 Erram Sathyanarayana 11 September 1969 30 June 1970 4 Syed Mukhasir Shah 17 December 1970 30 June 1974 4 July 1974 24 March 1979 5 Kancherla Keshava Rao 26 March 1980 24 February 1981 6 Thota Panchajanyam 8 September 1982 8 August 1983 7 Dr. Appanaboyina Chakrapani 19 September 1983 31 May 1985 8 Mohammad Jani 24 July 2007 29 March 2011 9 Nethi Vidyasagar 4 June 2011 1 June 2014 10 Singareddy Venkata Satish Kumar Reddy 4 September 2014 29 March 2017 11 Reddy Subrahmanyam 31 March 2017 18 June 2021 12 Mayana Zakia Khanam 26 November 2021 27 July 2026 13 Tumati Madhava Rao 19 August 2026 Incumbent
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