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.
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 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.
List of Home Ministers United Andhra Pradesh
Portrait Name Constituency Term of office Party Chief Minister Ref. From To Days in officeUnited Andhra PradeshChegondi Harirama JogaiahNarasapuramTelugu Desam PartyN. T. Rama Rao M. V. Mysura ReddyIndian National Congress Alapati Dharma Rao P. Indra Reddy 1995 1996 1 yearTelugu Desam Party N. T. Rama Rao Alimineti Madhava Reddy 1996 1999 4 yearsN. Chandrababu Naidu 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 ReddyKiran Kumar Reddy
Andhra Pradesh #Portrait MinisterTerm of officeElectionPartyMinistryChief MinisterRef.Term startTerm endDuration1Nimmakayala Chinarajappa8 June 201429 May 20192014Telugu Desam Party Naidu IIIN. Chandrababu Naidu 2Mekathoti Sucharitha8 June 20197 April 20222019YSR Congress Party JaganY. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy3Taneti Vanitha11 April 202211 June 20244Vangalapudi Anitha12 June 2024Incumbent2024Telugu Desam Party Naidu IVN. Chandrababu Naidu
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