The First Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy ministry (or also known as 22nd ministry of Andhra Pradesh) of the state of Andhra Pradesh was formed on 14 May 2004 headed by Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy as the Chief Minister following the 2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election. 24 member ministry was formed on 22 May 2004.
The council of ministry was initially formed with 25 members including the chief minister. Later expanded on 26 April 2007 with 17 members taking the total number of members in the council to 41.
Background Prior to 2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly elections a pre-poll alliance was formed by the Indian National Congress, Telangana Rashtra Samithi, Communist Party of India and Communist Party of India (Marxist) to contest in the elections against the sole incumbent contender Telugu Desam Party. The pre-poll alliance succeeded in forming a new government in the state of Andhra Pradesh. Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy formed a council of ministers consisting of 24 members initially and later expanding it twice once to induct the alliance partner TRS into the cabinet and several other members. Pre-poll partner TRS joined the government with six ministers and quit the government later citing differences due to the Telangana issue with the Indian National Congress.
Council of Ministers
Key Resigned from office
Portfolio MinisterConstituency Tenure PartyTook officeLeft officeChief MinisterGeneral Administration, Law & Order and Other Portfolios not allocated to a Minister.Y. S. Rajasekhara ReddyPulivendla14 May 200420 May 2009Cabinet MinistersHigher EducationDharmapuri SrinivasNizamabad14 May 2004 20 May 2009Home affairs, Jails, Fire services, NCC, Sainik Welfare, Film Development Corporation and CinematographyM. Satyanarayana Rao Karimnagar14 May 2004 20 May 2009Municipal Administration and Urban DevelopmentKoneru Ranga RaoTiruvuru14 May 200420 May 2009Forests, Environment, Science & TechnologySatrucharla Vijaya Rama RajuParvathipuram14 May 2004 20 May 2009Housing, Weaker Section Housing Program, AP Cooperative Housing Societies Federation and Housing BoardBotcha SatyanarayanaCheepurupalli14 May 200420 May 2009Commercial TaxesKonathala RamakrishnaAnakapalle14 May 2004 20 May 2009Finance, Planning, Small Savings, Lotteries and Legislative AffairsKonijeti RosaiahChirala14 May 2004 20 May 2009TransportKanna LakshminarayanaPedakurapadu14 May 200420 May 2009Revenue, Relief & Rehabilitation and Urban Land CeilingDharmana Prasada RaoNarasannapeta14 May 200420 May 2009Panchayat RajJ. C. Diwakar ReddyTadipatri14 May 200420 May 2009Agriculture, Agriculture Technology Mission, Horticulture, Seiculture, Rainshadow Area DevelopmentRaghu Veera ReddyMadakasira14 May 2004 20 May 2009Energy, Coal, Minorities Welfare, Wakf, Urdu AcademyMohammed Ali Shabbir Kamareddy14 May 200420 May 2009Home, Jails, Fire Service, Sainik Welfare, Printing & StationeryKunduru Jana Reddy Nagarjuna Sagar14 May 200420 May 2009Major & Medium IrrigationPonnala Lakshmaiah Jangaon14 May 200420 May 2009Major Industries, Sugar,Commerce & Export PromotionJ. Geeta Reddy Gajwel14 May 200420 May 2009Small Scale Industries, Khadi & Village Industries BoardGollapalli Surya RaoAllavaram14 May 200420 May 2009Rural Water SupplyPinnamaneni Venkateswara RaoMudinepalli14 May 200420 May 2009Excise and ProhibitionJakkampudi Rammohan RaoKadiam14 May 200420 May 2009Women Development & Child Welfare, Disabled Welfare and Juvenile WelfareNedurumalli Rajya LakshmiVenkatagiri14 May 200420 May 2009Marketing and WarehousingM. MareppaAlur14 May 200420 May 2009Mines & Geology, Handlooms & Textiles, Spinning MillsSabitha Indra Reddy Chevella14 May 2004 20 May 2009CooperationMohammed Fareeduddin Zahirabad14 May 2004 20 May 2009Labour & Employment, Factories & BoilersGaddam Vinod Kumar Chennur14 May 200420 May 2009Tribal Welfare,Remote and Interior Areas DevelopmentD. S. Redya Naik Dornakal (ST)14 May 2004 20 May 2009Nayani Narasimha ReddyMusheerabad23 June 20044 July 2005 T. Harish RaoSiddipet23 June 20044 July 2005 A. Chandra ShekarVikarabad23 June 20044 July 2005 G. Vijayarama RaoGhanpur (Station)23 June 20044 July 2005 Voditela Lakshmikantha RaoHuzurabad23 June 20044 July 2005 TransportSanigaram Santosh ReddyArmur23 June 200413 July 2005 Medical Education & Health InsuranceGalla Aruna KumariChandragiri26 April 200720 May 2009Animal Husbandry, Dairy Development, Veterinary University, FisheriesMandali Buddha PrasadAvanigadda26 April 200720 May 2009Health & Family WelfareSambani Chandrasekhar Palair26 April 200720 May 2009Law & Courts, Technical Education and Industrial Training InstitutesR. Changa ReddyNagari26 April 200720 May 2009Rural Development, NREGP, Self Help GroupsG. Chinna Reddy Wanaparthy26 April 200720 May 2009School Education, Govt. Examinations, SCERT, Text Book Press, Residential Schools Society, Hyderabad Public SchoolDamodar Raja Narasimha Andole (SC)26 April 200720 May 2009Information Technology & Communications, Youth Services and SportsKomatireddy Venkat Reddy Nalgonda26 April 200720 May 2009Sarva Siksha Abhiyan, DPEP, Adult Education, Open Schools, Public Libraries, Jawahar Bal Bhavan, Mahila Samata Society, State Institute of Education TechnologyM. Hanumantha RaoMangalagiri26 April 200720 May 2009BC WelfareMukesh GoudMaharajgunj26 April 200720 May 2009Roads & BuildingsT. Jeevan Reddy Jagtial26 April 200720 May 2009Information& Public Relation, Cinematography, Tourism, Culture, Archaeology and Museums, ArchivesAnam Ramanarayana ReddyRapur26 April 200720 May 2009Endowments, Stamps & RegistrationJ. Ratnakar RaoBuggaram26 April 200720 May 2009Social WelfarePilli Subhash Chandra BoseRamachandrapuram26 April 200720 May 2009Food,Civil Supplies, Legal Metrology,Consumer AffairsK. Venkata Krishna ReddyNarasaraopet26 April 200720 May 2009Infrastructure & Investment, Ports, Airports, Natural GasMopidevi Venkataramana Kuchinapudi26 April 200720 May 2009Vaidya Vidhana Parishad and Hospital ServicesVanama Venkateshwara RaoKothagudem26 April 200720 May 2009Minor Irrigation, APIDC, Lift Irrigation, AP Water Resource Dev Corporation, WALAMTARI, Ground Water DevelopmentMaganti Venkateswara RaoDenduluru26 April 200720 May 2009
See also Andhra Pradesh Council of Ministers Second N. Chandrababu Naidu ministry Second Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy ministry
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