Post: | Minister of Culture |
Insignia: | Emblem of Andhra Pradesh.svg |
Insigniasize: | 300px |
Flagcaption: | Emblem of Andhra Pradesh |
Incumbent: | Kandula Durgesh |
Incumbentsince: | 12 June 2024 |
Department: | Department of Culture |
Member Of: | Andha Pradesh Cabinet |
Reports To: | Governor of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh Legislature |
Appointer: | Governor of Andhra Pradesh |
Appointer Qualified: | on the advice of the chief minister of Andhra Pradesh |
Inaugural: | Palle Raghunatha Reddy |
Formation: | 8 June 2014 |
The Minister of Culture, is the head of the Department of Culture and Telugu Language of the Government of Andhra Pradesh.
The incumbent Minister of Culture is Kandula Durgesh from the Janasena Party.
Portrait | Minister | Term of office | Election | Party | Ministry | Chief Minister | Ref. | |||||
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Term start | Term end | Duration | ||||||||||
1 | Palle Raghunatha Reddy | 8 June 2014 | 1 April 2017 | 2014 | Telugu Desam Party | Naidu III | [1] | |||||
2 | Bhuma Akhila Priya | 2 April 2017 | 29 May 2019 | [2] | ||||||||
3 | Muttamsetti Srinivasa Rao | 30 May 2019 | 7 April 2022 | 2019 | YSR Congress Party | Jagan | Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy | [3] | ||||
4 | R. K. Roja Selvamani | 11 April 2022 | 11 June 2024 | [4] | ||||||||
5 | Kandula Durgesh | 12 June 2024 | Incumbent | 2024 | Janasena Party | Naidu IV | [5] |