List of chairpersons of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council explained

Post:Chairman
Insigniasize:350
Insigniacaption:Emblem of Andhra Pradesh
Body:Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council
Āndhra rastra Śāsana Maṇḍali chairman
Incumbent:Koyye Moshenu Raju
Incumbentsince:19 November 2021
Appointer:Members of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council
Termlength:During the trust of the Legislative Council (Six years maximum)
Inaugural:A. Chakrapani
Formation:2 June 2014; years ago
Deputy:Zakia Khanam

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 Sasana Mandali has been reconstituted.[1]

As of 19 November 2021, the elected Chairperson of the council is Koyye Moshenu Raju.

List of chairpersons

United Andhra Pradesh

NameTerm
1Madapati Hanumantha Rao[2] 1958-07-07 to 1960-06-30

1960-07-11 to 1964-07-20

2Gottipati Brahmaiah1964-07-25 to 1968-06-30
3Pidathala Ranga Reddy1968-07-15 to 1972-03-13
4Thota Rama Swamy1972-03-25 to 1974-06-30
5N. Venkata Subbaiah1974-07-02 to 1978-03-28
6Syed Mukasheer Shah1979-03-26 to 1980-06-301981-02-23 to 1985-05-31
7A. Chakrapani2007-04-1 to 2014-06-01

Andhra Pradesh

NameTerm
1A. Chakrapani2014-06-02 to 2017-05-27
2N. M. D. Farooq2017-11-15 – 2018-11-10
3Shariff Mohammed Ahmed[3] 2019-02-07 – 2021-05-31
4Koyye Moshenu Raju[4] 2021-11-19 – incumbent

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Chairman. aplegislature.org. en-US. 2017-11-16.
  2. Web site: Former Chairmen. aplegislature.org. en-US. 2017-11-16.
  3. News: Deccan Chronicle . Mohammed Sharif elected Chairman of AP Legislative Council . 6 May 2024 . 8 February 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240506153941/https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/politics/080219/mohammed-sharif-elected-chairman-of-ap-legislative-council.html . 6 May 2024 . en.
  4. News: The Hindu . Moshen Raju elected Council Chairman unanimously . 6 May 2024 . 19 November 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240506153751/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/moshen-raju-elected-council-chairman-unanimously/article37590151.ece . 6 May 2024 . en-IN.