Post: | Minister of Agriculture |
Insignia: | Emblem of Andhra Pradesh.svg |
Insigniasize: | 300px |
Flagcaption: | Emblem of Andhra Pradesh |
Incumbent: | Kinjarapu Atchannaidu |
Incumbentsince: | 12 June 2024 |
Department: | Department of Agriculture |
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: | Prathipati Pulla Rao |
Formation: | 8 June 2014 |
The Minister of Agriculture is the head of the Department of Agriculture of the Government of Andhra Pradesh.
The incumbent Minister of Agriculture is Kinjarapu Atchannaidu from the Telugu Desam Party.
Portrait | Minister | Term of office | Election | Party | Ministry | Chief Minister | Ref. | |||||
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Term start | Term end | Duration | ||||||||||
1 | Prathipati Pulla Rao | 8 June 2014 | 1 April 2017 | 2014 | Telugu Desam Party | Naidu III | [1] | |||||
2 | Somireddy Chandra Mohan Reddy | 2 April 2017 | 29 May 2019 | [2] | ||||||||
3 | Kurasala Kannababu | 30 May 2019 | 7 April 2022 | 2019 | YSR Congress Party | Jagan | Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy | [3] | ||||
4 | Kakani Govardhan Reddy | 11 April 2022 | 11 June 2024 | [4] | ||||||||
5 | Kinjarapu Atchannaidu | 12 June 2024 | Incumbent | 2024 | Telugu Desam Party | Naidu IV | [5] |