| Post: | Minister of Human Resources Development |
| Insignia: | Emblem of Andhra Pradesh.svg |
| Insigniasize: | 200 |
| Flagcaption: | Emblem of Andhra Pradesh |
| Incumbent: | Nara Lokesh |
| Incumbentsince: | 12 June 2024 |
| Department: | Department of Human Resources Development |
| Abbreviation: | HRD |
| 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: | Ganta Srinivasa Rao |
| Formation: | 8 June 2014 |
The Minister of Education or Education Minister, officially Minister of Human Resources Development, is the head of the Department of Education of the Government of Andhra Pradesh. One of the senior-most officers in the Cabinet of Andhra Pradesh. Occasionally, the minister is assisted by the Minister of State for Education.
From June 2014 to May 2019, following the bifurcation of United Andhra Pradesh into the present-day residual Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, the Education Minister of Andhra Pradesh was Ganta Srinivasa Rao of the Telugu Desam Party. Following the cabinet formation on 12 June 2024, Nara Lokesh assumed the office under the Chief Ministership of N. Chandrababu Naidu.
| Portrait | Minister | Term of office | Election | Party | Ministry | Chief Minister | Ref. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Term start | Term end | Duration | ||||||||||
| 1 | Ganta Srinivasa Rao | 8 June 2014 | 29 May 2019 | 2014 | Telugu Desam Party | Naidu III | [1] | |||||
| 2 | Audimulapu Suresh | 8 June 2019 | 7 April 2022 | 2019 | YSR Congress Party | Jagan | Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy | [2] | ||||
| 3 | Botsa Satyanarayana | 11 April 2022 | 8 June 2024 | [3] | ||||||||
| 4 | Nara Lokesh | 12 June 2024 | Incumbent | 2024 | Telugu Desam Party | Naidu IV | [4] | |||||