Post: | Minister of Minority Welfare |
Insignia: | Emblem of Andhra Pradesh.svg |
Insigniasize: | 300px |
Flagcaption: | Emblem of Andhra Pradesh |
Incumbent: | N. M. D. Farooq |
Incumbentsince: | 12 June 2024 |
Department: | Department of Minority Welfare |
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 Minority Welfare is the head of the Department of Minority Welfare of the Government of Andhra Pradesh.
The incumbent Minister of Minority Welfare is N. M. D. Farooq 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 | Palle Raghunatha Reddy | 8 June 2014 | 1 April 2017 | 2014 | Telugu Desam Party | Naidu III | [1] | |||||
– | N. Chandrababu Naidu (Chief Minister) | 2 April 2017 | 10 November 2018 | [2] | ||||||||
2 | N. M. D. Farooq | 11 November 2018 | 29 May 2019 | [3] | ||||||||
3 | Amzath Basha Shaik Bepari | 30 May 2019 | 11 June 2024 | 2019 | YSR Congress Party | Jagan | Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy | [4] | ||||
(2) | N. M. D. Farooq | 12 June 2024 | Incumbent | 2024 | Telugu Desam Party | Naidu IV | [5] |