Minister of Education
విద్యా శాఖ మంత్రి
Incumbent
Botsa Satyanarayana
since 11 April 2022
Ministry of Education
StyleThe Honourable
AbbreviationHM
Member ofState Cabinet,
Andhra Pradesh Legislature
Reports toChief Minister,
Andhra Pradesh Legislature
SeatAmaravati
AppointerGovernor on the advice of the Chief Minister
Term length5 years
PrecursorAudimulapu Suresh
(2019-2022)
Formation8 June 2014

The Minister of Education (or simply, the Education Minister) is the head of the Ministry of Education of the Government of Andhra Pradesh. One of the senior-most officers in the Cabinet of Andhra Pradesh, the chief responsibility of the EducationMinister is the maintenance of Andhra Pradesh's internal security; the state's police force comes under its jurisdiction. Occasionally, they are assisted by the Minister of State of Education .

Ever since the time of formation of Andhra Pradesh. the office has been seen as second in seniority with par to FRinacen minister only to the Chief Minister in the state Cabinet. Several EducationMinisters have since held the additional portfolio of Deputy Chief Minister.

From June 2014 to May 2019, the Education Minister of Andhra Pradesh was Ganta Srinivasa Rao of the Telugu Desam Party, taking over the reins from who was last before burification of state into Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Following the cabinet re-shuffling on 11 April 2022, Botsa Satyanarayana assumed the office under Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy ministry.

List of education ministers

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Tenure Party Chief Minister Ref.
Assumed office Left office Time in office
United Andhra Pradesh
Vadde Sobhanadreeswara Rao
 Telugu Desam Party N. Chandrababu Naidu
Indian National Congress Y. S. Rajasekhar Reddy
Indian National Congress N. Kiran Kumar Reddy
Andhra Pradesh
1 Ganta Srinivasa Rao
(1960-)		 8 June 2014 29 May 2019 4 years, 355 days Telugu Desam Party N. Chandrababu Naidu [1]
2 Audimulapu Suresh
(1964-)		 8 June 2019 7 April 2022 2 years, 303 days YSR Congress Party Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy [2]
3 Botsa Satyanarayana
 11 April 2022 Incumbent 1 year, 277 days [3]

References

  1. ↑ Chronicle, Deccan (8 June 2014). "Chandrababu Naidu's Cabinet: Ayyanna, Ganta to be ministers". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  2. ↑ "YS Jagan Cabinet Ministers List 2019: 25 ministers inducted into AP Cabinet | Amaravati News - Times of India". The Times of India. TNN. 8 June 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  3. ↑ Staff Reporter (11 April 2022). "Buggana retains finance, Vanitha gets Home". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 20 August 2022.


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