The Minister of Home Affairs or Home Minister (HM) is the head of the Ministry of Home Affairs of the Government of Andhra Pradesh. The minister's chief responsibility is the maintenance of Andhra Pradesh's internal security; the state's police force comes under the ministry's jurisdiction. Occasionally, the minister is assisted by the Minister of State of Home Affairs. The Minister of Home Affairs is one of the senior-most officers in the Cabinet of Andhra Pradesh. Several Home Ministers have held the additional portfolio of Deputy Chief Minister.

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Minister of Home Affairs
Paura rakṣaṇa Vyavahārāla mariyu Vipatthu Nirvahāṇa Śākha Mantrī
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since 12 June 2024
Department of Home Affairs
AbbreviationHM
Member ofAndha Pradesh Cabinet
Reports toGovernor of Andhra Pradesh
Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh Legislature
AppointerGovernor of Andhra Pradesh
on the advice of the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh
Inaugural holderNimmakayala Chinarajappa
Formation8 June 2014
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From June 2014 to May 2019, the Home Minister of Andhra Pradesh was Nimmakayala Chinarajappa of the Telugu Desam Party, taking over the reins from Kiran Kumar Reddy, who was also Home Minister as well as the last Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh before the bifurcation of United Andhra Pradesh into the present-day residual Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Following the cabinet re-shuffling on 11 April 2022, Taneti Vanitha assumed the office under the Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy ministry, serving until 11 June 2024. On 14 June 2024, Vangalapudi Anitha assumed the office under the fourth N. Chandrababu Naidu ministry.

Functions

The Home Department oversees various personnel and administrative functions across several departments, including the police, prisons, fire services, and printing & stationery departments, with the exception of cadre officer matters. Its responsibilities include management of the Special Protection Force (SPF), administration of the Sainik Welfare Department, and regulation under the Arms Act and related state judicial matters. Additionally, the department is authorized to sanction or withdraw prosecution, delegate magisterial powers to district collectors and district election officers during election periods, and confer magisterial powers to IAS probationers.[1]

List of Home Ministers

United Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh

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# Portrait Minister
(Lifespan)
Constituency
Term of office Election
(Term)
Party Ministry Chief Minister Ref.
Term start Term end Duration
1 Thumb Nimmakayala Chinarajappa
(born 1953)
MLA for Peddapuram
8 June 2014 29 May 2019 4 years, 355 days 2014
(14th)
Telugu Desam Party Naidu III N. Chandrababu Naidu [6]
2 Thumb Mekathoti Sucharitha
(born 1972)
MLA for Prathipadu
8 June 2019 7 April 2022 2 years, 303 days 2019
(15th)
YSR Congress Party Jagan Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy [7][8]
3 Taneti Vanitha
(born 1973
MLA for Gopalapuram
11 April 2022 11 June 2024 2 years, 58 days [9][10]
4 Thumb Vangalapudi Anitha
(born 1979)
MLA for Payakaraopet
12 June 2024 Incumbent 164 days 2024
(16th)
Telugu Desam Party Naidu IV N. Chandrababu Naidu [11][12]
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