List of ministers of culture of Andhra Pradesh

The Minister of Culture, is the head of the Department of Culture and Telugu Language of the Government of Andhra Pradesh.

Minister of Culture
Sānskr̥tika Śākha Mantrī
Incumbent Kandula Durgesh since 12 June 2024
Department of Culture
Member of	Andha Pradesh Cabinet
Reports to	Governor of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh Legislature
Appointer	Governor of Andhra Pradesh on the advice of the chief minister of Andhra Pradesh
Inaugural holder	Palle Raghunatha Reddy
Formation	8 June 2014
Website	Official website

The incumbent Minister of Culture is Kandula Durgesh from the Janasena Party.

List of ministers

#	Portrait		Minister (Lifespan) Constituency	Term of office			Election (Term)	Party	Ministry	Chief Minister	Ref.
				Term start	Term end	Duration
1			Palle Raghunatha Reddy MLA for Puttaparthi	8 June 2014	1 April 2017	2 years, 297 days	2014 (14th)	Telugu Desam Party	Naidu III	N. Chandrababu Naidu	[1]
2			Bhuma Akhila Priya (born 1987) MLA for Allagadda	2 April 2017	29 May 2019	2 years, 57 days					[2]
3			Muttamsetti Srinivasa Rao (born 1967) MLA for Bheemili	30 May 2019	7 April 2022	2 years, 312 days	2019 (15th)	YSR Congress Party	Jagan	Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy	[3]
4			R. K. Roja Selvamani (born 1972) MLA for Nagari	11 April 2022	11 June 2024	2 years, 61 days					[4]
5			Kandula Durgesh (born 1960) MLA for Nidadavole	12 June 2024	Incumbent	1 year, 61 days	2024 (16th)	Janasena Party	Naidu IV	N. Chandrababu Naidu	[5]