Department of Minority Welfare (Andhra Pradesh)

The Minister of Minority Welfare is the head of the Department of Minority Welfare of the Government of Andhra Pradesh.

Minister of Minority Welfare
Maināriṭī Saṅkṣēma Śākha Mantrī
Incumbent N. M. D. Farooq since 12 June 2024
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 on the advice of the chief minister of Andhra Pradesh
Inaugural holder	Palle Raghunatha Reddy
Formation	8 June 2014

The incumbent Minister of Minority Welfare is N. M. D. Farooq from the Telugu Desam 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]
–			N. Chandrababu Naidu (born 1950) MLA for Kuppam (Chief Minister)	2 April 2017	10 November 2018	1 year, 222 days					[2]
2			N. M. D. Farooq (born 1950) MLC	11 November 2018	29 May 2019	199 days					[3]
3			Amzath Basha Shaik Bepari MLA for Kadapa	30 May 2019	11 June 2024	5 years, 12 days	2019 (15th)	YSR Congress Party	Jagan	Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy	[4]
(2)			N. M. D. Farooq (born 1950) MLA for Nandyal	12 June 2024	Incumbent	1 year, 62 days	2024 (16th)	Telugu Desam Party	Naidu IV	N. Chandrababu Naidu	[5]