Ministry of Panchayat Raj and Rural Development

The Minister of Panchayat Raj and Rural Development or simply Rural Development Minister, is the head of the Department of Panchayat Raj and Rural Development of the Government of Andhra Pradesh.

Minister of Panchayat Raj and Rural Development
Pan̄cāyatī Rāj mariyu Grāmīṇābhivr̥d'dhi Śākha Mantrī
Incumbent Pawan Kalyan since 12 June 2024
Department of Panchayat Raj and Rural Development
Abbreviation	PR&RD
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
Precursor	Budi Mutyala Naidu
Inaugural holder	Chintakayala Ayyanna Patrudu
Formation	8 June 2014
Website	Official website

The incumbent minister of the rural development department is the Deputy Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Pawan Kalyan from 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			Chintakayala Ayyanna Patrudu Panchayat Raj (born 1957) MLA for Narsipatnam	8 June 2014	1 April 2017	2 years, 297 days	2014 (14th)	Telugu Desam Party	Naidu III	N. Chandrababu Naidu	[1]
			Kimidi Mrunalini Rural Development (born 1958) MLA for Cheepurupalli
2			Nara Lokesh (born 1983) MLC	2 April 2017	29 May 2019	2 years, 57 days					[2]
3			Peddireddy Ramachandra Reddy (born 1952) MLA for Punganur	30 May 2019	7 April 2022	2 years, 312 days	2019 (15th)	YSR Congress Party	Jagan	Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy	[3]
4			Budi Mutyala Naidu (born 1964) MLA for Madugula	11 April 2022	11 June 2024	2 years, 61 days					[4]
5			Pawan Kalyan (born 1971) MLA for Pithapuram	12 June 2024	Incumbent	1 year, 187 days	2024 (16th)	Janasena Party	Naidu IV	N. Chandrababu Naidu	[5]