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{{Short description|Presiding officer of the upper house of the Andhra Pradesh Legislature of India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2022}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2019}}
{{Infobox political post
| post = Chairperson
| insignia =
| insigniasize = 300
| insigniacaption = [[Emblem of Andhra Pradesh]]
| body = Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council
| native_name = {{lang|te-Latn|Āndhra Pradēś Śāsana Maṇḍali Chairpersonn}}
| incumbent = [[Koyye Moshenu Raju]]
| image =
| imagesize =
| incumbentsince = 19 November 2021
| appointer = Members of the [[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council]]
| constituting_instrument =
| termlength = Subject to the pleasure of the Legislative Council (Six years maximum)
| inaugural = [[A. Chakrapani]]
| formation = 30 March 2007; {{age in years|2007|03|30}} years ago
| deputy = [[Zakia Khanam]]
| residence =
| website =
| 2 =
}}
The '''Chairperson of [[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council]]''' presides over the upper house of the [[Andhra Pradesh Legislature]]. The Chairperson regulates the debates and proceedings of the House.

The office was in existence from 1958 to 1985 and again from 2007 when the [[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council|Andhra Pradesh Sasana Mandali]] has been reconstituted.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://aplegislature.org/web/legislative-council/chairman|title=Chairman|website=aplegislature.org|language=en-US|access-date=2017-11-16}}</ref>

As of 19 November 2021, the elected Chairperson of the council is Koyye Moshenu Raju.

== President of the Madras Legislative Council ==


[[Madras Legislative Council]], the first representative legislature for the [[Madras Presidency]] was established in December 1920. The presiding officer of the council was known as the president. [[P. Rajagopalachari]] was nominated as the first president and took office on 17 December 1920.

{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center; font-size: 90%"
! No.
! Name
! Image
! Assumed office
! Left office
|-
| 1
| style="text-align:left"|[[P. Rajagopalachari]]
|
| December 1920
| February 1925
|-
| 2
| style="text-align:left"|[[L. D. Swamikannu Pillai]]
| [[File:L._D._Swamikannu_Pillai.jpg|100px]]
| February 1925
| September 1925
|-
| 3
| style="text-align:left"|[[M. Ratnaswami]]
|
| September 1925
| 1926
|-
| 4
| style="text-align:left"|C. V. S. Narasimha Raju
|
| 1926
| 1930
|-
| 5
| style="text-align:left"|[[B. Ramachandra Reddi]]
| [[File:Bezawada_ramachandra_reddy.jpg|100px]]
| 1930
| 1937
|}

== Chairman of Madras Legislative Council==
The [[Government of India Act 1935]] enabled the introduction of provincial autonomy in 1937, and the [[Madras Legislative Council]] became the upper chamber of a [[bicameral legislature]]. The presiding officer of the council was called as the chairman of the council. This agreement continued after Indian Independence till the abolition of the council in 1986.

{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center; font-size: 90%"
! No.
! Name
! Image
! Took office
! Left office
! colspan=2|Political party
|-
| 1
| style="text-align:left"|[[U. Rama Rao]]
|
| 1937
| 1945
| rowspan="4"|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| rowspan="4" {{party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| 2
| style="text-align:left"|R. B. Ramakrishna Raju
|
| 1946
| 1952
|-
| 3
| style="text-align:left"|[[P. V. Cherian]]
| [[File:Dr._P._V._Cherian_in_1958.jpg|100px]]
| 1952
| On 1 October 1953, [[Andhra State]] was created without a Legislative Council.<br>Left office on 20 April 1964 as the chair person of the residual [[Madras state]].
|-
|}

==List of chairpersons of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council==
In the first years since its creation in post-independence India, the state of Andhra Pradesh worked under a [[unicameral]] parliamentary system. On 5 December 1956, the Andhra Pradesh Vidhana Sabha passed a resolution calling for the creation of an upper house, the Vidhan Parishad, to transition to a [[bicameral]] system as it used to be earlier in the Madras state.<ref name="A">{{cite web|title=Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council History|url=http://legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in/States/Andhra%20pradesh/andhracouncil-w.htm|publisher=National Informatics Centre|access-date=2010-09-03}}</ref> The Vidhan Parishad was formed officially on 1 July 1958 under article 169 of the [[Constitution of India]]. The first [[President of India]], [[Rajendra Prasad]] inaugurated the Vidhan Parishad on 8 July 1958.<ref name="A"/><br>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! #
! Chair<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://aplegislature.org/web/legislative-council/former-chairmen|title=Former Chairmen|website=aplegislature.org|language=en-US|access-date=2017-11-16}}</ref>
! Took office
! Left office
!Duration
! DY Chair
! Took office
! Left office
!Duration
! colspan=2|Party
! Chief Minister
|-
|rowspan=2|1
|rowspan=2|[[Madapati Hanumantha Rao]]
|7 July 1958
|30 June 1960
|'''{{ayd|1958|7|7|1960|6|30}}'''
|rowspan=2|G.Siris Raju
|rowspan=2|8 July 1958
|rowspan=2|30 June 1960
|rowspan=2|'''{{ayd|1958|7|8|1964|6|30}}'''
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}
|
*[[Neelam Sanjiva Reddy]]
*[[Damodaram Sanjivayya]]
|-
|11 July 1960
|20 July 1964
|'''{{ayd|1960|7|11|1964|7|20}}'''
|
*[[Damodaram Sanjivayya]]
*[[Neelam Sanjiva Reddy]]
*[[Kasu Brahmananda Reddy]]
|-
|2
|[[Gottipati Brahmaiah]]
|25 July 1964
|30 June 1968
|'''{{ayd|1964|7|25|1968|6|30}}'''
|[[Mamidipudi Anandam]]
|17 July 1964
|30 March 1966
|'''{{ayd|1964|7|17|1966|3|30}}'''
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|
*[[Kasu Brahmananda Reddy]]
|-
|3
|[[Pidathala Ranga Reddy]]
|15 July 1968
|13 March 1972
|'''{{ayd|1968|7|15|1972|3|13}}'''
|Erram Sathyanarayana
|11 September 1969
|30 June 1970
|'''{{ayd|1969|9|11|1970|6|30}}'''
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|
*[[Kasu Brahmananda Reddy]]
*[[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]
|-
|4
|[[Thota Rama Swamy]]
|25 March 1972
|30 June 1974
|'''{{ayd|1972|3|25|1974|6|30}}'''
|Syed Mukasheer Shah
|7 December 1970
|30 June 1974
|'''{{ayd|1970|12|7|1974|6|30}}'''
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|
*[[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]
*''[[President's rule]]''
*[[Jalagam Vengala Rao]]
|-
|5
|[[N. Venkata Subbaiah]]
|2 July 1974
|28 March 1978
|'''{{ayd|1974|7|2|1978|3|28}}'''
|Thota Panchajanyam<br>G.Siris Raju
|2 July 1974
|28 March 1978
|'''{{ayd|1974|7|2|1978|3|28}}'''
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|
*[[Jalagam Vengala Rao]]
*[[Marri Chenna Reddy]]
|-
|rowspan=2|6
|rowspan=2|[[Syed Mukasheer Shah]]
|26 March 1979
|30 June 1980
|'''{{ayd|1979|3|26|1980|6|30}}'''
|[[K. Keshava Rao]]
|26 March 1979
|30 June 1980
|'''{{ayd|1979|3|26|1980|6|30}}'''
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}
|
*[[Marri Chenna Reddy]]
|-
|23 February 1981
|31 May 1985
|'''{{ayd|1981|2|23|1985|5|31}}'''
|[[A. Chakrapani]]
|23 February 1981
|31 May 1985
|'''{{ayd|1981|2|23|1985|5|31}}'''
|
*[[T. Anjaiah]]
*[[Bhavanam Venkatarami Reddy]]
*[[Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy]]
*[[N. T. Rama Rao]]
*[[Nadendla Bhaskara Rao]]
*[[N. T. Rama Rao]]
|-
! colspan="12" | {{nobold|''Legislative Council abolished during the period'' (31 May 1985 {{ndash}} 29 March 2007)}}{{dash}}'''{{ayd|1985|5|31|2007|3|29}}'''
|-
|rowspan=2|7
|rowspan=2|[[A. Chakrapani]]
|1 April 2007
|1 June 2014
|'''{{ayd|2007|4|1|2014|6|1}}'''
|Md.Jani
|1 April 2007
|1 June 2014
|'''{{ayd|2007|4|1|2014|6|1}}'''
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|
*[[Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy]]
*[[Konijeti Rosaiah]]
*[[Kiran Kumar Reddy]]
*''[[President's rule]]''
|-
|2 June 2014
|27 May 2017
|'''{{ayd|2014|6|2|2017|5|27}}'''
|S.V.Satish Kumar Reddy
|2 June 2014
|27 May 2017
|'''{{ayd|2014|6|2|2017|5|27}}'''
|{{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party }}
|
*''[[President's rule]]''
*[[N. Chandrababu Naidu]]
|-
|8
|[[N. Md. Farooq]]
|15 November 2017
|10 November 2018
|'''{{ayd|2017|11|15|2018|11|10}}'''
|Reddy Subrahmanyam
|15 November 2017
|10 November 2018
|'''{{ayd|2017|11|15|2018|11|10}}'''
|{{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party }}
|
*[[N. Chandrababu Naidu]]
|-
|9
|[[Shariff Mohammed Ahmed]]
|7 February 2019
|31 May 2021
|'''{{ayd|2019|2|7|2021|5|31}}'''
|Reddy Subrahmanyam
|7 February 2019
|27 July 2020
|'''{{ayd|2019|2|7|2020|7|27}}'''
|{{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party }}
|
*[[N. Chandrababu Naidu]]
*[[Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy]]
|-
|10
|[[Koyye Moshenu Raju]]
|19 November 2021
|''Incumbent''
|'''{{ayd|2021|11|19}}'''
|[[Zakia Khanam]]
|26 November 2021
|13 May 2025<ref>{{Cite web |title=Deputy Chairperson of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council Mayana Zakia Khanam quits YSRCP, joins BJP |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/deputy-chairperson-of-andhra-pradesh-legislative-council-mayana-zakia-khanam-quits-ysrcp-joins-bjp/article69574221.ece |website=The Hindu |date=14 May 2025}}</ref>
|'''{{age in years and days|2021|11|26|2025|05|13}}'''
|{{Full party name with color|YSR Congress Party }}
|
*[[Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy]]
*[[N. Chandrababu Naidu]]
|-
|} == Deputy== == Protem ==

==References==
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[[Category:Lists of chairs of upper houses|Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council]]
[[Category:Lists of legislative speakers in India|Andhra Pradesh ]]
[[Category:Andhra Pradesh-related lists]]
[[Category:Lists of people from Andhra Pradesh]]
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