Template:Infobox political post 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 Sasana Mandali has been reconstituted.[1]
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.
| No. | Name | Image | Assumed office | Left office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | P. Rajagopalachari | December 1920 | February 1925 | |
| 2 | L. D. Swamikannu Pillai | 
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February 1925 | September 1925 |
| 3 | M. Ratnaswami | September 1925 | 1926 | |
| 4 | C. V. S. Narasimha Raju | 1926 | 1930 | |
| 5 | B. Ramachandra Reddi | File:Bezawada ramachandra reddy.jpg | 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.
| No. | Name | Image | Took office | Left office | Political party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | U. Rama Rao | 1937 | 1945 | INC | rowspan="4" Template:Party color cell | |
| 2 | R. B. Ramakrishna Raju | 1946 | 1952 | |||
| 3 | P. V. Cherian | 
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1952 | On 1 October 1953, Andhra State was created without a Legislative Council. 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.[2] 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.[2]
| # | Chair[3] | Took office | Left office | Duration | DY Chair | Took office | Left office | Duration | Party | Chief Minister | |
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| 1 | Madapati Hanumantha Rao | 7 July 1958 | 30 June 1960 | Template:Ayd | G.Siris Raju | 8 July 1958 | 30 June 1960 | Template:Ayd | Template:Full party name with color | ||
| 11 July 1960 | 20 July 1964 | Template:Ayd | |||||||||
| 2 | Gottipati Brahmaiah | 25 July 1964 | 30 June 1968 | Template:Ayd | Mamidipudi Anandam | 17 July 1964 | 30 March 1966 | Template:Ayd | Template:Full party name with color | ||
| 3 | Pidathala Ranga Reddy | 15 July 1968 | 13 March 1972 | Template:Ayd | Erram Sathyanarayana | 11 September 1969 | 30 June 1970 | Template:Ayd | Template:Full party name with color | ||
| 4 | Thota Rama Swamy | 25 March 1972 | 30 June 1974 | Template:Ayd | Syed Mukasheer Shah | 7 December 1970 | 30 June 1974 | Template:Ayd | Template:Full party name with color | ||
| 5 | N. Venkata Subbaiah | 2 July 1974 | 28 March 1978 | Template:Ayd | Thota Panchajanyam G.Siris Raju |
2 July 1974 | 28 March 1978 | Template:Ayd | Template:Full party name with color | ||
| 6 | Syed Mukasheer Shah | 26 March 1979 | 30 June 1980 | Template:Ayd | K. Keshava Rao | 26 March 1979 | 30 June 1980 | Template:Ayd | Template:Full party name with color | ||
| 23 February 1981 | 31 May 1985 | Template:Ayd | A. Chakrapani | 23 February 1981 | 31 May 1985 | Template:Ayd | |||||
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| 7 | A. Chakrapani | 1 April 2007 | 1 June 2014 | Template:Ayd | Md.Jani | 1 April 2007 | 1 June 2014 | Template:Ayd | Template:Full party name with color | ||
| 2 June 2014 | 27 May 2017 | Template:Ayd | S.V.Satish Kumar Reddy | 2 June 2014 | 27 May 2017 | Template:Ayd | Template:Full party name with color | ||||
| 8 | N. Md. Farooq | 15 November 2017 | 10 November 2018 | Template:Ayd | Reddy Subrahmanyam | 15 November 2017 | 10 November 2018 | Template:Ayd | Template:Full party name with color | ||
| 9 | Shariff Mohammed Ahmed | 7 February 2019 | 31 May 2021 | Template:Ayd | Reddy Subrahmanyam | 7 February 2019 | 27 July 2020 | Template:Ayd | Template:Full party name with color | ||
| 10 | Koyye Moshenu Raju | 19 November 2021 | Incumbent | Template:Ayd | Zakia Khanam | 26 November 2021 | 13 May 2025[4] | Template:Age in years and days | Template:Full party name with color | ||
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References
- ↑ Chairman. aplegislature.org. Retrieved 2017-11-16.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council History. National Informatics Centre. Retrieved 2010-09-03.
- ↑ Former Chairmen. aplegislature.org. Retrieved 2017-11-16.
- ↑ Deputy Chairperson of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council Mayana Zakia Khanam quits YSRCP, joins BJP. The Hindu(14 May 2025).
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