Panabaka Lakshmi

Dr. Panabaka Lakshmi (born 6 October 1958) is an Indian politician and Former Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare (2004-2009) and Union Minister of State for Textile (2009-2012). She represents the Bapatla constituency of Andhra Pradesh and was a member of the Indian National Congress in combined Andhra Pradesh. Now she is a part of Telugu Desam Party (TDP).^[1]

Dr. Panabaka Lakshmi
Union Minister of State for Textiles
In office 2009–2012
Prime Minister	Manmohan Singh
Minister	Dayanidhi Maran Anand Sharma
Preceded by	E. V. K. S. Elangovan
Succeeded by	Ajay Tamta
Union Minister of State for Health & Family Welfare
In office 2004–2009
Prime Minister	Manmohan Singh
Succeeded by	Dinesh Trivedi
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 2009–2014
Preceded by	Daggubati Purandareswari
Succeeded by	Malyadri Sriram
Constituency	Bapatla
In office 2004–2009
Preceded by	Vukkala Rajeswaramma
Succeeded by	Mekapati Rajamohan Reddy
Constituency	Nellore
In office 1996–1999
Preceded by	Padmashree Kudumula
Succeeded by	Vukkala Rajeswaramma
Constituency	Nellore
Personal details
Born	(1958-10-06) 6 October 1958 (age 66) Kavali, Andhra Pradesh
Political party	Telugu Desam Party (From 2019)
Other political affiliations	Indian National Congress (Till 2019)
Spouse	Panabaka Krishnaiah
Children	2 daughters
Residence	Nellore
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Personal life

Dr. Panabaka Lakshmi was born in Kavali, Nellore (Andhra Pradesh) and married Dr. P. Krishnaiah, Ex.I.R.T.S She has two daughters. She completed her M.A. in Public Administration from Andhra University.^[2]

Career

She was elected to the 11th, 12th, and 14th Lok Sabha from Nellore and to 15th Lok Sabha from Bapatla. She was the Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (2004–09), Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, and Ministry of Textiles (2009–14) in UPA Govt.^[3]

She unsuccessfully contested 2019 Lok Sabha elections from Tirupati as a TDP candidate against Balli Durga Prasad Rao of YSRCP.^[4] In 2021, she is also unsuccessfully attend Lok Sabha By-elections from same Tirupati seat, which is vacant following the demise of sitting MP Balli Durga Prasad Rao.^[5]