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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = Gadwal Vijayalakshmi<br />
| image = [[File:Gadwal Vijayalakshmi.jpg|500px]]<br />
| order1 = <br />
| office1 =[[Mayor of Hyderabad (India)|Mayor of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation]]<br />
| term_start1 = 11 February 2021<br />
| term_end1 =<br />
| predecessor1 = [[Bonthu Rammohan]]<br />
| citizenship = India (by birth; 2007–present)<br />United States (until 2007)<br />
| successor1 = <br />
| party =[[File:Telangana Rashtra Samithi symbol.svg|40px]] [[Telangana Rashtra Samithi]]<br />
| residence = [[Hyderabad]], [[Telangana]], India<br />
| birth_place = [[Hyderabad]], [[Andhra Pradesh]],(present-day Telangana) India<br />
| spouse = Bobby Reddy <br />
| father = [[K. Keshava Rao]] <br />
| alma_mater = [[Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan]]<br />[[Sultan-ul-Uloom Education Society|Sultan-ul-Uloom College of Law]]<br />
| birth_date= {{Birth date and age|1964|06|21|df=y}}<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thehansindia.com/news/cities/hyderabad/hyderabad-mayor-gadwal-vijayalakshmi-plants-saplings-donats-blood-on-her-birthday-691937|title=Hyderabad Mayor Gadwal Vijayalakshmi plants saplings, donats blood on her birthday|date=22 June 2021|work=The Hans India}}</ref><ref name="hin" /><br />
|website = https://www.instagram.com/vijayalaxmigadwal/?hl=en<br />
}}<br />
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'''Gadwal Vijayalakshmi''' is an Indian politician serving as the current [[Mayor of Hyderabad, India|mayor]] of [[Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation]] (GHMC) since February 2021. She is a member of [[Telangana Rashtra Samithi]] (TRS) party based in [[Telangana]].<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Gadwal Vijayalakshmi is born to politician [[K. Keshava Rao]] and his wife Vasantha Kumar. Rao is a politician from [[Telangana Rashtra Samithi]] (TRS) party and Member of Parliament who represented [[Andhra Pradesh]] in the [[Rajya Sabha]], the upper house of the [[Indian Parliament]].<ref name="hin" /><br />
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Vijayalakshmi married Bobby Reddy who she met at [[ICRISAT]] tennis club.<ref>{{cite news | title=GHMC Mayor Gadwal Vijayalakshmi Love Story | url=https://english.sakshi.com/news/hyderabad/ghmc-mayor-gadwal-vijayalakshmi-love-story-130378 | newspaper=[[Sakshi (media group)]] | date=14 February 2021 | access-date=18 February 2021}}</ref><br />
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==Education==<br />
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Vijayalakshmi completed her secondary school from Holy Mary School, Hyderabad and Junior College from Reddy women's college, Hyderabad, Bachelors in Journalism from [[Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan]] and [[Bachelor of Laws]] (LLB) from [[Sultan-ul-Uloom Education Society|Sultan-ul-Uloom Law College]], Hyderabad. While staying in [[North Carolina]], [[USA]] Gadwal Vijayalakshmi worked at [[Duke University]], cardiology department as research scholar.<ref name="hin">{{cite news | title=Mayor a highly educated and accomplished person | url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/mayor-a-highly-educated-and-accomplished-person/article33814972.ece | newspaper=[[The Hindu]] | date=11 February 2021 | access-date=18 February 2021}}</ref><br />
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==Political career==<br />
In the year 2007, she left her [[Citizenship of the United States]] and returned to India and joined politics.<ref>{{cite news | title=Who is Gadwal Vijayalakshmi, Hyderabad Mayor Who Left US Citizenship To Enter Politics | url=https://www.india.com/news/hyderabad/who-is-gadwal-vijayalakshmi-hyderabad-mayor-trs-ghmc-who-left-us-citizenship-to-enter-politics-4414416/ | newspaper=[[Essel Group]] (India.com) | date=11 February 2021 | access-date=18 February 2021}}</ref> In 2016 she contested as a [[corporator]] from the TRS party and won. In 2020 she contested from [[Banjara Hills]] [[Administrative divisions of Hyderabad|ward]] as a [[corporator]] and won. On 11 February 2021, she is selected as the first woman Mayor after the formation of Telangana state in 2014.<ref>{{cite news | title=Meet Hyderabad's First Ever Female Mayor G Vijayalakshmi | url=https://www.indiatimes.com/news/india/hyderabad-first-ever-female-mayor-g-vijayalakshmi-534101.html | newspaper=[[India Times]] | date=11 February 2021 | access-date=18 February 2021}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{Twitter|GadwalvijayaTRS}}<br />
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