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| name = Kavali Prathibha Bharathi<br />
| image = Kavali Prathibha Bharathi.jpg<br />
| caption =<br />
| birth_date = 6 February 1956<br />
| birth_place = [[Kavali, Srikakulam|Kavali]], [[Srikakulam district]]<br />
| death_date = <br />
| death_place = <br />
| office = [[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council|Member of Legislative Council <br>Andhra Pradesh]]<br />
| term_start = 1 June 2015<br />
| term_end = 29 March 2017<br />
| predecessor = Paladugu Venkata Rao<br />
| constituency = Elected by MLAs<br />
| office1 = 15th [[List of speakers of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly|Speaker of the <br>Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]<br />
| term1 = 11 November 1999 - 30 May 2004<br />
| governor1 = [[Krishan Kant]]<br/>[[Gopala Ramanujam]]<br/>[[C. Rangarajan]]<br/>[[Surjit Singh Barnala]]<br />
| 1blankname1 = Chief Minister<br />
| 1namedata1 = [[N. Chandrababu Naidu]]<br />
| predecessor1 = [[Yanamala Rama Krishnudu]]<br />
| successor1 = [[K R Suresh Reddy]]<br />
| office2 = [[First N. Chandrababu Naidu ministry|Minister of Higher Education]]<br>[[Government of Andhra Pradesh]]<br />
| term2 = 1 September 1995 - 11 October 1999<br />
| governor2 = [[Krishan Kant]]<br/>[[C. Rangarajan]]<br />
| 1blankname2 = Chief Minister<br />
| 1namedata2 = [[N. Chandrababu Naidu]]<br />
| predecessor2 = [[Gali Muddu Krishnama Naidu]]<br />
| successor2 = [[N. M. D. Farooq]]<br />
| office3 = [[Second N. T. Rama Rao ministry|Minister of Social Welfare,<br>Women Welfare & Family welfare]]<br>[[Government of Andhra Pradesh]]<br />
| term3 = 3 December 1994 - 1 September 1995<br />
| governor3 = [[Krishan Kant]]<br />
| 1blankname3 = Chief Minister<br />
| 1namedata3 = [[N. T. Rama Rao]]<br />
| predecessor3 = <br />
| successor3 = [[K. Pushpaleela]]<br />
| term4 = 10 January 1983 - 12 December 1989<br />
| governor4 = [[K. C. Abraham]]<br/>[[Thakur Ramlal]]<br/>[[Shankar Dayal Sharma]]<br/>[[Kumudben Joshi]]<br />
| 1blankname4 = Chief Minister<br />
| 1namedata4 = [[N. T. Rama Rao]]<br />
| predecessor4 = <br />
| successor4 = <br />
| office5 = [[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly|Member of Legislative Assembly<br>Andhra Pradesh]]<br />
| term5 = 1983 - 2004<br />
| predecessor5 = Kothapalli Narasayya<br />
| successor5 = Kondru Murali Mohan<br />
| constituency5 = [[Etcherla Assembly constituency|Etcherla]]<br />
| party = [[Telugu Desam Party]]<br />
| spouse = <br />
| children = 1 ([[Kavali Greeshma]])<ref name="Andhra Pradesh MLC polls: TDP declares three candidates — Beeda Ravi Chandra, B.T. Naidu and Kavali Greeshma — for MLC elections under MLA quota">{{cite news |last1= |first1= |title=Andhra Pradesh MLC polls: TDP declares three candidates — Beeda Ravi Chandra, B.T. Naidu and Kavali Greeshma — for MLC elections under MLA quota |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/tdp-declares-three-candidates-for-mlc-elections-under-mla-quota-in-andhra-pradesh/article69310371.ece |access-date=19 March 2025 |publisher=The Hindu |date=9 March 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250319134556/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/tdp-declares-three-candidates-for-mlc-elections-under-mla-quota-in-andhra-pradesh/article69310371.ece |archive-date=19 March 2025 |language=en-IN}}</ref><br />
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'''Kavali Prathibha Bharathi''' (born 6 February 1956) is a politician from the [[India]]n state of [[Andhra Pradesh]].<ref name=Express>{{cite news |title= Pratibha Bharati is Andhra Pradesh Assembly's first woman to officially be a Speaker of AP |url= http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie/daily/19991112/ipo12001.html |newspaper= The Indian Express |date= 12 November 1999 |access-date=25 December 2010}}</ref> She is a former speaker of the [[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]<ref>{{cite news |title= TDP activists stage protest |url= http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/article971267.ece |newspaper= The Hindu |date= 23 December 2010 |access-date=25 December 2010}}</ref> (1999<ref name=Express/>&ndash;2004<ref>{{cite news |title= A popular backlash |author= S. Nagesh Kumar W. Chandrakanth |url= http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl2111/stories/20040604009012700.htm |newspaper= Frontline |date= 22 May – 4 June 2004 |access-date= 25 December 2010 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090701065553/http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl2111/stories/20040604009012700.htm |archive-date= 1 July 2009 |url-status= usurped }}</ref>). She was the first woman speaker in [[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly]].<ref name=Express/> She was Minister of Social Welfare, Health Welfare and Family Welfare 1983, 1985 and 1994 and served as the Minister of Higher Education between 1995 & 1999.<ref name=Express/> She won successively 5 times (1983 - 2004) from [[Etcherla Assembly constituency|Etcherla]] by representing [[Telugu Desam Party]].<ref>{{cite news |title= AP Assembly urges Centre to amend Statute |url= http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie/daily/19991112/ipo12003.html |newspaper= The Indian Express |date= 12 November 1999 |access-date=25 December 2010}}</ref><br />
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Pratibha Bharati was born into a politically active [[Dalit]] family in [[Kavali, Srikakulam|Kavali]] in the [[Srikakulam district]].<ref name=Express/> Her father ([[K. Punnaiah]]) and grandfather (K. Narayana) had previously served as Members of the Legislative Assembly.<ref name=Express/><br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Andhra Pradesh]]<br />
[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:Speakers of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]<br />
[[Category:1956 births]]<br />
[[Category:Women members of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]<br />
[[Category:People from Srikakulam district]]<br />
[[Category:Telugu politicians]]<br />
[[Category:Telugu Desam Party politicians]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century Indian women politicians]]<br />
[[Category:21st-century Indian women politicians]]<br />
[[Category:People from Uttarandhra]]<br />
[[Category:Andhra Pradesh MLAs 1983–1985]]<br />
[[Category:Andhra Pradesh MLAs 1985–1989]]<br />
[[Category:Andhra Pradesh MLAs 1989–1994]]<br />
[[Category:Andhra Pradesh MLAs 1994–1999]]<br />
[[Category:Andhra Pradesh MLAs 1999–2004]]<br />
[[Category:Members of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council]]<br />
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