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| Office | Member of Legislative Council Andhra Pradesh |
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| Office | 15th Speaker of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly |
| Office | Minister of Higher Education Government of Andhra Pradesh |
| Office | Minister of Social Welfare, Women Welfare & Family welfare Government of Andhra Pradesh
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| Term start | 1 June 2015 |
| Term end | 29 March 2017 |
| Predecessor | Paladugu Venkata Rao
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| Predecessor | Yanamala Rama Krishnudu |
| Successor | K R Suresh Reddy |
| Constituency | Elected by MLAs
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| Born | 6 February 1956 |
| Born | Kavali, Srikakulam district
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| Political party | Telugu Desam Party
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| Children | 1 (Kavali Greeshma)[1]
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Kavali Prathibha Bharathi (born 6 February 1956) is a politician from the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.[2] She is a former speaker of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly[3] (1999[2]–2004[4]). She was the first woman speaker in Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly.[2] 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.[2] She won successively 5 times (1983 - 2004) from Etcherla by representing Telugu Desam Party.[5]
Pratibha Bharati was born into a politically active Dalit family in Kavali in the Srikakulam district.[2] Her father (K. Punnaiah) and grandfather (K. Narayana) had previously served as Members of the Legislative Assembly.[2]
References
- ↑ Andhra Pradesh MLC polls: TDP declares three candidates — Beeda Ravi Chandra, B.T. Naidu and Kavali Greeshma — for MLC elections under MLA quota(9 March 2025). Retrieved 19 March 2025.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Pratibha Bharati is Andhra Pradesh Assembly's first woman to officially be a Speaker of AP. The Indian Express(12 November 1999). Retrieved 25 December 2010.
- ↑ TDP activists stage protest. The Hindu(23 December 2010). Retrieved 25 December 2010.
- ↑ A popular backlash. Frontline(22 May – 4 June 2004). Retrieved 25 December 2010.
- ↑ AP Assembly urges Centre to amend Statute. The Indian Express(12 November 1999). Retrieved 25 December 2010.