P. K. Sreemathy | |
Office: | Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha |
Constituency: | Kannur |
Predecessor: | K. Sudhakaran |
Office1: | Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Government of Kerala |
1Blankname1: | Chief Minister |
1Namedata1: | V. S. Achuthanandan |
Term Start1: | 18 May 2006 |
Term End1: | 16 May 2011 |
Predecessor1: | K. K. Ramachandran Master |
Successor1: | Adoor Prakash |
Office2: | Member of Kerala Legislative Assembly |
Constituency2: | Payyanur |
Predecessor2: | Pinarayi Vijayan |
Birth Date: | 4 May 1949 |
Birth Place: | Mayyil, Malabar District, Madras State, Dominion of India (present day Kannur, Kerala, India) |
Nationality: | Indian |
Party: | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
P. K. Sreemathy (born 4 May 1949), popularly known as P. K. Sreemathy Teacher, is an Indian politician and a member of the CPI(M). Born at Mayyil Panchayat in Kannur district, Sreemathy was elected to the Kerala Legislative Assembly in 2001 and 2006 from Payyanur Assembly constituency.[1] She was the Health and Family Welfare Minister of Kerala from 2006 to 2011.[2] [3] She was MP of 16th Lok Sabha, representing Kannur Lok Sabha constituency.
Sreemathy teacher is a politician in Kerala politics. She was born on 4 May 1949 as the daughter of Kelu Nambiar and P. K. Meenakshi Amma.[4]
She was the Kannur District Council standing committee chairperson for some time before she became the Kannur district Panchayat from 1995 to 1997. Now she is AIDWA State secretary and CPI(M) National Committee Member. She was elected to the Kerala Legislative Assembly in 2001 and 2006 from Payyanur Assembly constituency.[5] She won the 2014 Lok Sabha election from Kannur Lok Sabha constituency, defeating K. Sudhakaran by a margin of 6566 votes. She lost to K. Sudhakaran with a margin of 94,559 votes in 2019 Indian General election.