| Dr. Panabaka Lakshmi | |
| Birth Date: | 6 October 1958 |
| Birth Place: | Kavali, Andhra Pradesh |
| Residence: | Nellore |
| Office1: | Union Minister of State for Textiles |
| Term Start1: | 2009 |
| Term End1: | 2012 |
| Primeminister1: | Manmohan Singh |
| Minister1: | Dayanidhi Maran Anand Sharma |
| Predecessor1: | E. V. K. S. Elangovan |
| Successor1: | Ajay Tamta |
| Office2: | Union Minister of State for Health & Family Welfare |
| Term Start2: | 2004 |
| Term End2: | 2009 |
| Primeminister2: | Manmohan Singh |
| Successor2: | Dinesh Trivedi |
| Office3: | Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha |
| Term Start3: | 2009 |
| Term End3: | 2014 |
| Predecessor3: | Daggubati Purandareswari |
| Successor3: | Malyadri Sriram |
| Constituency3: | Bapatla |
| Term Start4: | 2004 |
| Term End4: | 2009 |
| Successor4: | Mekapati Rajamohan Reddy |
| Predecessor4: | Vukkala Rajeswaramma |
| Constituency4: | Nellore |
| Term Start5: | 1996 |
| Term End5: | 1999 |
| Predecessor5: | Padmashree Kudumula |
| Successor5: | Vukkala Rajeswaramma |
| Constituency5: | Nellore |
| Party: | Telugu Desam Party (From 2019) |
| Spouse: | Panabaka Krishnaiah |
| Children: | 2 daughters |
| Source: | http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/biodata.asp?mpsno=3740 |
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 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]
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]