Daggubati Purandeswari

Daggubati Purandeswari
13th President of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Andhra Pradesh
Incumbent
Assumed office 4 July 2023
National President	J. P. Nadda
Preceded by	Somu Veerraju
Union Minister of State for Commerce and Industry
In office 28 October 2012 – 11 March 2014 served along with S. Jagathrakshakan (2012-2013) E. M. Sudarsana Natchiappan (2013-2014)
Prime Minister	Manmohan Singh
Minister	Anand Sharma
Preceded by	Jyotiraditya Scindia
Succeeded by	Nirmala Sitharaman (Mos, I/C) (2014-2017) C. R. Chaudhary (2017-2019)
37th Union Minister of State for Human Resource Development
In office 29 January 2006 – 28 October 2012 served along with E. Ahmed (2011-2012)
Prime Minister	Manmohan Singh
Minister	Arjun Singh Kapil Sibal
Preceded by	Kanti Singh
Succeeded by	Jitin Prasada
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office 4 June 2024
Preceded by	Margani Bharat
Constituency	Rajahmundry
In office 1 June 2009 – 28 May 2014
Preceded by	Nedurumalli Janardhana Reddy
Succeeded by	Kambhampati Hari Babu
Constituency	Visakhapatnam
In office 29 May 2004 – 31 May 2009
Preceded by	D. Ramanaidu
Succeeded by	Panabaka Lakshmi
Constituency	Bapatla
Personal details
Born	Nandamuri Purandeswari (1959-04-22) 22 April 1959 (age 65) Madras, Madras State, (present-day Chennai, Tamil Nadu) India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party (2014-present)
Other political affiliations	Indian National Congress (2004-2014)
Spouse	Daggubati Venkateswara Rao ​ ​ (m. 1979)​
Children	2
Parent	N. T. Rama Rao (father)
Education	B.A. (Literature) and Graduate in Gemology
Alma mater	South Indian Educational Trust Women College (Chennai) Gemmological Institute of India Profession Political & Social Worker
As of 17 May, 2009 Source: [1]

Daggubati Purandeswari (born 22 April 1959) is an Indian politician from the state of Andhra Pradesh. She is the president of Bharatiya Janata Party, Andhra Pradesh.^[1] She is currently serving as a Member of Parliament of Lok Sabha representing the Rajahmundry Lok Sabha constituency.^[2]