Zakia Khanam | |
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Deputy Chairman of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council | |
Assumed office 26 November 2021 | |
Preceded by | Reddy Subrahmanyam |
Member of Legislative Council Andhra Pradesh | |
Assumed office 28 July 2020 | |
Constituency | Nominated by Governor |
Personal details | |
Born | Rayachoti,Andhra Pradesh,India | 1 January 1971
Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Other political affiliations | YSR Congress Party |
Spouse | Mayana Afzal Ali Khan |
Mayana Zakia Khanam (born 1 January 1971) is an Indian politician from Andhra Pradesh. She has been elected to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council (APLC) in 2020 from the Annamayya constituency,representing the YSR Congress Party. She is the current deputy chairman of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council.
In July 2020,Khanam was elected to the APLC from the Annamayya constituency by Governor Biswabhusan Harichandan. [1] She was elected deputy speaker of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council on 26 November 2021,becoming the first woman to do so. [2] [3]
Zakia Khanam resigned to her MLC post and YSRCP primary membership on 14 May 2025 and joined Bharatiya Janata Party in the presence of BJP party President &Rajahmundry MP Daggubati Purandeswari and Health Minister Satya Kumar Yadav in Vijayawada. [4] [5] [6]
Khanam is married to Mayana Afzal Ali Khan and they have four children together. [1]