Patricia Louise "Pat" Kronebusch (March 17, 1927 – April 3, 2004) was a Minnesota politician and a member of the Minnesota Senate who represented District 34, which included portions of Houston, Olmsted, Wabash and Winona counties in the southeastern part of the state.
Her special legislative concerns included education, small business, transportation, veterans, banking, and agriculture.
[1] Kronebusch had lunch at the White House with President Ronald Reagan while she was in office, and authored a bill that would allow minors to donate their organs with the permission of their parents.
She was also an active opponent of the state's elimination of the Council of the Economic Status of Women in 1983 in favor of a commission.
[2] The reorganization as a joint legislative advisory commission eliminated all public members from the decision-making process.