An apparatus and a method for driving a plasma display panel are disclosed. The driving apparatus includes a voltage source, a capacitor charged with a voltage supplied from the voltage source, or discharging the charged voltage, a first switching unit for performing a switching operation to apply the voltage from the voltage source to the capacitor and a panel, or to apply the charged voltage from the capacitor to the panel, and a second switching unit for performing a switching operation reverse to the switching operation of the first switching unit, to discharge a voltage from the panel and to discharge the charged voltage from the capacitor, or to apply the voltage from the voltage source to the capacitor and to discharge the voltage from the panel.