S. Thirunavukkarasu
| S. Thirunavukkarasar | |
|---|---|
| former Minister of Shipping, Telecommunication and Information Technology | |
| Prime Minister | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| Constituency | Pudukottai |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 May 1949 |
| Political party |
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam – (1977–1991) Thayaga Marumalarchi Kazhagam (1991–1996) All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (1996–2000) MGR Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (2000–2002) (merged with BJP) Bharatiya Janata Party (2002–2009) INC (2009 – current) |
| Residence | Madras |
Subburaman Thirunavukkarasar (born 7 May 1949) is an Indian politician. He is a secretary of the All India Congress Committee (AICC) of the Indian National Congress (INC) party. His introduction to politics in 1977 was facilitated by former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, M. G. Ramachandran. Ramachandran founded the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) in 1972 and was facing his first elections for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election in 1977. He identified Thirunavukkarasar, a lawyer by profession, from a Congress family, to contest the Aranthangi assembly constituency. Thirunavukkarasar won the seat, aged 27, and was elected as the Deputy Speaker of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. He continued in that capacity till 1980. Subsequently, he served as Tamil Nadu state minister from 1980 to 1987 in the Ramachandran cabinet, holding portfolios that included Industries, Excise and Handlooms. Later, he became a member of the Lok Sabha – the lower house of the Parliament of India – when he won the Pudukottai parliamentary constituency. He served as central government minister for shipping, telecommunications and information technology.
Thirunavukkarasar joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for a brief period and was also a member of the Rajya Sabha – the upper house of the Parliament of India – from the state of Madhya Pradesh. He contested unsuccessfully in the Indian general election, 2009 elections from Ramanathapuram constituency as a BJP candidate.
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