Thangam Thennarasu (born 3 June 1966) is an Indian politician and the Minister for Department of Industries, Tamil Official Language, Tamil Culture and

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Minister of

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. He served as Minister for School Education in Tamil Nadu during 2006-2011. He was born in

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. He has a bachelor's degree in Engineering. He has been elected to the

assembly five times. He is the son of the former Member of Legislative Assembly from

Aruppukottai Aruppukottai is a town and a municipality in Virudhunagar district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. Aruppukottai's classical name is "Sengattu Aravakotai". Aruppukottai is about 50 km from Madurai. It is in the middle of Madurai-Tuticorin ...

, V. Thangapandian He was elected to the

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as a

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candidate from Aruppukottai constituency in 1997/98 by-election, and 2006 election. He is the younger brother of recently elected Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha, from the Chennai South constituency,

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Ministerial roles

Thennarasu, whose father was V. Thangapandian, a

(DMK) government minister, himself because Minister for Schools in the DMK government that gained power at the 2006 state assembly elections.

Later career

Thennarasu stood as a candidate in the newly-created constituency of

Tiruchuli Tiruchuli is a village in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is sited about 15 kilometres east of Aruppukkottai, 40 km east of Virudhunagar, and 45 km south of Madurai. The village is the birthplace of Sri Ramana Maharishi, the most revered 20th ...

for the

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. He filed a case in the court against the Tamil Nadu Government's decision to form an inquiry into the alleged irregularities in construction of

Tamil Nadu legislative assembly-secretariat complex Tamil Nadu Government Multi-Super-Speciality Hospital is a 400-bed government-owned super-speciality hospital in Chennai, India. It is located at the Omandurar Government Estate on Anna Salai and was opened in February 2014. Originally built a ...

Elections contested and results

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Ministerial roles

Later career

Elections contested and results

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