Thangam Thennarasu (born 3 June 1966) is an Indian politician and the Minister for
Department of Industries,
Tamil Official Language, Tamil Culture and
Archeology
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Minister of
Tamil nadu
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. He served as Minister for School Education in Tamil Nadu during 2006-2011. He was born in
Mallankinaru
Mallankinaru is a panchayat town in Virudhunagar district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
Demographics
India census
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,
Tamil Nadu
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. He has a bachelor's degree in Engineering. He has been elected to the
Tamil Nadu
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assembly five times. He is the son of the former Member of Legislative Assembly from
Aruppukottai,
V. Thangapandian
He was elected to the
Tamil Nadu legislative assembly
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as a
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (; DMK) is a political party based in the state of Tamil Nadu where it is currently the ruling party having a comfortable majority without coalition support and the union territory of Puducherry where it is curre ...
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,
Thamizhachi Thangapandian
Thamizhachi Thangapandian also known as Sumathy is an Indian Tamil poet, lyricist, orator, politician and writer. She was elected to the Lok Sabha, lower house of the Parliament of India, from Chennai South (Lok Sabha constituency), Chennai Sou ...
.
Ministerial roles
Thennarasu, whose father was
V. Thangapandian, a
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (; DMK) is a political party based in the state of Tamil Nadu where it is currently the ruling party having a comfortable majority without coalition support and the union territory of Puducherry where it is curre ...
(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
2011 elections.
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
See also
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Anna Centenary Library
The Anna Centenary Library (ACL) is an established state library of the Government of Tamil Nadu. It is located at Kotturpuram, Chennai. It is built at a cost of 172 crores (1,720 million). It is named after a former chief minister of Tamil Nad ...
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Iniyavai Naarppathu Parade
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Abonded assembly complex
References
External links
First Mega Job FairJob Fair in Thiruchirapalli
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Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam politicians
1966 births
Living people
Tamil Nadu ministers
Tamil Nadu MLAs 2006–2011
Tamil Nadu MLAs 2011–2016
Tamil Nadu MLAs 2016–2021
Tamil Nadu MLAs 2021–2026
Tamil Nadu politicians