P. Chendur Pandian (3 April 1951 – 11 July 2015) was an Indian politician and

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of the 14th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from Kadayanallur constituency. He represented the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party. Pandian was born in

Sengottai Sengottai (also known as Shencottah, Chenkotta or Shenkottai) is a town in the Tenkasi district, of Tamil Nadu, India. It is the gateway to southern Tamil Nadu and Kerala. Spread over an area of 2.68 km2 with a population of over 26,823, t ...

on 3 April 1951. He was vice-chairman of

Kadayanallur Kadayanallur is the largest city in Tenkasi district, Tamil Nadu, India. Kadayanallur is 17 km from Tenkasi. Etymology The name Kadaiyanallur comes from "Kadaikaaleeswara", the name of the presiding deity of Kadayaleeswarar kovil, a Hin ...

municipality between 1996 and 2001, having been a member since 1986. He won the Kadayanallur constituency in the state assembly at the 2011 elections when he defeated the sitting Indian National Congress representative,

S. Peter Alphonse S. Peter Alphonse is an Indian politician. He is the current Chairman of State Minorities Commission, Tamilnadu. He was elected to Tamil Nadu legislative assembly twice from Tenkasi constituency in 1989 and 1991 elections as an Indian Nationa ...

. Pandian polled 80,794 votes and Alphonse was runner-up with 64,708. On 27 February 2013, relinquished his post as Minister for Khadi and Village Industries when he was appointed the Minister for Tourism by Jayalalithaa, the Chief Minister. He ceased to be Minister for Tourism on 18 June 2013. Pandian held no ministerial office at the time of his death on 11 July 2015, aged 64. At the time he became critically ill with cardiac problems in January of that year, he was the Minister for Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments. His ministerial portfolio was passed to

R. Kamaraj R. Kamaraj (born 25 June 1960) is an Indian politician from the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) party. He has been a member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from Nannilam constituency since 2011 and is the Minister for ...

at the time but he remained minister without portfolio in the government headed by

O. Panneerselvam Ottakarathevar Panneerselvam, popularly known as OPS (born 14 January 1951) is an Indian politician who served as the .Coordinator of AIADMK 6th Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu from 6 December 2016 to 15 February 2017 and as the 2nd Deputy Chief ...

. He ceased to be a minister when Jayalalithaa returned as Chief Minister in May.

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Tamil Nadu MLAs 2011–2016 All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam politicians 2015 deaths State cabinet ministers of Tamil Nadu 1951 births People from Tirunelveli district {{AIADMK-politician-stub