Velu Narayanasamy (born 30 May 1947) is an Indian politician who served as the 10th Chief Minister of Puducherry from 2016 to 2021. He is a member of

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Em ...

political party. He previously served as

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, representing

Puducherry Puducherry or Pondicherry may refer to: * Puducherry (union territory), a union territory of India ** Pondicherry, capital of the union territory of Puducherry ** Puducherry district, a district of the union territory of Puducherry ** Puducherry t ...

in the

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. He served as a Union Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office in the

Manmohan Singh Manmohan Singh (; born 26 September 1932) is an Indian politician, economist and statesman who served as the 13th prime minister of India from 2004 to 2014. He is also the third longest-serving prime minister after Jawaharlal Nehru and Indir ...

government. In the 2014 general elections, he was defeated by the NDA candidate R. Radhakrishnan, who was backed by the ruling

All India N.R. Congress All India N.R. Congress (abbr. AINRC) is a regional political party formed by the Chief Minister of Puducherry, N. Rangaswamy in the Indian union territory of Puducherry. He announced the party formation on 7 February 2011 in the party's h ...

. He is a member of the Congress Working Committee as well as

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's General Secretary.

Early life

V. Narayanasamy was born in

Pondicherry Pondicherry (), now known as Puducherry ( French: Pondichéry ʊdʊˈtʃɛɹi(listen), on-dicherry, is the capital and the most populous city of the Union Territory of Puducherry in India. The city is in the Puducherry district on the sout ...

, the son of Velu, and Iswary. He did his B.A. from

Tagore Arts College Tagore Arts College (French: ''Collège des arts de Tagore''), is one of the oldest general degree colleges located in Lawspet, Puducherry. It was established in 1961 by the Government of Pondicherry (now Puducherry). The college is affiliated wit ...

, Pondicherry. B.L. from

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and M.L. from

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Political career

V. Narayanasamy served three tenures as Rajya Sabha MP and was a member of Lok Sabha from

constituency from 2009 to 2014. He was minister of state in Prime Minister's office in

's second government as well as minister of state, Parliamentary Affairs in the first UPA government.

Chief Minister

He was named the Chief Minister of Puducherry in May 2016 after

and

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alliance won Puducherry Legislative Assembly election. He was chosen over

V. Vaithilingam V. Vaithilingam (born 5 October 1950) is an Indian politician belonging to the Indian National Congress, who currently represents Puducherry in the Lok Sabha. He held the position as 11th Chief Minister of Pondicherry from 1991 to 1996 and 16t ...

who was twice Chief Minister of Puducherry. On 6 June 2016, he replaced

N. Rangaswamy Natesan Krishnasamy Rangasamy (born 4 August 1950) is an Indian politician who is the Chief Minister of the Union Territory of Puducherry. He previously served as last Chief Minister of Pondicherry from 2001 to 2006 and first Chief Minister ...

and was sworn in as Chief Minister of Puducherry. On 22 February 2021, Narayanasamy resigned from the post after the Congress government lost its majority in the legislative assembly and the trust vote on floor.

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Early life

Political career

Chief Minister

See also

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