M. Thambidurai | |
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| Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | |
| Assumed office 14 March 2020 | |
| Constituency | Tamil Nadu |
| Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha | |
| In office 13 August 2014 – 25 May 2019 | |
| Speaker | Sumitra Mahajan |
| Preceded by | Kariya Munda |
| Succeeded by | Vacant |
| In office 22 January 1985 – 27 November 1989 | |
| Speaker | Balram Jakhar |
| Preceded by | G. Lakshmanan |
| Succeeded by | Shivraj Patil |
| Union Minister of Law, Justice & Corporate Affairs and Minister of State for Surface Transport | |
| In office 16 May 1998 – 25 November 1999 | |
| Prime Minister | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| Preceded by | Ramakant Khalap |
| Succeeded by | Rangarajan Kumaramangalam |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| In office 14 May 2009 – 22 May 2019 | |
| Preceded by | K. C. Palanisamy |
| Succeeded by | S. Jothimani |
| Constituency | Karur, Tamil Nadu |
| In office 10 March 1998 – 26 April 1999 | |
| Preceded by | K. Natrayan |
| Succeeded by | M. Chinnasamy |
| Constituency | Karur, Tamil Nadu |
| In office 1989–1991 | |
| Preceded by | A.R. Murugaiah |
| Succeeded by | N. Murugesan |
| Constituency | Karur, Tamil Nadu |
| In office 1984–1989 | |
| Preceded by | K. Arjunan |
| Succeeded by | M. G. Sekhar |
| Constituency | Dharmapuri, Tamil Nadu |
| Member of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 18 May 2001 – 25 May 2009 | |
| Preceded by | E. G. Sugavanam |
| Succeeded by | K. R. K. Narasimhan |
| Constituency | Bargur |
| In office 1977–1982 | |
| Constituency | Erode |
| Minister for Education, Technical Education, Science and Technology, Sports and Youth Welfare, Archeology, Tamil Development and Tamil Culture, Indian Overseas, Refugees and Evacuees, Government of Tamil Nadu | |
| In office 16 May 2001 – 12 May 2006 | |
| Chief Minister | J. Jayalalithaa O. Panneerselvam J. Jayalalithaa |
| Propaganda Secretary of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| Assumed office 28 August 2007 | |
| General Secretary | |
| Preceded by | Edappadi K. Palaniswami |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 March 1947 |
| Political party | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (1972-present) |
| Other political affiliations | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (1965-1972) |
| Spouse |
Banumathi Thambidurai
(m. 1986) |
| Children | 2 |
| Residence | 5, Tughlak Lane, New Delhi |
| Alma mater | Madras Christian College |
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Munisamy Thambidurai (born 15 March 1947) is an Indian politician from Tamil Nadu who served as the Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha[1] and leader of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) in the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Indian Parliament.[2] He had served as the Cabinet Minister of Law, Justice and Company Affairs and as the Minister of State of Surface Transport from March 1998 to April 1999. He had also served as the Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha from 1985 to 1989.[3]
Political career
[edit]Thambidurai started his political career as a youth worker and student activist of the erstwhile united DMK in 1965 at the age of 18, when he was in the first year as a student of Madras Christian College. He participated in the anti-Hindi agitation of 1965 and courted arrest. He worked his way up in the Party as a hard working organizer, starting as a worker at the booth level for Municipal and Legislative Assembly polls in 1967 and 1971 for the DMK, and also as an Agitprop coordinator in universities and colleges. He was among the founding-members and first generation of the AIADMK in 1972 when the party split with M.G. Ramachandran. He became an MLA from Erode in 1977, and was first elected as a Member of Parliament to the 8th Lok Sabha in 1984 from Karur (Lok Sabha constituency), Dharmapuri and was subsequently elected to the 9th, 12th, 15th and 16th Lok Sabha. He was also elected to the Tamil Nadu assembly in the 2001 2006 elections from Bargur (state assembly constituency). He also served as minister of Education, Technical Education, Science and Technology, Sports and Youth Welfare, Archeology, Tamil Development and Tamil Culture, Indian Overseas, Refugees and Evacuees. He was portfolio during jayalaithaa 2001 cabinet.
Thambidurai contested the 2014 Lok Sabha elections from Karur (Lok Sabha constituency) in Tamil Nadu and was subsequently elected as a member of the Indian Parliament. He had been serving as the leader of AIADMK in the Lok Sabha since 2009. He lost in the general elections in 2019 to Jothimani.
Elections Contested
[edit]Lok Sabha
[edit]| Year | Constituency | Party | Votes | % | Opponent | Opponent Party | Opponent Votes | % | Result | Margin | % | ||
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| 1984 | Dharmapuri | AIADMK | 3,33,427 | 63.33 | Parvathi Krishnan | CPI | 1,82,175 | 34.6 | Won | 1,51,252 | 28.73 | ||
| 1989 | Karur | 4,84,492 | 65.6 | K. C. Palanisamy | DMK | 2,45,741 | 33.27 | Won | 2,38,751 | 32.33 | |||
| 1996 | 2,41,556 | 33.08 | K. Natrayan | TMC(M) | 4,09,830 | 56.12 | Lost | -1,68,274 | -23.04 | ||||
| 1998 | 3,27,480 | 50.39 | 2,83,807 | 43.67 | Won | 43,673 | 6.72 | ||||||
| 2009 | 3,80,542 | 46.21 | K. C. Palanisamy | DMK | 3,33,288 | 40.48 | Won | 47,254 | 5.73 | ||||
| 2014 | 5,40,722 | 52.36 | M. Chinnasamy | 3,45,475 | 33.45 | Won | 1,95,247 | 18.91 | |||||
| 2019 | 2,75,151 | 25.06 | S. Jothimani | INC | 6,95,697 | 63.36 | Lost | -4,20,546 | -38.3 | ||||
Rajya Sabha
[edit]| Position | Party | Constituency | From | To | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha (1st Term) |
AIADMK | Tamil Nadu | 3 April 2020 |
2 April 2026 |
5 years, 364 days | |
Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
[edit]Personal life
[edit]Dr.M.Thambidurai born in Sinthagampalli village of krishnagiri district Tamil Nadu belongs to a Kongu Vellalar community which is a majority in some of the Districts of Tamil Nadu. He is member of the Trust of Adhiyamaan Educational and Research Institutions, Chennai; St.Peter's Institute of Higher Education and Research Chennai; Lakshmi Sarawathi Educational Trust, Chennai; Kovai Kalaimagal Educational Trust which is managed by his wife Dr. T. Bhanumathi. He has two daughters .[4][5]
References
[edit]- ^ "M Thambidurai elected deputy speaker of Lok Sabha". Times of India. 13 August 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
- ^ Julie Mariappan (19 May 2014). "Thambidurai appointed AIADMK's parliamentary party leader". The Times of India.
- ^ "Fifteenth Lok Sabha Members Bioprofile: Thambidurai, Dr. Munisamy". Lok Sabha. Archived from the original on 5 June 2014. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
- ^ "Thambidurai agrees to provide access to lands". The hindu. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
- ^ "Report of the Expert Committee" (PDF). UGC. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
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