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 andMinister 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 ofTamil 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 ofAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| Assumed office 28 August 2007 | |
| General Secretary | |
| Preceded by | Edappadi K. Palaniswami |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1947-03-15)15 March 1947 (age 78) |
| Political party | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (1972-present) |
| Other political affiliations | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (1965-1972) |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2 |
| Residence | 5, Tughlak Lane, New Delhi |
| Alma mater | Madras Christian College |
Munisamy Thambidurai (born 15 March 1947) is an Indian politician fromTamil Nadu who served as theDeputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha[1] and leader ofAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) in theLok Sabha, the lower house of theIndian Parliament.[2] He had served as the Cabinet Minister ofLaw, Justice and Company Affairs and as the Minister of State ofSurface Transport from March 1998 to April 1999. He had also served as theDeputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha from 1985 to 1989.[3]
Thambidurai started his political career as a youth worker and student activist of the erstwhile unitedDMK in 1965 at the age of 18, when he was in the first year as a student ofMadras 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 anAgitprop coordinator in universities and colleges. He was among the founding-members and first generation of theAIADMK in 1972 when the party split withM.G. Ramachandran. He became anMLA fromErode in 1977, and was first elected as aMember of Parliament to the8th Lok Sabha in 1984 fromKarur (Lok Sabha constituency),Dharmapuri and was subsequently elected to the9th,12th,15th and16th Lok Sabha. He was also elected to the Tamil Nadu assembly in the 2001 2006 elections fromBargur (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 fromKarur (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 toJothimani.
| 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 | ||||
| Position | Party | Constituency | From | To | Tenure | |
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| Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha (1st Term) | AIADMK | Tamil Nadu | 3 April 2020 | 2 April 2026 | 5 years, 364 days | |
Dr.M.Thambidurai born in Sinthagampalli village of krishnagiri districtTamil Nadu belongs to a virakodi vellala Community which is a majority in some of the Districts ofTamil 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]
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