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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = P U Shanmugam<br />
| image = pavushanmugam.jpg<br />
| caption = <br />
| office = [[General Secretary]] of the [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]<br />
| term_start = 11 June 1980<br />
| term_end = 13 March 1985<br />
| predecessor = [[V. R. Nedunchezhiyan]]<br />
| successor = [[S. Raghavanandam]]<br />
| office2 = [[Convenor]] of DMK High Level Working Committee <br />
| term_start2 = 1989 <br />
| term_end2 = 2007<br />
| predecessor2 = position established<br />
| successor2 = P. V. Kalyanasundaram <br> [[K. Ponmudy]]<br />
| office3 = Organising Secretary of [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]<br />
| term_start3 = 1972<br />
| term_end3 = 1977<br />
| predecessor3 = [[N. V. Natarajan]]<br />
| successor3 = Neela Narayanan<br />
| office4 = [[Government of Tamil Nadu|Minister of Public Works (Government of Tamil Nadu)]]<br />
| term_start4 = 1977<br />
| term_end4 = 1980<br />
| term_start5 = 1971<br />
| term_end5 = 1975<br />
| term_start6 = 1967<br />
| term_end6 = 1971<br />
| office7 = [[Government of Tamil Nadu|Minister of Home]]<br />
| term_start7 = 1981<br />
| term_end7 = 1984<br />
| office8 = Member of Legislative Assembly<br />
| term_start8 = 1984<br />
| term_end8 = 1987<br />
| constituency8 = [[Melmalayanur]]<br />
| term9 = 1962-1967, 1967 - 1971, 1971 - 1975<br />
| constituency9 = [[Tiruvannamalai]]<br />
| birth_date = 15th August 1924<br />
| birth_place = [[Tiruvannamalai]], [[Madras Presidency]], [[British India]] (<br />
| residence = [[Tiruvannamalai]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]<br />[[Bangalore]], [[Karnataka]], [[India]]<br />
| death_date = 11.04.2007<br />
| death_place = Chennai<br />
| party = [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]<br />
| religion = <br />
| spouse = <br />
| children = <br />
| website = <br />
| footnotes = <br />
}}<br />
'''P U Shanmugam''', affectionately called as '''''Paa Vuu Saa''''' (15 August 1924 - 11 April 2007) was an [[India]]n politician and former minister of Tamil Nadu for Internal affairs, former minister of Public works, former minister of public health and various other portfolios on various tenures. The Dravidian veteran was also worked as the Organisation Secretary of DMK and the General secretary of AIADMK.<br />
He has came to political lime light after defeating Congress' candidate in Tiruvannamalai by-election in 1963 on DMK ticket.<br />
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== Early life ==<br />
P U Shanmugam was born in a Tuluva Vellala Mudaliar family of Tiruvannamalai in 1924. He was SSLC educated at Municipal High School in Tiruvannamalai.<ref>{{cite book|title=Tamil Nadu Legislative Council Who is Who 1970-1971|date=January 1971|publisher=Legislative Council Department Fort St. George|pages=57}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=P.U. Shanmugam passes away|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/pu-shanmugam-passes-away/article1827804.ece|access-date=22 January 2016|agency=The Hindu Times|date=13 April 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|editor1-last=Reed|editor1-first=Sir Stanley|title=The Times of India Directory and Year Book Including Who's who|date=1970|publisher=Bennett, Coleman & Company}}</ref><br />
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His daughter late Mrs. Manimegalai was married to [[Gangai Amaran]]<br />
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== Legislative victories==<br />
He was elected to the [[Tamil Nadu legislative assembly]] from [[Tiruvannamalai (State Assembly Constituency)|Tiruvannamalai constituency]] as an Independent candidate in [[1957 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|1957 election]], as a [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] candidate in [[1971 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|1971]], and [[1977 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|1977 elections]].<ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1957/StatRep_Madras_1957.pdf 1957 Madras State Election Results, Election Commission of India]</ref><ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1971/StatReport_TN_71.pdf 1971 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India]</ref><ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/StatisticalReportTamil%20Nadu77.pdf 1977 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India]</ref> and from [[Melmalayanur (State Assembly Constituency)|Melmalayanur constituency]] as an [[Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] candidate in [[1980 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|1980 election]].<ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1980/StatisticalReportTamil%20Nadu%201980.pdf 1980 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India]</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:Members of the 2nd Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]]<br />
[[Category:Members of the 3rd Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]]<br />
[[Category:Members of the 5th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]]<br />
[[Category:Members of the 6th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]]<br />
[[Category:1924 births]]<br />
[[Category:2007 deaths]]<br />
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