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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
|name = M. Thambidurai<br />
|image = மு. தம்பிதுரை.jpg<br />
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|office = [[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha]] <br />
|constituency = [[List of Rajya Sabha members from Tamil Nadu|Tamil Nadu]] <br />
|term_start = 14 March 2020<br />
|office1 = [[Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha]]<br />
|predecessor1 = [[Kariya Munda]] <br />
| successor1 = Vacant<br />
|term_start1 = 2014<br />
|term_end1 = 2019<br />
|predecessor2 = [[G. Lakshmanan]] <br />
|successor2 = [[Shivraj Patil]] <br />
|term_start2 = 1985<br />
|term_end2 = 1989<br />
<br />
|office3 = [[Ministry of Law and Justice (India)|Minister of Law, Justice and Company Affairs]] and [[Ministry of Surface Transport|Minister of State for Surface Transport]]<br />
| predecessor3 = [[Ramakant Khalap]] <br />
| successor3 = [[Rangarajan Kumaramangalam]] <br />
|term_start3 = 16 May 1998<br />
|term_end3 = 25 November 1999<br />
|office4 = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]] <br />
|term_start4 = 14 May 2009<br />
|term_end4 = 21 May 2019<br />
|constituency4 = [[Karur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Karur]]<br />
| predecessor4 = [[K.C. Palanisamy]] <br />
| successor4 = [[Jothimani|S. Jothimani]] <br />
|term_start5 = 1998<br />
|term_end5 = 1999<br />
|constituency5 = [[Karur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Karur]]<br />
| predecessor5 = K. Natrayan<br />
| successor5 = [[M. Chinnasamy]] <br />
|term_start6 = 1989<br />
|term_end6 = 1991<br />
|constituency6 = [[Karur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Karur]]<br />
| predecessor6 = A.R. Murugaiah<br />
| successor6 = N. Murugesan<br />
|term_start7 = 1984<br />
|term_end7 = 1989<br />
|constituency7 = [[Dharmapuri (Lok Sabha constituency)|Dharmapuri]] <br />
| predecessor7 = [[K. Arjunan]] <br />
| successor7 = M. G. Sekhar<br />
|office8 = Member of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly<br />
|term_start8 = 18 May 2001<br />
|term_end8 = 25 May 2009 |constituency8 = [[Bargur (state assembly constituency)|Bargur]] <br />
|predecessor8 = [[E. G. Sugavanam]] <br />
|successor8 = K. R. K. Narasimhan<br />
|term_start9 = 1977<br />
|term_end9 = 1982<br />
|constituency9 = [[Erode (state assembly constituency)|Erode]] <br />
|office11 = 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<br />
|term_start11 = 16 May 2001<br />
|term_end11 = 24 May 2006<br />
<br />
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1947|3|15|df=y}}<br />
|birth_place = Basavannakovil, [[Krishnagiri district|Krishnagiri]], [[Madras Presidency]], [[British India]]<br />
|death_date = <br />
|death_place = <br />
|party = [[Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]](1972-Present)<br>[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]](1965-1972)<br />
|spouse = Banumathi Thambidurai<br />
|alma_mater = [[Madras Christian College]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''Munisamy Thambidurai''' (born 15 March 1947) is an Indian politician who served as the [[Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/M-Thambidurai-elected-deputy-speaker-of-Lok-Sabha/articleshow/40175416.cms | title=M Thambidurai elected deputy speaker of Lok Sabha | publisher=Times of India | date=13 August 2014 | accessdate=14 August 2014}}</ref> and leader of [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] (AIADMK) in the [[Lok Sabha]], the lower house of the [[Indian Parliament]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/lok-sabha-elections-2014/news/Thambidurai-appointed-AIADMKs-parliamentary-party-leader/articleshow/35335779.cms | title=Thambidurai appointed AIADMK's parliamentary party leader | work=[[The Times of India]] | date=19 May 2014 | author=Julie Mariappan}}</ref> He had served as the Cabinet Minister of [[Ministry of Law and Justice (India)|Law, Justice and Company Affairs]] and as the Minister of State of [[Ministry of Surface Transport|Surface Transport]] from March 1998 to April 1999. He had also served as the [[Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha]] from 1985 to 1989.<ref name="tham">{{cite web |url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/former_Biography.aspx?mpsno=3205 |title=Fifteenth Lok Sabha Members Bioprofile: Thambidurai,Dr. Munisamy |publisher=[[Lok Sabha]] |accessdate=31 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140605054040/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/former_Biography.aspx?mpsno=3205 |archive-date=5 June 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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==Political career==<br />
Thambidurai started his political career as a youth worker and student activist of the erstwhile united [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|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 [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]] in 1972 when the party split with [[M.G. Ramachandran]]. He became an [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|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 Lok Sabha]], [[12th Lok Sabha]], [[15th Lok Sabha]] and [[16th Lok Sabha]]. Also he was elected during Tamil Nadu assembly 2001,2006 [[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 jayalaitha 2001 cabinet.<br />
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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]].<br />
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===Elections contested and results===<br />
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! style="background:#666;text-align: center; color:white;"|Year<br />
! style="background:#666;text-align: center; color:white;"|Constituency<br />
! style="background:#666;text-align: center; color:white;"|Result<br />
|- <br />
|1984<br />
|Dharmapuri [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]<br />
|Won<br />
|-<br />
|1989<br />
|Karur [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]<br />
|Won<br />
|- <br />
|1998<br />
|Karur [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]<br />
|Won<br />
|- <br />
|2001<br />
|Bargur Member Legislative Assembly<br />
|Won<br />
|-<br />
|2006<br />
|Bargur Member Legislative Assembly<br />
|Won<br />
|- <br />
|2009<br />
|Karur [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]<br />
|Won<br />
|- <br />
|2014<br />
|Karur [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]<br />
|Won<br />
|- <br />
|2019<br />
|Karur [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]<br />
|Lost<br />
|- <br />
|2020<br />
|[[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha]]<br />
|Won<br />
|- <br />
|}<br />
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==Personal life==<br />
Dr.M.Thambidurai belongs to a community which is a majority in the western Districts of [[Tamil Nadu]] which comprises the districts of [[Coimbatore]], [[Tiruppur]], [[Erode]], [[Karur]]. 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.<ref>{{cite news |title=Thambidurai agrees to provide access to lands |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/thambidurai-agrees-to-provide-access-to-lands/article4996793.ece |accessdate=13 January 2019 |agency=The hindu}}</ref><ref name="ugc">{{cite web |title=Report of the Expert Committee |url=https://www.ugc.ac.in/oldpdf/ecreportdu/stpeterintofhighereduchanni.pdf |website=UGC |accessdate=13 January 2019}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:Law Ministers of India]]<br />
[[Category:Union Ministers from Tamil Nadu]]<br />
[[Category:Deputy Speakers of the Lok Sabha]]<br />
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[[Category:9th Lok Sabha members]]<br />
[[Category:12th Lok Sabha members]]<br />
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[[Category:People from Dharmapuri district]]<br />
[[Category:16th Lok Sabha members]]<br />
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[[Category:University of Madras alumni]]<br />
[[Category:8th Lok Sabha members]]<br />
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