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| name = Natham R. Viswanathan<br />
| honorific_prefix =<br />
| image = Natham Viswanathan.jpg<br />
| caption = <br />
| party = [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1949|12|11}}<br />
| birth_place = Uluppakudi<ref>{{cite web|title=Profile of Natham R. Viswanathan|url=http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/members/profile/131.htm|website=TN Assembly|accessdate=11 May 2016}}</ref>, [[Natham|Natham, Tamil Nadu]], India<br />
| spouse = <br />
| children = Amarnath, Kavitha, Ranjitha<br />
| alma_mater = Alagappa College<br />
| office1 = Deputy General Secretary of [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]<br />
| term_start1 = 13 July 2022<br />
| predecessor1 = [[T. T. V. Dhinakaran]]<br />
| 1blankname1 = [[General Secretary of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|General Secretary]]<br />
| 1namedata1 = [[Edappadi K. Palaniswami]]<br />
| alongside1 = [[K. P. Munusamy]]<br />
| office2 = Organisation Secretary of [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]<br />
| term_start2 = 21 August 2017<br />
| term_end2 = 11 July 2022<br />
| 1blankname2 = Co-ordinators<br />
| 1namedata2 = *[[O. Pannerselvam]]<br />
*[[Edappadi K. Palaniswamy]]<br />
| office3 = Minister for Electricity, Prohibition & Excise, [[Government of Tamil Nadu]]<br />
| term_start3 = 16 May 2011<br />
| term_end3 = 23 May 2016<br />
| 1blankname3 = Chief Minister<br />
| 1namedata3 = *[[J. Jayalalithaa]]<br />
*[[O. Pannerselvam]]<br />
| predecessor3 = [[Arcot N. Veeraswami]]<br />
| successor3 = [[P. Thangamani]]<br />
| office5 = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member]] of the [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]]<br />
| term_start5 = 12 May 2021<br />
| term_end5 = <br />
| predecessor5 = M. A. Andi Ambalam<br />
| successor5 = <br />
| constituency5 = [[Natham (State Assembly Constituency)|Natham]]<br />
| term_start6 = 6 October 1999<br />
| term_end6 = 19 May 2016<br />
| predecessor6 = [[M. Andi Ambalam]]<br />
| successor6 = M. A. Andi Ambalam<br />
| constituency6 = [[Natham (State Assembly Constituency)|Natham]]<br />
| office4 = Minister for Transport, [[Government of Tamil Nadu]]<br />
| term_start4 = 14 May 2001<br />
| term_end4 = 12 May 2006<br />
| 1blankname4 = Chief Minister<br />
| 1namedata4 = *[[J. Jayalalithaa]]<br />
*[[O. Panneerselvam]]<br />
| predecessor4 = [[K. Ponmudy]]<br />
| successor4 = [[K. N. Nehru]]<br />
| father = A. Ramanathan<br />
| party_position = <br />
}}<br />
'''Natham R. Viswanathan''' (born 11 December 1949) is an Indian politician and deputy general secretary of [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]. He is a member of the [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]] from [[Natham (State Assembly Constituency)|Natham Constituency]]. He was the Minister for Electricity and Prohibition and Excise, [[Govt. of Tamil Nadu]].<ref>{{cite web|title=List of MLAs from Tamil Nadu 2011|url=http://www.elections.tn.gov.in/TNLA2011_Winner_Runner.pdf|publisher=Chief Electoral Officer, Tamil Nadu|access-date=27 August 2011|archive-date=2 April 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130402043414/http://www.elections.tn.gov.in/TNLA2011_Winner_Runner.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Council of Ministers, Govt. of Tamil Nadu|url=http://www.tn.gov.in/gov_ministers.html|publisher=Govt. of Tamil Nadu}}</ref> Previously, he was elected to the [[Tamil Nadu legislative assembly]] as an [[Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] candidate from [[Natham (State Assembly Constituency)|Natham constituency]] in [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-election, 1999–2000|1999]] after the death of then legislative member of Natham, [[M. Andi Ambalam]]. He has won consecutively in [[2001 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|2001]], [[2006 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|2006]] and [[2011 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|2011 elections]] in a landslide vote count and has a cult following.<ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2001/Stat_Rep_TN_2001.pdf 2001 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India]</ref><ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_TN_2006.pdf 2006 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India]</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=It is advantage for AIADMK in Natham|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/it-is-advantage-for-aiadmk-in-natham/article1686422.ece|accessdate=11 May 2016|agency=The Hindu}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:State cabinet ministers of Tamil Nadu]]<br />
[[Category:Tamil Nadu MLAs 2021–2026]]<br />
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