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'''R. Kamaraj''' (born 25 June 1960) is an Indian politician from the [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] (AIADMK) party. He has been a member of the [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]] from [[Nannilam (State Assembly Constituency)|Nannilam constituency]] since 2011 and is the Minister for Food of the [[Government of Tamil Nadu]]. Prior to his state assembly role, he represented [[Tamil Nadu]] as a member of [[Parliament of India]] in the [[Rajya Sabha]], the upper house of the Indian Parliament.

{{Infobox officeholder
| office = Minister of Food and Civil Supplies
| term_start = November 2011
| term_end =
| 1blankname = Chief Minister
| 1namedata = [[Edappadi K. Palaniswami]]<br>[[O. Panneerselvam]]<br>[[J.Jayalalithaa]]
| office1 = [[Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department|Minister for Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments]]
| term_start1 = January 2015
| term_end1 = May 2016
| 1blankname1 = Chief Minister
| 1namedata1 = [[J.Jayalalithaa]]
<br>[[O. Panneerselvam]]
| office2 = [[Member of Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start2 = May 2011
| constituency2 = [[Nannilam (State Assembly Constituency)|Nannilam constituency]]
| office3 = [[Member of Parliament]], [[Rajya Sabha]]
| term_start3 = March 2001
| term_end3 = March 2007
| constituency3 = [[Tamil Nadu]]
}}
Kamaraj was elected to the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly as an AIADMK candidate from the Nannilam constituency in the [[2011 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|2011 state assembly elections]].<ref>{{cite web|title=List of MLAs from Tamil Nadu 2011|url=http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/member_list.pdf|publisher=Government of Tamil Nadu}}</ref>

Kamaraj replaced [[Budhichandhiran]] as Minister for Food in the Government of Tamil Nadu in November 2011, being appointed in the third cabinet reshuffle in a five-month period by [[Chief Minister (India)|Chief Minister]] [[Jayalalithaa]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Jayalalithaa sacks six Tamil Nadu ministers |agency=PTI |date=4 November 2011 |url=http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/jayalalithaa-sacks-six-tamil-nadu-ministers-572958 |work=NDTV |access-date=4 May 2017}}</ref>

In January 2015, Kamaraj became [[Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department|Minister for Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments]] as well as Minister of Food. This additional responsibility was transferred from the critically ill [[P. Chendur Pandian]].<ref>{{cite news |work=The Times of India |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Former-Tamil-Nadu-minister-Chendur-Pandian-dies-aged-64/articleshow/48028571.cms |date=11 July 2015 |first=Julie |last=Marlappani |title=Former Tamil Nadu minister Chendur Pandian dies aged 64 |access-date=2 May 2017}}</ref>

In April 2017, Kamaraj was one of three AIADMK ministers against whom police filed a [[First Information Report]] after allegations of obstructing officials who were conducting raids related to income tax. He and [[Udumalai K. Radhakrishnan]] were alleged to have done so at the house of the Minister for Health, [[C. Vijayabhaskar]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/chennai-firs-aiadmk-ministers-obstructing-it-raids/1/929457.html |title=FIRs against 3 AIADMK ministers for obstructing I-T raids |first=Pramod |last=Madhav |date=14 April 2017 |access-date=4 May 2017}}</ref> The following month, the [[Supreme Court of India]] criticised the Government of Tamil Nadu for not investigating a case relating to land fraud in which Kamaraj was alleged to be involved.<ref>{{cite news |title=Supreme court raps Tamil Nadu government over Kamaraj case |date=4 May 2017 |work=The Times of India |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/supreme-court-raps-tamil-nadu-government-over-kamaraj-case/articleshow/58508429.cms |access-date=5 May 2017}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Kamaraja was born in [[Mannargudi]] on 25 June 1960. He has an MA degree and is married with two children.<ref>{{cite web |title=Thiru. R. Kamaraj (AIADMK) |publisher=Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu |url=http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/members/profile/169.htm |access-date=4 May 2017}}</ref>

== References ==
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{{Government of Tamil Nadu}}
{{Members of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly (2011-2016)|state=collapsed}}

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