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{{About|the Tamil Nadu politician|the Kerala politician|Mararikulam Assembly Constituency}}<br />
{{use dmy dates|date = September 2019}}<br />
{{use Indian English|date=May 2017}}<br />
{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name =<br />
| image = File:S. Damodaran.jpg<br />
| caption = S.Damodaran<br />
| office = [[Minister (government)|Minister]] for [[Agriculture]] [[Tamil Nadu government]]<br />
| term_start = 11 November 2011<br />
| term_end = 14 July 2014<br />
| 1blankname = Chief Minister<br />
| 1namedata = [[J. Jayalalitha]]<br />
| predecessor = [[K. A. Sengottaiyan]]<br />
| successor = [[Agri Krishnamoorthy]]<br />
| office1 = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member]] of the [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]]<br />
| term_start1 = 12 May 2021<br />
| constituency1 = [[Kinathukadavu (State Assembly Constituency)|Kinathukadavu]]<br />
| predecessor1 = Ettimadai A. Shanmugam<br />
| term2 = 14 May 2001 — 20 May 2016<br />
| constituency2 = [[Kinathukadavu (State Assembly Constituency)|Kinathukadavu]]<br />
| successor2 = Ettimadai A. Shanmugam<br />
| predecessor2 = [[M. Shanmugham]]<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1952|09|18}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Pollachi]], [[Madras State]], India (presently [[Coimbatore District|Coimbatore]], India)<br />
| alt = <br />
| state = <br />
| education = 10th Pass<ref name="bio"/><br />
| children = <br />
| occupation = Agriculture, Industrialist, Politician, Social Worker<br />
}}<br />
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'''S. Damodaran''' (born 18 September 1952) is an Indian politician and was a [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the Legislative Assembly]] of [[Tamil Nadu]].<br />
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S. Damodaran was born in [[Pollachi]] on 18 September 1952. He is married and has one child.<ref name="bio">{{cite web |url=http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/members/profile/122.htm |publisher=Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu |title=Thiru S. Damodaran(AIADMK) |accessdate=2017-05-02}}</ref><br />
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Prior to being elected to the [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]], Damodaran was President of Thalakkarai Panchayat (1984–1989) and a member of Pollachi North Panchayat Union (1996–2001).<ref name="bio"/><br />
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Damodaran, who represented the [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]], was elected to the [[Fourteenth Assembly of Tamil Nadu|14th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]] from [[Kinathukadavu (State Assembly Constituency)|Kinathukadavu constituency]] in 2011.<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 |accessdate=2017-05-02}}</ref> He had previously been elected to the [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]] from the same constituency in [[2001 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|2001]]<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> and [[2006 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|2006]].<ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_TN_2006.pdf 2006 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India]</ref><br />
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Damodaran had been a minister in the [[Jayalalithaa]]-led government of 2001–2006 and she appointed him to cabinet office again in November 2011 during a reshuffle. He took over the Agriculture portfolio from [[K. A. Sengottaiyan]], who became Minister for Information Technology.<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 |accessdate=2017-05-04}}</ref> Damodaran was replaced as Minister for Agriculture by [[S. S. Krishnamoorthy]] on 19 May 2014, when the [[Chief Minister (India)|Chief Minister]], Jayalalithaa, again reshuffled her government.<ref>{{cite news |work=DNA India |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-jayalalithaa-sacks-three-ministers-six-aiadmk-functionaries-1989827 |title=Jayalalithaa sacks three ministers, six AIADMK functionaries |date=19 May 2014 |agency=PTI |accessdate=2017-05-02}}</ref><br />
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The [[2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|elections of 2016]] resulted in his constituency being won by [[A. Shanmugam]].<ref>{{cite web |title=15th Assembly Members |publisher=Government of Tamil Nadu |url=http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/15thassembly/members/101_150.html |accessdate=2017-05-02}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:State cabinet ministers of Tamil Nadu]]<br />
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[[Category:Agriculture ministers of Tamil Nadu]]<br />
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