D. Jayakumar

D. Jayakumar
D. Jayakumar
Minister for Fisheries and Administration reforms
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 2016
Chief Minister (s)	Edappadi K. Palaniswami; O. Panneerselvam; J.Jayalalithaa
Minister of Finance
	In office; Feb 2017 – Dec 2017
Chief Minister	Edappadi K. Palaniswami
Speaker of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
	In office; 16 May 2011 – 9 October 2012
Minister of Law, Information Technology & Electricity
	In office; 2001–2006
Chief Minister (s)	J.Jayalalithaa; O. Panneerselvam
Minister of Fisheries,Forest and Backward Class
	In office; 1991–1996
Chief Minister	J.Jayalalithaa
Member of Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 1991-1996; 2001-
Constituency	Royapuram
Organizing Secretary of AIADMK
	In office; 2020 – Incumbent
Personal details
Born	18 September 1960; Royapuram, Madras, (now Chennai, Tamil Nadu), India
Political party	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Spouse(s)	J. Jayakumari
Children	3

D. Jayakumar^[1] is an Indian politician and incumbent Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu. He was the Speaker of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly until his resignation on 29 September 2012. He was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly from Royapuram constituency as an Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate in the 1991, 2001, 2006, 2011 elections and 2016 elections for five terms.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7] He served in various cabinet positions starting from 1991 - Forests, Fisheries, Information Technology, Elelctricty and Finance. He is one among the senior leaders of AIADMK. In October 2020, he was appointed to 11 member Steering Committee of AIADMK and also serves as its Organizng Secretary.

Jayakumar was accused of fathering a baby boy child with a unmarried girl who had come to him for assistance. Jayakumar denied the accusations.^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]

References

↑ Desk, Internet. "Jayakumar appointed Tamil Nadu Finance Minister". The Hindu. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
↑ "In a battle for prestige, AIADMK's Jayakumar seeks to retain Royapuram seat; DMK rival assures more amenities". The Economic Times. 28 March 2021. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
↑ 1991 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India
↑ 2001 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India
↑ 2006 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India
↑ "The verdict 2016". The Hindu. Chennai. 19 May 2016. p. 6.
↑ "Green cover". The Times of India. Chennai. 19 May 2016. p. 2 or 6.
↑ "Tamil Nadu minister caught in MeToo storm". Lokpria Vasudevan. India Today. 24 October 2018. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
↑ "Have proof against Jayakumar: AMMK". The Hindu. 24 October 2018. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
↑ "Rape allegation: Woman seeks action against Jayakumar". Daily Thanthi. 6 November 2018. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
↑ "#MeToo in Tamil Nadu: Fisheries minister D Jayakumar faces heat over viral audio clip". Gladwin Emmanuel. Mumbai Mirror. 23 October 2018. Retrieved 7 April 2021.

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[1] Desk, Internet. "Jayakumar appointed Tamil Nadu Finance Minister". The Hindu. Retrieved 23 February 2017.

[2] "In a battle for prestige, AIADMK's Jayakumar seeks to retain Royapuram seat; DMK rival assures more amenities". The Economic Times. 28 March 2021. Retrieved 28 March 2021.

[3] 1991 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India

[4] 2001 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India

[5] 2006 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India

[6] "The verdict 2016". The Hindu. Chennai. 19 May 2016. p. 6.

[7] "Green cover". The Times of India. Chennai. 19 May 2016. p. 2 or 6.

[8] "Tamil Nadu minister caught in MeToo storm". Lokpria Vasudevan. India Today. 24 October 2018. Retrieved 7 April 2021.

[9] "Have proof against Jayakumar: AMMK". The Hindu. 24 October 2018. Retrieved 7 April 2021.

[10] "Rape allegation: Woman seeks action against Jayakumar". Daily Thanthi. 6 November 2018. Retrieved 7 April 2021.

[11] "#MeToo in Tamil Nadu: Fisheries minister D Jayakumar faces heat over viral audio clip". Gladwin Emmanuel. Mumbai Mirror. 23 October 2018. Retrieved 7 April 2021.

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v t e Government of Tamil Nadu
Executive	Governor: Banwarilal Purohit
Council of Ministers	Edappadi K. Palanisamy O. Panneerselvam Dindigul C. Sreenivasan K. A. Sengottaiyan Sellur K. Raju P. Thangamani S. P. Velumani D. Jayakumar C. Ve. Shanmugam K. P. Anbalagan Dr. V. Saroja M. C. Sampath K. C. Karuppannan R. Kamaraj O. S. Manian Udumalai K. Radhakrishnan Dr. C. Vijaya Baskar R. Doraikkannu Kadambur C. Raju R. B. Udhaya Kumar Vellamandi N. Natarajan K. C. Veeramani K. T. Rajenthra Bhalaji P. Benjamin M. R. Vijayabhaskar Dr. Nilofer Kafeel Dr. M. Manikandan V. M. Rajalakshmi K. Pandiarajan G. Baskaran Sevvoor S. Ramachandran S. Valarmathi P. Balakrishna Reddy
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