K. P. Munusamy

K. P. Munusamy
கே. பி. முனுசாமி
K. P. Munusamy ; கே. பி. முனுசாமி
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Member of Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 2021
Deputy convenor for AIADMK
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 17 August 2017
Minister for Municipal Administration and Rural Development
	In office; 15 May 2011 – 20 May 2014
Chief Minister	J.Jayalalithaa
Member of Legislative Assembly
	In office; 2011–2016
Constituency	Krishnagiri
	In office; 2001–2006
Constituency	Kavaripattinam
	In office; 1991–1996
Constituency	Kavaripattinam
Member of Parliament
	In office; 1998–1999
Constituency	Krishnagiri Lok Sabha
Member of Parliament, Rajya sabha
	In office; 2 April 2020 – 10 may 2021
Constituency	Tamil Nadu
Personal details
Born	7 June 1952 (age 71); Kaveripattinam, Madras State, India
Political party	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Spouse(s)	Mangayarkarasi
Children	Sathish Kumar Munusamy, Karthik Munusamy, Uma Maheshwari kannan
Residence	Kaveripattinam, Krishnagiri district, Tamil Nadu, India

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K.P. Munusamy (Tamil: கே பி., முனுசாமி; born 7 June 1952) is an Indian politician and incumbent member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from Krishnagiri Constituency.^[1] Munusamy completed his Bachelor of Arts from Govt. Arts College, Krishnagiri during 1971-1974 and later graduated Bachelor of Law from Government Law College, Chennai. He was a Minister for Municipal Administration and Rural Development in the Government of Tamil Nadu.^[2]

Munusamy also serves as district Secretary, All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) and secretary of Krishnagiri district Anna employees union.

Political career[edit]

He joined the Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party in the year 1972. He rose to the position of Head of the District Youth wing in the party by 1988.^[3] He contested in the 1991 Tamil Nadu state assembly elections where he emerged successful from Kaveripattinam constituency.^[4] Later he was elected to the 12th Lok Sabha from Krishnagiri Constituency. During his tenure as Member of Parliament, he was a member in various parliamentary committees including Committee on Agriculture, Committee to review the rate of dividend payable by the Railway Undertakings to General Revenues, Consultative Committee of Ministry of Science and Technology and other Science Departments.^[5] Then he aroused victorious in the 2001 Tamil Nadu state assembly elections from the same Kaveripattinam constituency.^[6] From January 2011, he is serving as the Krishnagiri District secretary for the Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party.

In the recent 2011 Tamil Nadu assembly elections, he was able to gain 89,776 votes against his rival Syed Ghiyas-Ul-Haq of Indian National Congress from Krishnagiri Constituency winning by a margin of 29,097 votes.^[7]

References[edit]

↑ "List of Tamil Nadu MLAs 2011" (PDF). Tamil Nadu Govt. Gazette. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2013.
↑ "Council of Ministers, Govt. of Tamil Nadu". Govt. of Tamil Nadu. Archived from the original on 25 August 2011.
↑ "K.P.Munusamy-Profile". Tamilnadu MLAs.
↑ 1991 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India
↑ "12th Lok Sabha". Parliament, Govt. of India.
↑ 2001 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India
↑ "Winner-Runner Details, Tamil Nadu Assembly General Elections 2011" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Tamil Nadu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 January 2014.

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[1] "List of Tamil Nadu MLAs 2011" (PDF). Tamil Nadu Govt. Gazette. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2013.

[2] "Council of Ministers, Govt. of Tamil Nadu". Govt. of Tamil Nadu. Archived from the original on 25 August 2011.

[3] "K.P.Munusamy-Profile". Tamilnadu MLAs.

[4] 1991 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India

[5] "12th Lok Sabha". Parliament, Govt. of India.

[6] 2001 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India

[7] "Winner-Runner Details, Tamil Nadu Assembly General Elections 2011" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Tamil Nadu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 January 2014.

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