Su. Thirunavukkarasar
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Subburaman Thirunavukkarasar (born 7 May 1949) is an India
India
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n politician. He joined Congress party in November 2009, before he was with Bharatiya Janata Party
Bharatiya Janata Party
The Bharatiya Janata Party ,; translation: Indian People's Party) is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Indian National Congress. Established in 1980, it is India's second largest political party in terms of representation in the parliament...

. He served as the Deputy Speaker of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from 1977 to 1980. He served as Tamilnadu state minister from 1980 to 1987 in the M. G. Ramachandran
M. G. Ramachandran
Maruthur Gopalan Ramachandran , popularly known by his initials , was an Indian film actor, director, producer and politician....

 Cabinet.He resigned as a member of the Parliament of India
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 representing Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh
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 in the Rajya Sabha
Rajya Sabha
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 after joining the congress.

Early life

S. Thirunavukkarasar was born in Theeyathoor, Pudukkottai
Pudukkottai
Pudukkottai is a town and a municipality in Pudukkottai district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Pudukkottai District was carved out of Tiruchirappalli and Thanjavur districts in January 1974.It is the administrative headquarters of Pudukkottai District....

 Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu is one of the 28 states of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by the union territory of Pondicherry, and the states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh...

. He did his M.A., B.L.
at Madras University, Chennai and Venkateshwara University, Tirupathi.

Career

He has been elected from arathangi legislative assembly constituency from 1977 till 1996. He won from Pudukottai Lok Sabha Constituency in 1999 and was union minister of state for shipping from 2002 to 2004. He was born in 1949 in Pudukkottai
Pudukkottai
Pudukkottai is a town and a municipality in Pudukkottai district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Pudukkottai District was carved out of Tiruchirappalli and Thanjavur districts in January 1974.It is the administrative headquarters of Pudukkottai District....

 district in Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu is one of the 28 states of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by the union territory of Pondicherry, and the states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh...

.

He contested unsuccessfully from Ramanathapuram
Ramanathapuram
Ramanathapuram , also known as Ramnad, is a city and a municipality in Ramanathapuram district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is the administrative headquarters of Ramanathapuram district.-Tourism:...

Lok Sabha seat for the 2009 elections.
after his defeat, he quit the bharathiya janatha party and joined the indian national congress

Personal life

S. Thirunavukkarasar is married to Jayanthi. They have three sons and two daughters.

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