K. P. Munusamy

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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Indian name|Munusamy|Kaveripattinam Poongavanam}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| image = kpms.jpg
| imagesize =
| name = K. P. Munusamy <br/>கே. பி. முனுசாமி
| office = [[Member of Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start = 2021
| term_end =
| constituency =
| office1 = Deputy convenor for [[AIADMK]]
| predecessor1 =
| successor1 =
| term_start1 = 17 August 2017
| term_end1 =
| office2 = [[Minister of Rural Development (India)|Minister for Municipal Administration and Rural Development]]
| term_start2 = 15 May 2011
| term_end2 = 20 May 2014
| 1blankname2 = Chief Minister
| 1namedata2 = [[J.Jayalalithaa]]
| term_start3 =
| office4 = [[Member of Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start4 = 2011
| term_end4 = 2016
| constituency4 = [[Krishnagiri (State Assembly Constituency)|Krishnagiri]]
| term_start5 = 2001
| term_end5 = 2006
| term_start6 = 1991
| term_end6 = 1996
| constituency5 = [[Kaveripattinam (State Assembly Constituency)|Kavaripattinam]]
| constituency6 = [[Kaveripattinam (State Assembly Constituency)|Kavaripattinam]]
| office7 = [[Member of Parliament]]
| term_start7 = 1998
| term_end7 = 1999
| constituency7 = [[Krishnagiri]]
[[Lok Sabha]]
| office8 = [[Member of Parliament]], [[Rajya sabha]]
| term_start8 = 2 April 2020
| term_end8 = 10 may 2021
| constituency8 =[[Tamil Nadu]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1952|06|7}}
| birth_place = [[Kaveripattinam]], [[Madras State]], [[India]]
| party = [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
| residence = [[Kaveripattinam]], [[Krishnagiri district]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]
| spouse = Mangayarkarasi
| children = Sathish Kumar Munusamy, Karthik Munusamy, Uma Maheshwari kannan
}}

'''K.P. Munusamy''' ({{lang-ta|கே பி.}}, முனுசாமி; born 7 June 1952) is an Indian politician and incumbent member of the [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]] from [[Krishnagiri (State Assembly Constituency)|Krishnagiri Constituency]].<ref>{{cite web|title=List of Tamil Nadu MLAs 2011|url=http://www.elections.tn.gov.in/MLA_List.pdf|publisher=Tamil Nadu Govt. Gazette|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130402043355/http://www.elections.tn.gov.in/MLA_List.pdf|archivedate=2 April 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Council of Ministers, Govt. of Tamil Nadu |url=http://www.tn.gov.in/gov_ministers.html |publisher=Govt. of Tamil Nadu |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110825063610/http://www.tn.gov.in/gov_ministers.html |archivedate=25 August 2011 }}</ref>

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

== Political career ==
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.<ref>{{cite web|title=K.P.Munusamy-Profile|url=http://www.tamilnadumlas.com/candidate.asp?mlaid=201|publisher=Tamilnadu MLAs}}</ref> He contested in the [[1991 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|1991]] Tamil Nadu state assembly elections where he emerged successful from [[Kaveripattinam (State Assembly Constituency)|Kaveripattinam constituency]].<ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1991/StatisticalReport-Tamil%20Nadu91.pdf 1991 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India]</ref> Later he was elected to the [[12th Lok Sabha]] from [[Krishnagiri (Lok Sabha constituency)|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.<ref>{{cite web|title=12th Lok Sabha|url=http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lok12/biodata/12tn14.htm|publisher=Parliament, Govt. of India}}</ref> Then he aroused victorious in the [[2001 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|2001]] Tamil Nadu state assembly elections from the same [[Kaveripattinam (State Assembly Constituency)|Kaveripattinam constituency]].<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> From January 2011, he is serving as the [[Krishnagiri District]] secretary for the [[Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] party.

In the recent [[2011 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|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 (State Assembly Constituency)|Krishnagiri Constituency]] winning by a margin of ''29,097'' votes.<ref>{{cite web |title=Winner-Runner Details, Tamil Nadu Assembly General Elections 2011 |url=http://www.elections.tn.gov.in/TNLA2011_Winner_Runner.pdf |publisher=Chief Electoral Officer, Tamil Nadu |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6McJWhfEK?url=http://www.elections.tn.gov.in/TNLA2011_Winner_Runner.pdf |archivedate=14 January 2014 }}</ref>

== References ==
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{{Council of Ministers of Tamil Nadu}}
{{Government of Tamil Nadu}}

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[[Category:Members of the 10th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]]
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