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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = M.P.Saminathan
| image               =
| office              = [[Minister (government)|Minister]] of [[Information]] and [[Publicity]] [[Government]] of [[Tamil Nadu]]
| termstart           = 07 May 2021
| office1             = [[Minister (government)|Minister]] of [[Highways]] and [[Department of Highways and Minor Ports (Tamil Nadu)|Minor Ports]] [[Government]] of [[Tamil Nadu]]
| termstart1          = 12 May 2006
| termend1            = 16 May 2011
| office2             = Member of [[Tamil Nadu legislative assembly]] for [[Vellakoil]] (state assembly constituency)
| termstart2          = 14 May 1996
| termend2            = 16 May 2011
| chief_minister2     = M.Karunanidhi
| office3             = Member of [[Tamil Nadu legislative assembly]] for [[Kangayam]] (state assembly constituency)
| termstart3          = 02 May 2021
| termend3            = Incumbent
| chief_minister3     = M.K.Stalin
| office4             = Youth Wing Secretary of [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
| termstart4          = 7 July 2017
| termend4            = 4 September 2019
}}
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'''M. P. Saminathan''' is the Minister for Information & Publicity in the 16th Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu. He was the Minister for [[Highways]] and [[Department of Highways and Minor Ports (Tamil Nadu)|Minor Ports]] in [[Tamil Nadu]] in the 13th Legislative Assembly (2006 - 2011).

He was born in [[Erode]] and his hometown is [[Muthur]], [[Tiruppur District]]. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from PSG College of Arts & Science, Coimbatore.

He had a hat-trick win assembly in 1996, 2001 and 2006 from the [[Vellakoil (state assembly constituency)|Vellakoil Constituency]]. Vellakovil Constituency was announced as defunct for the 2011 elections.In 2011 & 2016 he had to change his constituency and lost in both the elections. In 2021, he emerged as a winner from the Kangayam Constituency.

He started his political career at a very young age. He first became an MLA in 1996 by defeating the former minister [[Durai Ramasamy]]. Saminathan was only 32 years old at that time.

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