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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1955|03|22}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Puliyampatti]], [[Tirunelveli district]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India<br />
| death_date = 22 October 2011<br />
| death_place =[[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]<br />
| occupation = [[Agriculture]], [[Politician]]<br />
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'''C. Karuppasamy''' (22 March 1955 – 22 October 2011) was an Indian politician and a former [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the Legislative Assembly]]. He was elected to the [[Tamil Nadu legislative assembly]] from [[Sankaranayanarkoil (State Assembly Constituency)|Sankaranayanarkoil constituency]] in the [[1996 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|1996]],<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Election Commission of India |page=10 |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-TN96.pdf |title=Statistical Report on General Election 1996 for the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu |accessdate=2017-05-06}}</ref> [[2001 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|2001]],<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> [[2006 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|2006 elections]]<ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_TN_2006.pdf 2006 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India]</ref> and [[2011 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|2011 elections]] as an [[Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] (ADMK) candidate. His constituency was reserved for candidates from the [[Scheduled Castes]].<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Election Commission of India |page=10 |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2011/stat_TN_May2011.pdf |title=Statistical Report on General Election 2011 for the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu |accessdate=2017-05-08}}</ref><br />
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Karuppasamy was President of [[Kallappakulam]] Panchayat between 1986 and 1991.<ref name="bio"/> He was one of only four ADMK candidates to be elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly in 1996, when the [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] routed their opposition.<ref name="hindu"/> He is staunch Loyalist of AIADMK Supremo [[Jayalalithaa]]. He served as Minister for Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare between 2002 and 2006. In the later [[Jayalalithaa]]-led government, he served briefly Minister for Animal Husbandry (May–June 2011) and also briefly as Minister for Sports and Youth Welfare (June–July 2011). He became a minister without portfolio from July while he underwent treatment for cancer and he retained that position until his death in October 2011.<ref name="bio"/><ref name="hindu"/><br />
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== Personal life ==<br />
Karuppasamy was born on 22 March 1955 at [[Puliyampatti]].<ref name="bio">{{cite web |title=Thiru C. Karuppasamy |publisher=Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu |url=http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/members/profile/219_a.html |accessdate = 2007-11-03}}</ref> He was receiving treatment for cancer when he died, aged 56, in a private hospital in [[Chennai]] on 22 October 2011. He was survived by his wife, a daughter and son.<ref name="hindu">{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/minister-karuppasamy-passes-away/article2562332.ece |title=Minister Karuppasamy passes away |work=The Hindu |date=22 October 2011 |accessdate=2017-05-08}}</ref><br />
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