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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Indian politician (born 1948)}}<br />
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| name = Dindigul C. Sreenivasan<br />
| image = C. Sreenivasan.jpg<br />
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| caption = <br />
| office = [[Environment and Forests Department (Tamil Nadu)|Minister of Forests]]<br />
| term_start = 23 May 2016<br />
| term_end = 6 May 2021<br />
| constituency = [[Dindigul (State Assembly Constituency)|Dindigul]]<br />
| predecessor = [[Edappadi K. Palaniswami]]<br />
| successor = [[K. Ramachandran]]<br />
| office1 = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member]] of the [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]]<br />
| term_start1 = 16 May 2016<br />
| term_end1 = 6 May 2026<br />
| constituency1 = [[Dindigul (State Assembly Constituency)|Dindigul]]<br />
| predecessor1 = [[K. Balabharathi]]<br />
| successor1 = [[I. P. Senthil Kumar]]<br />
| office2 = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]<br />
| term_start2 = 10 March 1998<br />
| term_end2 = 16 May 2004<br />
| predecessor2 = [[N. S. V. Chitthan]]<br />
| successor2 = [[N. S. V. Chitthan]]<br />
| constituency2 = [[Dindigul (Lok Sabha constituency)|Dindigul]]<br />
| term_start3 = 29 November 1989<br />
| term_end3 = 9 May 1996<br />
| predecessor3 = K. R. Natarajan<br />
| successor3 = [[N. S. V. Chitthan]]<br />
| constituency3 = [[Dindigul (Lok Sabha constituency)|Dindigul]]<br />
| office4 = Treasurer of the [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]<br />
| term_start4 = 11 July 2022<ref name="dstreasurer"/><br />
| term_end4 = <br />
| 1blankname4 = [[General Secretary of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|General Secretary]]<br />
| 1namedata4 = [[Edappadi K. Palaniswami]]<br />
| predecessor4 = [[O. Panneerselvam]]<br />
| term_start5 = 14 February 2017<br />
| term_end5 = 21 August 2017<br />
| predecessor5 = [[O. Panneerselvam]]<br />
| successor5 = O. Panneerselvam<br />
| term_start6 = 31 March 2000<br />
| term_end6 = 20 July 2006<br />
| 1blankname6 = [[General Secretary of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|General Secretary]]<br />
| 1namedata6 = [[J. Jayalalithaa]]<br />
| predecessor6 = [[Sedapatti Muthiah]]<br />
| successor6 = [[T. T. V. Dhinakaran]]<br />
| office7 = Organizing Secretary of AIADMK<br />
| term_start7 = 2020<br />
| term_end7 = 2022<br />
| party = [[AIADMK]]<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1948|4|1}}<ref>[http://myneta.info/tamilnadu2016/candidate.php?candidate_id=1138 Criminal & Asset Declaration in Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Election 2016]</ref><br />
| birth_place = [[Usilampatti]], [[Madras Province]], India<br />
| education = M.A ([[Political science]]), MBA{{Citation needed |date=April 2024}}{{clarify|date=April 2024|reason=From what colleges or universities were these degrees earned?}}<br />
| occupation = [[Politician]]<br />
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| spouse = {{ubl<br />
| {{Marriage|S. Kannathal|1974}}{{Citation needed |date=April 2024}}<br />
| {{marriage|S. Nageswari|1979}}{{Citation needed |date=April 2024}}<br />
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'''Dindigul C. Sreenivasan''' (born 1 April 1948) is an Indian politician and former four term [[Parliament of India|Member of Parliament of India]] elected from [[Tamil Nadu]]. He served as [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of Legislative Assembly]] for [[Dindigul (state assembly constituency)|Dindigul]] from 2016 to 2026. He is the [[treasurer]] of the [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] (AIADMK) since 11 July 2022.<ref name="dstreasurer" /> He is one of senior most members of the party [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]]. He served as [[Environment and Forests Department (Tamil Nadu)|Minister for Forests]] for Tamil Nadu from 2016 to 2021.<ref>[http://www.tn.gov.in/department/8 Minister of Tamil Nadu Forests]</ref><ref>[http://www.tn.gov.in/government/mlas/90525/ Tamil Nadu Assembly 2016 Council of Ministers]</ref><ref>[http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/15thassembly/ministers.html Tamil Nadu Legislative 15th Assembly Cabinet Ministers]</ref><br />
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He was elected to the [[Lok Sabha]] from [[Dindigul (Lok Sabha constituency)|Dindigul constituency]] as an AIADMK candidate in the Indian general elections of [[Indian general election, 1989 (Tamil Nadu)|1989]], [[Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1991|1991]], [[Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1998|1998]] and [[Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1999|1999]] in Tamil Nadu.<br />
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Elected in Legislative Assembly Election 2016 and 2021 in Dindigul Assembly constituency for consecutive 2 terms, he belongs to [[Piramalai Kallar]] community.{{refn|<ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1989/Vol_I_LS_89.pdf Volume I, 1989 Indian general election, 9th Lok Sabha] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718183934/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1989/Vol_I_LS_89.pdf |date=18 July 2014 }}</ref><ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1991/VOL_I_91.pdf Volume I, 1991 Indian general election, 10th Lok Sabha] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718183558/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1991/VOL_I_91.pdf |date=18 July 2014 }}</ref><ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1998/Vol_I_LS_98.pdf Volume I, 1998 Indian general election, 12th Lok Sabha] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141020223306/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1998/Vol_I_LS_98.pdf |date=20 October 2014 }}</ref><ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1999/Vol_I_LS_99.pdf Volume I, 1999 Indian general election, 13th Lok Sabha] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718183222/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1999/Vol_I_LS_99.pdf |date=18 July 2014 }}</ref><ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2016/01-List%20of%20sucessful%20Candidatestamil.pdf 15th Legislative Assembly Election 2016 in Tamil Nadu]</ref>}}<br />
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[[Jayalalithaa]] appointed Sreenivasan as Minister for Forests in May 2016. This was his first cabinet post in the [[Government of Tamil Nadu]].<ref>{{cite news |title= Jayalalithaa and her 28-member Cabinet to be sworn in on May 23 |date=21 May 2016 |work=The Hindu |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/list-of-ministers-in-jayalalithaa-cabinet/article8630370.ece |accessdate=2017-05-04}}</ref><br />
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On 11 July 2022, C. Sreenivasan was made treasurer of [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]].<ref name="dstreasurer">{{cite web | url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/aiadmk-gears-up-for-eps-vs-ops-battle-as-madras-hc-set-to-deliver-verdict-on-plea-against-general-council-meet-5528575.html |title=Sec 144 Around AIADMK HQ in Chennai as Party Expels OPS After EPS Gains Control|website=news18| date=11 July 2022 }}</ref><br />
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