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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = K. C. Karuppannan<br />
| office = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member]] of the [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]]<br />
| term_start = 16 May 2016<br />
| term_end =<br />
| constituency = [[Bhavani Assembly constituency|Bhavani]]<br />
| predecessor = P. G. Narayanan<br />
| successor = <br />
| term_start2 = 13 May 2001 <br />
| term_end2 = 11 May 2006<br />
| predecessor2 = [[S. N. Balasubramanian]]<br />
| successor2 = R. V. Ramanathan<br />
| office3 = [[Tamil Nadu Forest Department|Minister of Environment]]<br>[[Government of Tamil Nadu]]<br />
| term_start3 = 16 May 2016<br />
| term_end3 = 2 May 2021<br />
| predecessor3 = [[M. Mariam Pichai]]<br />
| successor3 = [[Meyyanathan Siva V]]<br />
| party = [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]<br />
|birth_date = {{birth year and age|1957}}<br />
|birth_place = Kavandapadi, [[Erode district|Erode]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India<br />
| nationality = Indian<br />
|occupation = Politician<br />
|father = Chinniagounder<br />
}}<br />
'''Kavandapadi Chinniagounder Karuppannan''', better known as '''K. C. Karuppannan''', is an Indian politician and a member of the [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]]. He was elected from [[Bhavani (State Assembly Constituency)|Bhavani constituency]] as a candidate of the AIADMK in 2001, 2016 and 2021. A very humble and calm headed person who reaches each and every individual in his constituency and fulfills their needs, made him a hero among the people of his constituency.<ref>{{Cite web|title=government {{!}} Tamil Nadu Government Portal|url=https://www.tn.gov.in/government/mlas/90541|access-date=2020-09-15|website=www.tn.gov.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=department {{!}} Tamil Nadu Government Portal|url=https://www.tn.gov.in/department/8|access-date=2020-09-15|website=www.tn.gov.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Council of Ministers {{!}} Tamil Nadu Government Portal|url=https://www.tn.gov.in/ministerslist|access-date=2020-09-15|website=www.tn.gov.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Government of Tamil Nadu - Department of Environment|url=https://www.environment.tn.gov.in/minister-secretary|access-date=2020-09-15|website=www.environment.tn.gov.in|archive-date=11 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200411020042/https://www.environment.tn.gov.in/minister-secretary|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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Then-Chief Minister [[J. Jayalalithaa]] appointed Karuppannan as Minister in her cabinet in May 2016. He served as the [[Department of Environment and Forests|Minister of Environment and Pollution Control]] (from 2016-2021). 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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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:Tamil Nadu MLAs 2016–2021]]<br />
[[Category:State cabinet ministers of Tamil Nadu]]<br />
[[Category:All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam politicians]]<br />
[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]<br />
[[Category:Tamil Nadu MLAs 2021–2026]]<br />
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