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| Office | Minister of Forests |
|---|---|
| Office | Member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly |
| Office | Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
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| Office | Treasurer of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| Term start | 23 May 2016 |
| Term end | 6 May 2021 |
| Predecessor | Edappadi K. Palaniswami |
| Successor | K. Ramachandran |
| Predecessor | K. Balabharathi |
| Successor | I. P. Senthil Kumar |
| Constituency | Dindigul |
| Constituency | Dindigul |
| Born | 1948-4-1 (age 78)[1] |
| Born | Usilampatti, Madras Province, India
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| Political party | AIADMK |
| Spouse | Template:Ubl
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| Occupation | Politician
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Dindigul C. Sreenivasan (born 1 April 1948) is an Indian politician and former four term Member of Parliament of India elected from Tamil Nadu. He served as Member of Legislative Assembly for Dindigul from 2016 to 2026. He is the treasurer of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) since 11 July 2022.[2] He is one of senior most members of the party AIADMK. He served as Minister for Forests for Tamil Nadu from 2016 to 2021.[3][4][5]
He was elected to the Lok Sabha from Dindigul constituency as an AIADMK candidate in the Indian general elections of 1989, 1991, 1998 and 1999 in Tamil Nadu.
Elected in Legislative Assembly Election 2016 and 2021 in Dindigul Assembly constituency for consecutive 2 terms, he belongs to Piramalai Kallar community.Template:Refn
Jayalalithaa appointed Sreenivasan as Minister for Forests in May 2016. This was his first cabinet post in the Government of Tamil Nadu.[6]
On 11 July 2022, C. Sreenivasan was made treasurer of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam.[2]
References
- ↑ Criminal & Asset Declaration in Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Election 2016
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Sec 144 Around AIADMK HQ in Chennai as Party Expels OPS After EPS Gains Control. news18(11 July 2022).
- ↑ Minister of Tamil Nadu Forests
- ↑ Tamil Nadu Assembly 2016 Council of Ministers
- ↑ Tamil Nadu Legislative 15th Assembly Cabinet Ministers
- ↑ Jayalalithaa and her 28-member Cabinet to be sworn in on May 23. The Hindu(21 May 2016).