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Ma. Subramanian
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Office Cabinet Minister
Government of Tamil Nadu
Office Member of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Office 47th Mayor of Chennai



Term start 7 May 2021


Predecessor C. Vijayabaskar


Predecessor G. Senthamizhan



Constituency Saidapet
Born 1959-6-1 (age 67)
Born Vaniyambadi, Tamil Nadu, India





Political party Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam






Ma. Subramanian (born 1 June 1959) is an Indian lawyer and politician. He serves as a Minister for Health and Family Welfare of Tamil Nadu[1] since 7 May 2021. He served as Mayor of Chennai from 2006 to 2011. He is a member of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) party.[2][3][4] He is a lawyer by profession.

Early life

Template:BLP unsourced section Subramanian completed his higher education in Saidapet Government Model Higher Secondary School and his bachelor's degree in an Open University course. He did his LLB from Havanur College of Law at Bangalore.

Career

Template:BLP unsourced section He joined the DMK in 1976 and became the chairman of Chennai Corporation during 1996–2006. He was elected mayor of Chennai in 2006. He is DMK's youth wing deputy general secretary and loyal to M K Stalin.

He became a practicing advocate in the Madras High Court in 1999. He is a member of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly, elected from Saidapet assembly constituency in the 2021 election. He beat former Chennai mayor Saidai Duraisamy.

Health minister

In 2021 he was appointed minister for Health and Family Welfare of Tamil Nadu.

In July 2021, Subramanian gave his MLA hostel and a month's supply of groceries to a couple who worked as daily wagers to treat their daughter who ate bleach powder, mistaking it for milk powder in March 2021 and lost weight gradually.[5]

Elections

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References

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