C. Kuppusami

{{Short description|Indian politician}}

{{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}}

{{Indian name|Kuppusami|Chengalvarayan}}

{{infobox Indian politician

| office = Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha

| term_start = 1998

| term_end = 2009

| constituency = Chennai North

| predecessor = N. V. N. Somu

| successor = T. K. S. Elangovan

| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1926|12|13}}

| birth_place = Potharai, Tiruvannamalai, Madras Presidency, British India

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2013|04|19|1926|12|13}}

| party = {{party shortname linked|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}

| spouse = Smt. Andal

| children = 1 son and 1 daughter

| residence = Chennai

| footnotes = {{Cite web |url=http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/biodata.asp?mpsno=212 |title=Members of Fourteenth Lok Sabha - Parliament of India website |access-date=16 February 2006 |archive-date=7 November 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071107072325/http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/biodata.asp?mpsno=212 |url-status=bot: unknown }}

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Chengalvarayan Kuppusami (13 December 1926{{snd}}19 April 2013){{Cite news |date=2013-04-19 |title=Kuppusamy passes away |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/kuppusamy-passes-away/article4635660.ece |access-date=2023-06-05 |issn=0971-751X}} {{Cite web |url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/exdmk-mp-kuppusamy-dies-at-86/1105020/ |title=Ex-DMK MP Kuppusamy dies at 86 |access-date=4 June 2023 |archive-date=24 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151224233946/http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/exdmk-mp-kuppusamy-dies-at-86/1105020/ |url-status=bot: unknown }} The Indian Express was a member of the Lok Sabha of India from 1998 to {{citation needed span |date=June 2023 |2009}}. He represented the Chennai North constituency of Tamil Nadu and was a member of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) political party.{{cite web|title=List of Successful Candidates|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_2004/Vol_I_LS_2004.pdf|work=Statistical Reports of General elections 2004|publisher=Election Commission of India|accessdate=9 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101006050939/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_2004/Vol_I_LS_2004.pdf |archive-date=2010-10-06}}

He was a trade unionist and the president of the labour wing of the DMK political party.{{Cite web |url=http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lok12/biodata/12tn01.htm |title=Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website |access-date=15 November 2018 |archive-date=7 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007021747/http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lok12/biodata/12tn01.htm |url-status=bot: unknown }}