Su. Thirunavukkarasar#Career

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| name = Su. Thirunavukkarasar

| caption = Su. Thirunavukkarasar in 2019

| office = Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha

| term_start = 23 May 2019

| term_end = 4 June 2024

| constituency = Tiruchirappalli

| predecessor = P Kumar

| successor = Durai Vaiko

| term_start1 = 1999

| term_end1 = 2004

| constituency1 = Pudukottai|

| predecessor1 = Raja Paramasivam

| successor1 = S. Regupathy

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1949|7|13|df=y}}

| birth_place = Aranthangi, Madras Province, India

| residence = Madras

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| office2 = Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha

| term_start2 = 30 June 2004

| term_end2 = 26 June 2010

| constituency2 = Madhya Pradesh

| office3 = President of Tamil Nadu Congress Committee

| term_start3 = 2016

| term_end3 = 2019

| predecessor3 = E. V. K. S. Elangovan

| successor3 = K. S. Alagiri

| office4 = Minister of State for Shipping

| primeminister4 = Atal Bihari Vajpayee

| term_start4 = 2002

| term_end4 = 2003

| office5 = Minister of State for Telecommunication and Information Technology

| primeminister5 = Atal Bihari Vajpayee

| term_start5 = 2003

| term_end5 = 2004

| office6 = Minister of Industries, Housing Board, Excise and Handlooms

| term_start6 = 1980

| term_end6 = 1987

| 1blankname6 = Chief Minister

| 1namedata6 = M. G. Ramachandran

| office7 = Deputy Speaker, Tamilnadu Legislative Assembly

| term_start7 = 1977

| term_end7 = 1980

| 1blankname7 = Speaker

| 1namedata7 = Munu Adhi

| predecessor7 = N. Ganapathy

| successor7 = P. H. Pandian

| office8 = Member of Legislative Assembly

| term_start8 = 1977

| term_end8 = 1999

| constituency8 = Aranthangi assembly constituency

| party = 20px Indian National Congress (Since 2009){{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/s-thirunavukkarasar-leaves-bjp-to-join-congress/article45810.ece |title=S. Thirunavukkarasar leaves BJP to join Congress |work=The Hindu |date=9 November 2009 |accessdate=2017-05-06}}

| otherparty = {{ubl|20px Bharatiya Janata Party (2002{{endash}}2009)|MGR Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (merged with BJP) (1996{{endash}}2002) {{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/the-king-and-his-pocket-borough/article8598426.ece |title=The king and his pocket borough |work=The Hindu |date=14 May 2016 |accessdate=2017-05-06}}|Anna Puratchi Thalaivar Thamilga Munnetra Kazhagam(1991{{endash}}1996)|20px All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
(1977{{endash}}1991),1996}}

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Subburaman Thirunavukkarasar (born 13 July 1949) is an Indian politician. He was the State President of Tamil Nadu Congress Committee till 2 February 2019 and former secretary of the All India Congress Committee (AICC) of the Indian National Congress (INC) party.{{cite web|url=http://inc.in/organization/5/AICC-Office-Bearers |title=Our Organisation |publisher=Indian National Congress |accessdate=2017-05-06}} His introduction to politics in 1977 was facilitated by former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, M. G. Ramachandran. Ramachandran founded the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) in 1972 and was facing his first elections for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election in 1977. He identified Thirunavukkarasar, a lawyer by profession, to contest the Aranthangi assembly constituency. Thirunavukkarasar won the seat, aged 27, and was elected as the Deputy Speaker of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. He continued in that capacity till 1980. Subsequently, he served as Tamil Nadu state minister from 1980 to 1987 in the MGR cabinet, holding portfolios that included Industries, Housing Board, Excise and Handlooms. Later, he became a member of the Lok Sabha – the lower house of the Parliament of India – when he won the erstwhile Pudukottai Lok Sabha constituency. He served as Union Minister of state for shipping and later for telecommunications and information technology.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/news/2009/jul/05bjps-rajya-sabha-member-may-join-aiadmk.htm|title=BJP's Rajya Sabha member may join AIADMK|website=www.rediff.com|access-date=2019-05-25}}

Thirunavukkarasar joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for a brief period and was also a member of the Rajya Sabha – the upper house of the Parliament of India – from the state of Madhya Pradesh. He is a Member of Parliament, representing Tiruchirappalli constituency in the Lok Sabha (the lower house of India's Parliament). {{notelist}}

Early life

S. Thirunavukkarasar was born as Su. Thirunavukkarasu in Theeyathoor, Pudukkottai district, Tamil Nadu on 13 July 1949. He did his M.A., B.L. at Madras University, Chennai and Venkateshwara University, Tirupathi.{{cite web |url=http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lok13/biodata/13TN32.htm |publisher=Parliament of India |title=Biographical Sketch |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090615005656/http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lok13/biodata/13TN32.htm |archive-date=2009-06-15}}

Career

Thirunavukkarasar was elected from Aranthangi legislative assembly constituency at each election from 1977 to 1996.{{citation needed|date=May 2017}} He resigned his seat on 15 October 1999,{{cite web |url=http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/archive/11th_1996/Review-1996.pdf |page=20 |title=Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly (Eleventh Assembly): Review 1996-2001 |publisher=Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu |accessdate=2017-05-07}} he started Anna Puratchi Thalaivar Thamilga Munnetra Kazhagam with K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran in 1991, it merged with AIADMK in 1996 but registered as candidate of Thayaga Marumalarchi Kazhagam.

He later started a new party called MGR Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam in 1996 due to a rift with Jayalalitha, in the legislative assembly elections in Tamil Nadu 2001 MGR ADMK had put up three candidates (supported by NDA), out of whom two were elected. The party received 129 474 votes and in 2002 MGR ADMK merged with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).He won the Pudukottai Lok Sabha Constituency in 1999 and was Union minister of state for Shipping and later, Communication and Information Technology till 2004.

He was appointed the secretary of the AICC by the INC president, Sonia Gandhi. Currently, as AICC secretary, he is responsible for Telangana and participated in the selection of Jana Reddy as leader of the opposition.{{cite news|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/140604/nation-politics/article/congress-posts-losers-telangana-assembly-and-legislative-council |title=Congress posts for losers in Telangana assembly and legislative council |work=The Deccan Chronicle |access-date=2017-05-06}} Thirunavukkarasar was invited to inaugurate the Tamil Nadu chapter of Indian National Congress Overseas in New York, US.{{cite news|url=http://www.indiapost.com/inoc-usa-tamil-nadu-chapter-launched/ |title=INOC USA Tamil Nadu Chapter launched |work=India Post |accessdate=2017-05-06}}

Achievements as State Minister (Tamil Nadu)

Thirunavukkarasar was the Industries, Handlooms and Commercial tax minister in the Ramachandran cabinet while simultaneously being the deputy speaker of the assembly. He established Tamil Nadu Magnesite Limited (TANMAG) and Tamil Nadu Minerals Limited (TAMIN) to further exploration of mineral resources in the state.{{citation needed|date=July 2017}} Thirunavukkarasar also established several State Industries Promotion Corporation of Tamil Nadu (SIPCOTs). Several paper and sugar mills were established by Thirunavukkarasar.{{citation needed|date=July 2017}}

Believing in human resource development through education, he established schools, arts and science college and polytechnics in the 1980s. He also built small dams in rivers and started hospitals and primary health centers. These were done while there was hardly any awareness about water storage and health care.{{citation needed|date=July 2017}}

Minister in the Government of India

As shipping minister, Thirunavukkarasar considered maritime education as necessary for the shipping industry. He emphasised the importance of technology and scientific training and encouraged the National Institute of Port Management to train more personnel. He also inaugurated new premises for Academy of Maritime Education and Training (AMET).{{cite news|url=http://hindu.com/2002/11/04/stories/2002110405170400.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140629164042/http://hindu.com/2002/11/04/stories/2002110405170400.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 June 2014 |title='Maritime education key to shipping industry's growth' |date=4 November 2002 |work=The Hindu |accessdate=2017-05-06}}

Congress relationship

When Sonia Gandhi took over the presidency of Congress Party in 1998. In the 1998 Lok Sabha elections, MGRADMK founded by Thirunavukkarasar aligned with the Congress to face the polls.{{citation needed|date=July 2017}}

Thirunavukkarasar contested the Ramanathapuram Lok Sabha constituency when several Congress stalwarts refused to contest the election. Recently in the year 2017 he was appointed the State President of the Tamil Nadu Congress Committee and has in the past served as the secretary of the All India Congress Committee from 2010 to 2017.{{citation needed|date=July 2017}}

Electoral Career

= Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Elections Contested =

Elections !Constituency !Party !Result !Vote percentage !Opposition Candidate !Opposition Party !Opposition vote percentage
class="wikitable sortable"
1977	Arantangi	\|AIADMK	{{Won}}	37.45	P. Appukutty	CPI	\|25.90
1980	Arantangi	\|AIADMK	{{Won}}	49.50	Mohamed Mashood. M	Independent	\|35.59
1984	Arantangi	\|AIADMK	{{Won}}	49.50	Ramanathan. S	DMK	\|35.94
1989	Arantangi	\|AIADMK(J)	{{Won}}	47.58	Shanmugasundaram M	DMK	\|30.85
1991	Arantangi	\|TMK	{{Won}}	56.46	Shanmugasundaram M	AIADMK	\|40.02
1996	Arantangi	\|MADMK	{{Won}}	50.10	Shanmugasundaram M	DMK	\|39.95

= Lok Sabha Elections Contested =

Elections !Constituency !Party !Result !Vote percentage !Opposition Candidate !Opposition Party !Opposition vote percentage
class="wikitable sortable"
1998 Indian general election	Pudukottai	\|MADMK	{{Lost}}	28.6	Paramasivam Raja	AIADMK	\|36.4
1999 Indian general election	Pudukottai	\|MADMK	{{Won}}	50.7	Paramasivam Raja	INC	\|42.5
2009 Indian general election	Ramanathapuram	\|BJP	{{Lost}}	16.55	J. K. Rithesh	DMK	\|38.03
2014 Indian general election	Ramanathapuram	\|INC	{{Lost}}	6.25	A. Anwhar Raajhaa	AIADMK	\|40.81
2019 Indian general election	Tiruchirappalli	\|INC	{{Won}}	59.70	Dr. V. Elangovan	DMDK	\|15.57

=Rajya Sabha Elections Contested=

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!Year

!Election

!Party

!PC Name

!Result

2004

|2004 Rajya Sabha elections

|Bharatiya Janata Party

|Madhya Pradesh

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Film career

Thirunavukkarasar briefly worked as film distributor. He scripted and produced the film Maruthu Pandi (1990) and appeared in lead role in Agni Paarvai (1992).