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In this Tamil name, the name "Kuppusamy" is a patronymic and this person should be referred to by their given name, Annamalai.
For the AIADMK politician, see K. Annamalai.
Kuppusamy Annamalai is an Indian politician who has been serving as the Tamil Nadu state president for the Bharatiya Janata Party since 2021.{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/annamalai-appointed-tamil-nadu-bjp-state-president/article35219941.ece |title=Annamalai appointed Tamil Nadu BJP State president |publisher=The Hindu |date=2021-07-08 |accessdate=2024-05-31}}.
Background
K. Annamalai was born in June 4, 1984, in the Karur district of Tamil Nadu.https://www.oneindia.com/politicians/annamalai-kuppusamy-71767.html He is from the Kongu Vellalar community{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}}, which is listed as an Other Backward Class by the government of Indiahttps://bcmbcmw.tn.gov.in/bclist.htm.
He received a Bachelor of Engineering degree from PSG College of Technology in 2007, and a PGDM in Business from IIM, Lucknowhttps://www.business-standard.com/about/who-is-k-annamalai.
Annamalai was a part of the 2011 Batch of the Indian Police Service (IPS), completing his officer training at in September of that yearhttps://www.business-standard.com/about/who-is-k-annamalai. He was appointed as an assistant superintendent of police in September of 2013. He spent the next six years serving various roles in different outposts in Karnataka, over which period he earned himself the nickname "Singham"https://indianexpress.com/article/india/annamalai-singham-karnataka-police-tamil-nadu-elections-6415699/https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/bangalore/singham-of-karnataka-police-annamalai-ips-resigns-joining-politics-5752651/https://www.deccanherald.com/india/karnataka/bengaluru/ace-ips-officer-annamalai-puts-in-papers-736617.html#google_vignette ("lion" in Tamil). He resigned from the police in September of 2019https://www.thenewsminute.com/karnataka/bluru-dcp-singam-annamalai-quits-says-ips-officers-death-made-him-re-examine-life-102539.
Political career
Annamalai joined the BJP on 25 August, 2020.https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/former-ips-officer-annamalai-joins-bjp/article32436477.ecehttps://www.deccanherald.com/india/former-ips-officer-annamalai-inducted-into-the-bjp-877635.html In the 2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, he unsuccessfully contested the Aravakurichi Assembly constituency for the BJP,https://www.deccanherald.com/india/ex-ips-officer-annamalai-sweats-it-out-in-aravakurichi-966622.html losing to R. Elango of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam.https://www.businessinsider.in/politics/elections/news/bjp-candidate-annamalai-from-result-in-tamilnadu-state-election-2021/articleshow/82353177.cms
He was appointed as the Tamil Nadu state president for the BJP on 8 July, 2021, replacing L. Murugan. At the time of his appointment, he was the youngest person to ever lead the BJP in the state at 37 years old.
In the 2024 Indian general election, Annamalai unsuccessfully contested the Coimbatore Lok Sabha constituency for the BJP against Ganapathi P. Rajkumar of the DMKhttps://results.eci.gov.in/PcResultGenJune2024/candidateswise-S2220.htm.
Personal life
Annamalai currently lives in Coimbatore. He has a wife and two children{{Cite web |last=Nath |first=Akshaya |date=2023-02-28 |title=Why Tamil Nadu BJP chief Annamalai traded in the quiet life he dreamt of for 'toxic' politics |url=https://theprint.in/politics/why-tamil-nadu-bjp-chief-annamalai-traded-in-the-quiet-life-he-dreamt-of-for-toxic-politics/1404156/ |access-date=2025-03-25 |website=ThePrint |language=en-US}}.