Vasanthi Stanley

{{Short description|Indian politician, journalist, and writer (1962–2019)}}

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{{Use Indian English|date=October 2019}}

{{Indian name|Vasanthi|Stanley}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Vasanthi Stanley

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| birth_date ={{birth date|df=yes|1962|5|8}}

| birth_place =Devakottai, Tamil Nadu

| residence =Chennai

| death_date ={{death date and age|df=yes|2019|4|27|1962|5|8}}

| death_place = Chennai

| office = Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha

| constituency = Tamil Nadu

| term =2008-2014

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| party =DMK

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| spouse = Stanley Rajan

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| footnotes =

| date = 27 May

| year = 2009

| source = http://164.100.47.5:8080/members/website/Mainweb.asp?mpcode=2059

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Vasanthi Stanley (8 May 1962 – 27 April 2019) was an Indian politician, journalist and writer. She was member of the Parliament of India representing Tamil Nadu in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament from the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party. She died in a Chennai hospital after a brief illness on 27 April 2019, at age 56.{{cite book|title=Parliamentary Debates: Official Report|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yJJ9Wth_di8C|access-date=30 November 2017|year=2012|publisher=Council of States Secretariat|page=306}}{{cite book|title=The Journal of Parliamentary Information|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RE7wi9D_w5QC|access-date=30 November 2017|year=2011|publisher=Lok Sabha Secretariat|page=186}}{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Protesting-DMK-MP-faints-in-Rajya-Sabha/articleshow/19100312.cms | title=Protesting DMK MP faints in Rajya Sabha | publisher=Times of India | date=21 May 2013 | access-date=30 November 2017}}{{cite web | url=http://rsintranet.nic.in/intrars/Member_Biographical_Book.pdf | title=RAJYA SABHA MEMBERS BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES 1952-2019 | publisher=Rajya Sabha | accessdate=25 April 2021}}{{cite web | url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/former-dmk-mp-vasanthi-stanley-passes-away-100831 | title=Former DMK MP Vasanthi Stanley passes away | publisher=The News Minute | date=28 April 2019 | accessdate=30 April 2021}}