Subbulakshmi Jagadeesan
Subbulakshmi Jagadeesan | |
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 Subbulakshmi Jegadeesan in front of the Indian Parliament as the Union Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
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| Union Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment | |
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In office 2004–2009 |
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| Minister of Social welfare (Govt of Tamil Nadu) | |
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In office 1989–1991 |
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| Minister of Textiles, Kaadhi, Handlooms and Small Scale Industries(Govt of Tamil Nadu) | |
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In office 1977–1980 |
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| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
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In office 2004–2009 |
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| Preceded by | M. Kannappan |
| Constituency | Tiruchengode |
| Member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
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In office 1996–2001 |
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| Preceded by | Kavinilavu Dharmaraj |
| Succeeded by | P. C. Ramasami |
| Constituency | Modakurichi |
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In office 1989–1991 |
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| Preceded by | S. Muthusamy |
| Succeeded by | C. Manickam |
| Constituency | Erode |
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In office 1977–1980 |
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| Preceded by | M. Chinnasami |
| Succeeded by | S. Balakrishnan |
| Constituency | Modakurichi |
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24 June 1947 Kodumudi, Erode district, Madras Presidency, British India |
| Political party | DMK |
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AIADMK |
| Spouse | A.B. Jegadeesan |
| Relations | Gounder V.S. Chinnusamy (Father), C. Angaththal (Mother) |
| Children | 1 son, Dr Jayaprakash Jegadeesan |
| Residence | Erode |
| Education | Bsc., B.T., Educated at Sri Sankara Vidhya Sala, Kodumudi Seethalakshmi Ramasamy College, Tiruchy and Sri Saradha College, Salem |
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As of 22 September, 2006 Source: [1]
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Subbulakshmi Jegadeesan (born 24 June 1947) is an Indian politician. She was The Deputy general-secretary of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and the Union Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.
Career
She was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India, representing the Tiruchengode constituency of Tamil Nadu as a member of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) political party. She was previously elected to the Modakurichi constituency of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly in 1977, 1996 elected to the Erode constituency of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly in 1989.
She was minister in the ministry of Textile, kaadhi, handloom, small scale industries, Prohibition & excise of Tamil Nadu, 1977–1980.
She was minister in the ministry of Social welfare of Tamil Nadu, 1989–1991.
She was Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment of the Government of India.
She was the Deputy General Secretary, serving in the High level committee of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Retirement
In a 29 August 2022 letter to M. K. Stalin, Subbulakshmi Jagadeesan tendered her resignation from all posts and the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party as she wishes to "retire from Politics."