K. Anbazhagan

K. Anbazhagan
3rd General Secretary of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
In office 17 May 1977 – 7 March 2020
Inaugural Holder	C. N. Annadurai
Preceded by	V. R. Nedunchezhiyan
Succeeded by	Durai Murugan
Leader of the Opposition in Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
In office May 16 2001 – 17 May 2006
Deputy	Arcot N. Veeraswami (2001-2005)
Preceded by	S. Balakrishnan
Succeeded by	O. Panneerselvam
Minister of Finance in the Government of Tamil Nadu
In office 17 May 2006 – 15 May 2011
Preceded by	C. Ponnaiyan
Succeeded by	O. Panneerselvam
Minister of Education
In office 16 May 1996 – 15 May 2001
In office 27 January 1989 – 30 January 1991
Member of Tamil Nadu legislative assembly
In office 14 May 2001 – 12 May 2006
Constituency	Harbour
In office 16 November 1984 – 26 January 1989
Constituency	Park Town
In office 30 June 1977 – 15 November 1984
Constituency	Purasawalkam
Minister for Health and Social Welfare
In office 15 March 1971 – 31 January 1976
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 4 March 1967 – 15 March 1971
Constituency	Tiruchengode
Member of Legislative Council
In office 1 April 1957 – 25 February 1967
Leader of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly House
In office 17 May 2006 – 14 June 2011
CM	M. Karunanidhi
Preceded by	C. Ponnaiyan
Succeeded by	O. Panneerselvam
In office 27 January 1989 – 30 January 1991
Personal details
Born	Ramaiah (1922-12-19)19 December 1922[1] Kattoor, Madras Presidency, British India (now in Tamil Nadu, India)
Died	7 March 2020(2020-03-07) (aged 97) Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Political party	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Other political affiliations	Justice Party
Residence(s)	Anna Nagar, Chennai
Source: [1]

Kalyanasundaram Anbazhagan (19 December 1922 – 7 March 2020) was an Indian politician. He was a long-standing leader of the Dravidian movement^[2] and was the General Secretary of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party (DMK) for nine terms. He has held several cabinet ministerial portfolios in the Tamil Nadu government under M. Karunanidhi including Finance, Education and Health and Social Welfare. He was elected as a member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly on nine occasions. He was earlier elected to the Lok Sabha the lower house of India's Parliament from Tiruchengode and was also a member of the Madras Legislative Council. He served as the opposition leader of Tamil Nadu assembly from 2001 to 2006.^[3] He was popularly referred to as Perasiriyar (Professor) as he was a lecturer in Tamil in Pachaiyappa's College before resigning to contest elections in 1957.^[4]