Kanimozhi

Kanimozhi Karunanidhi
Kanimozhi in 2020
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office 18 June 2019
Leader of the House	Narendra Modi
Preceded by	J. Jayasingh Thiyagaraj Natterjee
Constituency	Thoothukkudi
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office 25 July 2007 – 23 May 2019
Leader of the House	Manmohan Singh Arun Jaitley
Preceded by	S. G. Indira
Succeeded by	P. Wilson
Constituency	Tamil Nadu
Chairperson – Standing Committee on Rural Development and Panchayati Raj
Incumbent
Assumed office 13 September 2022
Preceded by	Prataprao Jadhav
Chairperson – District Development Coordination and Monitoring Committee
Incumbent
Assumed office 18 June 2019
Preceded by	J. Jayasingh Thiyagaraj Natterjee
Chairperson – Tuticorin Airport Advisory Committee
Incumbent
Assumed office 18 June 2019
Preceded by	J. Jayasingh Thiyagaraj Natterjee
Chairperson – Standing Committee on Chemicals and Fertilizers
In office 13 September 2019 – 12 September 2022
Preceded by	Anandrao Adsul
Succeeded by	Shashi Tharoor
President – The Hindu Office and National Press Employees’ Union
Incumbent
Assumed office 12 April 2017
Preceded by	E. Gopal
Parliamentary Chairperson of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Incumbent
Assumed office 10 June 2024
Preceded by	T. R. Baalu
Deputy Leader of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam in Lok Sabha
In office 18 June 2019 – 5 June 2024
Leader	T. R. Baalu
Succeeded by	Dayanidhi Maran
Deputy General Secretary of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Incumbent
Assumed office 9 October 2022
President	M. K. Stalin
General Secretary	Duraimurugan
Preceded by	Subbulakshmi Jagadeesan
Women's Wing Secretary of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
In office 9 January 2015 – 23 November 2022
President	M. Karunanidhi M. K. Stalin
General Secretary	K. Anbazhagan Duraimurugan
Preceded by	Office Established
Succeeded by	J. Helen Davidson
Personal details
Born	Kanimozhi (1968-01-05) 5 January 1968 (age 56) Madras, Madras State, India (present-day Chennai, Tamil Nadu)
Political party	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Spouse	Athiban Bose ​ ​ (m. 1989; div. 1997)​ [1] G. Aravindan ​ (m. 1997)​
Relations	See Karunanidhi family
Children	Aditya Aravindan (Son)
Parent(s)	Father: M. Karunanidhi Mother: Rajathi Ammal
Residences	46/1, Prashanthi Apartments, 2nd Cross Street, CIT Colony, Mylapore, Chennai – 600004, Tamil Nadu, India 102F/20M, 6th Street, Kurinji Nagar, Polpettai, Thoothukkudi – 628002, Tamil Nadu, India
Education	Master of Economics
Alma mater	Ethiraj College for Women
Profession	Politician Poet Journalist
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Kanimozhi Karunanidhi (born 5 January 1968) is an Indian politician, poet and journalist. She is a Member of Parliament, representing Thoothukkudi constituency in the Lok Sabha (the lower house of India's Parliament). She was also a former MP who represented Tamil Nadu in the Rajya Sabha (the upper house of India's Parliament).^[2] Kanimozhi is the daughter of the former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu M. Karunanidhi and his third wife Rajathi Ammal.

Kanimozhi belongs to the Indian political party Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), where she functions as the deputy general secretary. Her half-brothers M. K. Alagiri and M. K. Stalin are the former Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers of the Republic of India and the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu respectively.