Su. Thirunavukkarasar

Su. Thirunavukkarasar
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 23 May 2019 – 4 June 2024
Preceded by	P Kumar
Succeeded by	Durai Vaiko
Constituency	Tiruchirappalli
In office 1999–2004
Preceded by	Raja Paramasivam
Succeeded by	S. Regupathy
Constituency	Pudukottai
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office 30 June 2004 – 26 June 2010
Constituency	Madhya Pradesh
President of Tamil Nadu Congress Committee
In office 2016–2019
Preceded by	E. V. K. S. Elangovan
Succeeded by	K. S. Alagiri
Minister of State for Shipping
In office 2002–2003
Prime Minister	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Minister of State for Telecommunication and Information Technology
In office 2003–2004
Prime Minister	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Minister of Industries, Housing Board, Excise and Handlooms
In office 1980–1987
Chief Minister	M. G. Ramachandran
Deputy Speaker, Tamilnadu Legislative Assembly
In office 1977–1980
Speaker	Munu Adhi
Preceded by	N. Ganapathy
Succeeded by	P. H. Pandian
Member of Legislative Assembly
In office 1977–1999
Constituency	Aranthangi assembly constituency
Personal details
Born	(1949-07-13) 13 July 1949 (age 74) Aranthangi, Madras Province, India
Political party	Indian National Congress (Since 2009)[1]
Other political affiliations	Bharatiya Janata Party (2002–2009) MGR Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (merged with BJP) (1996–2002) [2] Anna Puratchi Thalaivar Thamilga Munnetra Kazhagam(1991–1996) All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (1977–1991),1996
Residence	Madras

Subburaman Thirunavukkarasar (born 13 July 1949) is an Indian politician. He was the State President of Tamil Nadu Congress Committee till 2 February 2019 and former secretary of the All India Congress Committee (AICC) of the Indian National Congress (INC) party.^[3] His introduction to politics in 1977 was facilitated by former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, M. G. Ramachandran. Ramachandran founded the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) in 1972 and was facing his first elections for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election in 1977. He identified Thirunavukkarasar, a lawyer by profession, to contest the Aranthangi assembly constituency. Thirunavukkarasar won the seat, aged 27, and was elected as the Deputy Speaker of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. He continued in that capacity till 1980. Subsequently, he served as Tamil Nadu state minister from 1980 to 1987 in the MGR cabinet, holding portfolios that included Industries, Housing Board, Excise and Handlooms. Later, he became a member of the Lok Sabha – the lower house of the Parliament of India – when he won the erstwhile Pudukottai Lok Sabha constituency. He served as Union Minister of state for shipping and later for telecommunications and information technology.^[4]

Thirunavukkarasar joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for a brief period and was also a member of the Rajya Sabha – the upper house of the Parliament of India – from the state of Madhya Pradesh. He is a Member of Parliament, representing Tiruchirappalli constituency in the Lok Sabha (the lower house of India's Parliament).