A. Raja

Andimuthu Raja
Raja in 2005
Deputy General Secretary of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Incumbent
Assumed office 9 September 2020
President	M. K. Stalin
Union Cabinet Minister for Ministry of Communications and Information Technology
In office 16 May 2007 – 14 November 2010
Prime Minister	Manmohan Singh
Preceded by	Dayanidhi Maran
Succeeded by	Kapil Sibal
Union Cabinet Minister for Environment and Forest
In office 23 May 2004 – 16 May 2007
Prime Minister	Manmohan Singh
Preceded by	Ramesh Bais (Independent Charge)
Succeeded by	Jairam Ramesh (Independent Charge)
Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare
In office 30 September 2002 – 21 December 2003
Prime Minister	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Cabinet Minister	Shatrughan Sinha (2002-03) Sushma Swaraj (2003)
Union Minister of State for Rural Development
In office 13 October 1999 – 30 September 2002
Prime Minister	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Cabinet Minister	Sunder Lal Patwa (1999-2000) Venkaiah Naidu (2000-02)
Member of the Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office May 2019
Preceded by	C. Gopalakrishnan
Constituency	Nilgiris
In office May 2009 – May 2014
Preceded by	R. Prabhu
Succeeded by	C. Gopalakrishnan
Constituency	Nilgiris
In office October 1999 – May 2009
Preceded by	P. Raja Rathinam
Succeeded by	D. Napoleon
Constituency	Perambalur
In office May 1996 – February 1998
Preceded by	A. Asokraj
Succeeded by	P. Raja Rathinam
Constituency	Perambalur
Personal details
Born	Sathyaseelan (1963-05-10) 10 May 1963 (age 61) Andimadam, Madras State (now Ariyalur District, Tamil Nadu), India
Political party	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Spouse	Parameshwari Raja ​ (died 2021)​
Children	Mayuri Raja
Occupation	Politician, Lawyer

Andimuthu Raja (born Sathyaseelan; 26 October 1963) is an Indian politician from Tamil Nadu, who serves as Member of Parliament for the Nilgiris constituency and deputy general secretary for the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam.^[1] He was a member of the 15th Lok Sabha representing the Nilgiris constituency of Tamil Nadu and had been elected to house four times since 1996. Raja is an advocate by profession and he did his master's degree from Government Law College in Tiruchirappalli.

Raja was first elected to Parliament as a member of Lok Sabha in 1996 from the Perambalur constituency and was reelected from the same constituency in 1999 and 2004 elections and from Nilgiris constituency in 2009. He was Minister of State for Rural development from 1996 to 2000, Minister of State, Health and Family Welfare from September 2000 to May 2004 and a cabinet minister for Environment and Forests from May 2004 to May 2007. He became the cabinet minister for Communication and Information Technology from May 2007, following the resignation of Dayanidhi Maran. Raja was a co-accused in the 2G Spectrum case, along with two other members of the DMK, Dayanidhi Maran and Kanimozhi. All three were acquitted in 2017. Raja was re-elected as Nilgiris MP in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, and was elected Deputy General Secretary of the DMK in September 2020.