K. Pandiarajan

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Ma Foi K. Pandiarajan
K. Pandiarajan in Soosaiya Nagar, Chennai on 71st Independence Day of India.
Minister for Tamil Official Language, Tamil Culture and Archaeology
In office 21 August 2017 – 6 May 2021
Chief minister	Edappadi K. Palaniswami
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Thangam Thennarasu
Constituency	Avadi
Minister for School Education, Youth Affairs and Sports (Government of Tamil Nadu)
In office 29 August 2016 – 17 May 2017
Chief minister	J. Jayalalithaa O. Panneerselvam
Preceded by	P. Benjamin
Succeeded by	K. A. Sengottaiyan
Member of Tamil Nadu legislative assembly
In office 23 May 2016 – 6 May 2021
Preceded by	S. Abdul Rahim
Succeeded by	S. M. Nasar
Constituency	Avadi
In office 15 May 2011 – 22 May 2016
Preceded by	R. Varadarajan
Succeeded by	A. R. R. Seenivasan
Constituency	Virudhunagar
Personal details
Born	(1959-05-13) 13 May 1959 (age 65) Villampatti, Sivakasi, Madras State (now Virudhunagar District, Tamil Nadu, India)
Political party	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Other political affiliations	Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (until 2016)
Spouse	Hemalatha[1]
Children	Suhaas (son) Sunila (daughter)
Residence(s)	Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Alma mater	PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore (BE) XLRI, Jamshedpur (MBA)
Occupation	Businessman, politician
Portfolio	Chairman at Ma Foi Solutions

K. Pandiarajan (born 13 May 1959) popularly known as Ma Foi K. Pandiarajan is an Indian businessman and politician from Tamil Nadu. Ma Foi K. Pandiarajan is Minister of Avadi Constituency from 2016. He is the founder of Ma Foi Management Consultants Ltd, a human resource management company, and CIEL HR Services, another talent acquisition firm. He contested in the 2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election as a Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK) candidate and won from his Virdhunagar constituency. Again he contested in the 2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election as an All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) candidate and won from his Avadi constituency.

Pandiarajan was appointed as Minister for School Education, Youth Welfare and Sports by former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, J. Jayalalithaa on 29 August 2016. He remained in her cabinet until her death on 5 December 2016. He was immediately sworn into the same office by the new Chief Minister, O. Panneerselvam. He half-heartedly supported the appointment of V. K. Sasikala as General Secretary of AIADMK before deciding to support the Panneerselvam faction when Panneerselvam turned against Sasikala. He was relieved of his ministerial office when Edappadi K. Palaniswami became Chief Minister. Later, in August 2017, Panneerselvam's and Palaniswami's Factions joined and gained majority in the house. Pandiarajan was appointed as Minister for Tamil language, Tamil Culture and Archaeology.