M. K. Alagiri

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M. K. Alagiri
Alagiri in June 2009
Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers
In office 28 May 2009 – 21 March 2013
President	Pratibha Patil Pranab Mukherjee
Prime Minister	Manmohan Singh
Preceded by	Ram Vilas Paswan
Succeeded by	Srikant Kumar Jena, MoS (I/C)
Constituency	Madurai
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 1 June 2009 – 18 May 2014
Leader of the House	Pranab Mukherjee Sushilkumar Shinde
Preceded by	P. Mohan
Succeeded by	R. Gopalkrishnan
Constituency	Madurai
Personal details
Born	Muthuvel Karunanidhi Alagiri (1951-01-30) 30 January 1951 (age 73) Madras, Madras State, India (present-day Chennai, Tamil Nadu)
Political party	Dravida Munnetra Kazagham (until 2000 & 2001 - 2014)
Spouse	Kanthi[1] Alagiri (m. 1972)
Relations	• M. K. Selvi (younger sister) • M. K. Stalin (younger brother) • M. K. Tamilarasu (younger brother)
Children	Dayanidhi Azhagiri Anjugaselvi Kayalvizhi
Parent(s)	Karunanidhi Dayalu Ammal
Residence(s)	Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India

Muthuvel Karunanidhi Alagiri (born 30 January 1951), commonly known as M. K. Alagiri, is an Indian politician from Tamil Nadu and was a Union Cabinet Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers from 28 May 2009 to 20 March 2013. He is the second son of the former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, M. Karunanidhi and his second wife Dayalu Ammal and the head of South Zone of Dravida Munnetra Kazagham (up to 2014).