V. Vaithilingam

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V. Vaithilingam
V. Vaithilingam at 27th Flower, Vegetable and Fruit Show, Pondicherry
President of Puducherry Pradesh Congress Committee
Incumbent
Assumed office 9 June 2023 (2023-06-09)
Preceded by	A. V. Subramanian
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office 23 May 2019
Preceded by	R. Radhakrishnan
Constituency	Puducherry
Majority	1,97,025 (24.91%)
6th Chief Minister of Puducherry
In office 4 July 1991 – 13 May 1996
Preceded by	M. D. R. Ramachandran
Succeeded by	R. V. Janakiraman
In office 4 September 2008 – 15 May 2011
Preceded by	N. Rangaswamy
Succeeded by	N. Rangaswamy
Speaker of Puducherry Legislative Assembly
In office 12 June 2016 – 21 March 2019
Deputy	V.P. Sivakolundu
Constituency	Kamaraj Nagar
Member of the Puducherry Legislative Assembly
In office 2011–2019
Preceded by	New constituency
Succeeded by	A. Johnkumar
Constituency	Kamaraj Nagar
In office 1985–2011
Preceded by	R. Subbaraya Gounder
Succeeded by	L. Periyasamy
Constituency	Nettapakkam
Personal details
Born	Vaithilingam (1950-10-05) 5 October 1950 (age 73) Cuddalore, Madras State, India
Political party	Indian National Congress
Spouse	Sasikala
Children	1 son and 1 daughter
Residence(s)	Pondicherry, Puducherry
Alma mater	Loyola College, Chennai

V. Vaithilingam (born 5 October 1950) is an Indian politician belonging to the Indian National Congress, who currently represents Puducherry in the Lok Sabha. He held the position as 11th Chief Minister of Pondicherry from 1991 to 1996 and 16th Chief Minister of Puducherry again from 2008 to 2011. He is a senior legislator serving eight consecutive terms.^[1]

He headed the Pondicherry Government from 1991 to 1996 and the Congress Legislative party from 1991 to 2000. His priorities as Chief Minister were to minimize the budget deficit, increase private sector participation in public transport, and improve the health care system. He first became Chief Minister at the age of 40, making him the second youngest Chief Minister of Puducherry.^[2]