V. R. Nedunchezhiyan

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V. R. Nedunchezhiyan
"Navalar" V. R. Nedunchezhiyan
Acting Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
In office 24 December 1987 – 7 January 1988
Governor	Sundar Lal Khurana
Political Party	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Preceded by	M. G. Ramachandran
Succeeded by	V. N. Janaki Ramachandran
Constituency	Athoor
In office 16 November 1984 – 9 February 1985
Political Party	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Preceded by	M. G. Ramachandran
Succeeded by	M. G. Ramachandran
In office 3 February 1969 – 10 February 1969
Governor	Sardar Ujjal Singh
Political Party	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Preceded by	C. N. Annadurai
Succeeded by	M. Karunanidhi
Constituency	Triplicane
Minister of Finance, Tamil Nadu
In office 24 June 1991 – 12 May 1996
Chief Minister	J. Jayalalithaa
Preceded by	M. Karunanidhi
Succeeded by	M. Karunanidhi
In office 9 June 1980 – 24 December 1987
Chief Minister	M. G. Ramachandran
Preceded by	Nanjil K. Manoharan
Succeeded by	M. Karunanidhi
Minister of Education, Tamil Nadu
In office 13 August 1969 – 31 January 1976
Chief Minister	M. Karunanidhi
Preceded by	S. Madhavan
Succeeded by	C. Aranganayagam
In office 6 March 1967 – 10 February 1969
Chief Minister	C. N. Annadurai himself (acting)
Preceded by	M. Bhaktavatsalam
Succeeded by	M. Karunanidhi
4th Leader of the Opposition in the Madras Legislative Assembly
In office 29 March 1962 – 28 February 1967
Deputy	M. Karunanidhi
Chief Minister	K. Kamaraj M. Bhakthavatsalam
Preceded by	V. K. Ramaswami
Succeeded by	P. G. Karuthiruman
Constituency	Triplicane
Member of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
In office 1991–1996
Leader of the House	Himself
Preceded by	G. Ponnu Pillai
Succeeded by	N. R. Alagaraja
Constituency	Theni
In office 1984–1989
Leader of the House	Himself
Preceded by	A. Vellaisamy
Succeeded by	I. Periasamy
Constituency	Athoor
In office 1980–1984
Leader of the House	Himself
Preceded by	G. R. Edmund
Succeeded by	S. Narayanan
Constituency	Thirunelveli
In office 1962–1977
Leader of the House	B. Bakshatvalasam Himself M. Karunanidhi
Preceded by	K. S. G. Haja Shareef
Succeeded by	M. Aranganathan
Constituency	Triplicane
2nd General Secretary of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
In office 23 June 1978 – 10 June 1980
Preceded by	M. G. Ramachandran
Succeeded by	P. U. Shanmugam
In office September 1977 - 23 June 1978 Interim
General Secretary.	M. G. Ramachandran
2nd General Secretary of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
In office 4 February 1969 – 16 May 1977
Preceded by	C. N. Annadurai
Succeeded by	K. Anbazhagan
In office 24 April 1955 – 24 September 1960
Preceded by	C. N. Annadurai
Succeeded by	C. N. Annadurai
3rd Presidium Chairperson of AIADMK
In office 1996 – 12 January 2000
General Secretary	J.Jayalalithaa
Preceded by	E. V. A. Vallimuthu[Note 1]
Succeeded by	K. Kalimuthu
Personal details
Born	Ra. Go. Narayanasamy[citation needed] 11 July 1920 Thirukannapuram, Madras Presidency, British India (present-day Tamil Nadu, India)
Died	12 January 2000(2000-01-12) (aged 79) Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Cause of death	Heart failure
Political party	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (1977-2000)
Other political affiliations	Dravidar Kazhagam (1944-1949) Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (1949-1977) Makkal Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (own party;1977)
Spouse(s)	Visalakshi (m. 1950; d. 2016)
Children	1 son
Relatives	Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (grandson)
Residence(s)	Seethamma Colony, Teynampet, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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Chief Ministers Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu C. N. Annadurai V. R. Nedunchezhiyan M. Karunanidhi M. G. Ramachandran V. N. Janaki Ramachandran J. Jayalalithaa O. Panneerselvam Edappadi K. Palaniswami M. K. Stalin Chief Ministers of Puducherry M. O. H. Farook S. Ramassamy M. D. R. Ramachandran R. V. Janakiraman Deputy Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu M. K. Stalin O. Panneerselvam
Speakers Deputy Speakers of the Lok Sabha G. Lakshmanan M. Thambidurai Speaker of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Si. Pa. Adithanar Pulavar K. Govindan K. A. Mathiazhagan Munu Adhi K. Rajaram P. H. Pandian M. Tamilkudimagan Sedapatti R. Muthiah P. T. R. Palanivel Rajan K. Kalimuthu R. Avudaiyappan D. Jayakumar P. Dhanapal M. Appavu Speaker of the Puducherry Legislative Assembly S. Perumal S. Pakkiam G. Palaniraja V. M. C. Sivakumar Deputy Speaker of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Pulavar K. Govindan G. R. Edmund P. Seenivasan N. Ganapathy Su. Thirunavukkarasar P. H. Pandian V. P. Balasubramanian V. P. Duraisamy K. Ponnusamy S. Gandhirajan Parithi Ilamvazhuthi A. Arunachalam P. Dhanapal Pollachi V. Jayaraman K. Pitchandi
Leaders of the Opposition Leaders of the Opposition in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly V. R. Nedunchezhiyan M. Karunanidhi J. Jayalalithaa S. R. Eradha K. Anbazhagan O. Panneerselvam Vijayakant M. K. Stalin Edappadi K. Palaniswami Leaders of the Opposition in the Puducherry Legislative Assembly P. K. Loganathan V. M. C. V. Ganapathy R. V. Janakiraman A. M. H. Nazeem R. Siva Deputy Leaders of the Opposition in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly K. Anbazhagan Su. Thirunavukkarasar Duraimurugan K. A. Sengottaiyan O. Panneerselvam Panruti S. Ramachandran Alagaapuram R. Mohanraj R. B. Udhayakumar
Others Pioneers C. Iyothee Thass R. Srinivasan C. Natesan Maraimalai Adigal P. Theagarayar T. M. Nair E. V. Ramasami Various Topics Anti-Hindi agitations of Tamil Nadu Cinema in Dravidian politics Dravidar Kazhagam Dravidian movement Dravidianism Rise of Dravidian parties Self-Respect Movement
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V. R. Nedunchezhiyan (11 July 1920 – 12 January 2000) was an Indian politician and writer. He served thrice as the Chief Minister of the state of Tamil Nadu, India. He was also senior cabinet minister under the governments of C. N. Annadurai, M. Karunanidhi, M. G. Ramachandran and J. Jayalalithaa. For his literary contributions, he was also known as "Navalar" or the eloquent.^[1]

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