S. Damodaran (politician)

S. Damodaran (born 18 September 1952) is an Indian politician and was a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu.

This article is about the Tamil Nadu politician. For the Kerala politician, see Mararikulam Assembly Constituency.

S.Damodaran
Minister for Agriculture Tamil Nadu government
In office
11 November 2011 – 14 July 2014
MLA of Tamil Nadu legislative assembly for Kinathukadavu
In office
2001-2016
District secretary (coimbatore rural)
In office
2011-2014

S. Damodaran was born in Pollachi on 18 September 1952. He is married and has one child.[1]

Prior to being elected to the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly, Damodaran was President of Thalakkarai Panchayat (1984–1989) and a member of Pollachi North Panchayat Union (1996–2001).[1]

Damodaran, who represented the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, was elected to the 14th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from Kinathukadavu constituency in 2011.[2] He had previously been elected to the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from the same constituency in 2001[3] and 2006.[4]

Damodaran had been a minister in the Jayalalithaa-led government of 2001–2006 and she appointed him to cabinet office again in November 2011 during a reshuffle. He took over the Agriculture portfolio from K. A. Sengottaiyan, who became Minister for Information Technology.[5] Damodaran was replaced as Minister for Agriculture by S. S. Krishnamoorthy on 19 May 2014, when the Chief Minister, Jayalalithaa, again reshuffled her government.[6]

The elections of 2016 resulted in his constituency being won by A. Shanmugam.[7]

References
  1. "Thiru S. Damodaran(AIADMK)". Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
  2. "List of MLAs from Tamil Nadu 2011" (PDF). Government of Tamil Nadu. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
  3. 2001 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India
  4. 2006 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India
  5. "Jayalalithaa sacks six Tamil Nadu ministers". NDTV. PTI. 4 November 2011. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  6. "Jayalalithaa sacks three ministers, six AIADMK functionaries". DNA India. PTI. 19 May 2014. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
  7. "15th Assembly Members". Government of Tamil Nadu. Retrieved 2 May 2017.


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