C. V. Shanmugam

C. V. Shanmugam is an Indian politician from Tamil Nadu. He is currently a Rajya Sabha MP from Tamil Nadu. He is a four time MLA and senior Minister from AIADMK party in Tamil Nadu. He was a former member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from Villupuram constituency. As a cadre of Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, he was previously elected to the Tindivanam constituency in 2001 and 2006 elections. He also served as the state's Minister of Education, Law and Commercial Taxes from 2003 to 2006 and from 2011 to 2013 under the leadership of the Chief Minister Jayalalitha. His father was a previous member of the parliament for the Vandhavasi constituency.

Preceded byC. Sivakumar

ConstituencyMailam

Preceded byK. Ponmudy

Succeeded byR. Lakshmanan

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C. V. Shanmugam
Member of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 11 May 2026
Preceded by	C. Sivakumar
Constituency	Mailam
In office 16 May 2011 – 6 May 2021
Preceded by	K. Ponmudy
Succeeded by	R. Lakshmanan
Constituency	Villupuram
In office 14 May 2001 – 15 May 2011
Preceded by	R. Sedunathan
Succeeded by	D. Haridoss
Constituency	Tindivanam
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office 30 June 2022 – 7 May 2026[1]
Preceded by	S. R. Balasubramoniyan
Constituency	Tamil Nadu
Minister for Law, Courts, Prisons, Mines and Minerals Government of Tamil Nadu
In office 23 May 2016 – 6 May 2021
Chief Minister	J. Jayalalithaa O. Panneerselvam Edappadi K. Palaniswami
Preceded by	S. P. Velumani
Succeeded by	S. Regupathy
Minister for Commercial Taxes and Registration Government of Tamil Nadu
In office 19 January 2012 – 3 October 2012
Chief Minister	J. Jayalalithaa
Preceded by	Agri S. S. Krishnamurthy
Succeeded by	B. V. Ramanaa
Minister for School Education Government of Tamil Nadu
In office 16 May 2011 – 18 January 2012
Chief Minister	J. Jayalalithaa
Preceded by	Thangam Thennarasu
Personal details
Born	(1965-05-01) 1 May 1965 (age 61) Tindivanam, Viluppuram, Tamil Nadu
Party	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Parent	C. Venugopal (father)

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He is the son of C. Venugopal, who served as 1977 Vandavasi Loksabha MP and The AIADMK organizer for the united South Arcot district.^[2] He served as the party district secretary for 10 years. He won the 2016 elections in Villupuram constituency again and was appointed Minister of Law and Prisons. In 2017 he was again made a district secretary of AIADMK for Villupuram district.

He contested again in Viluppuram constituency but he was defeated by 14,868 votes by R. Lakshmanan.^[3][4][5] He was arrested on 7 April 2022 for protesting against the cancellation of many subsidy schemes in Tamil Nadu.^[6] He also insisted that upper house of the Parliament change the name of the Madras high court to Tamil Nadu High court in the winter session of the Rajya Sabha held on 7 December 2023. In 2026, he contested from Mailam and won by a margin of 30,041 votes.^[7]