Subbulakshmi Jagadeesan

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Subbulakshmi Jegadeesan Manoharan (born 24 June 1947) is an Indian politician. She was The Deputy general-secretary of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and the Union Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.

Prime MinisterManmohan Singh
Preceded byNagmani
Succeeded byNapoleon
Chief MinisterM. Karunanidhi
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Subbulakshmi Jagadeesan
Union Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
In office
22 May 2004  23 May 2009
Prime MinisterManmohan Singh
Preceded byNagmani
Succeeded byNapoleon
Minister of Social welfare (Govt of Tamil Nadu)
In office
27 January 1989  30 January 1991
Chief MinisterM. Karunanidhi
Minister of Textiles, Kaadhi, Handlooms and Small Scale Industries(Govt of Tamil Nadu)
In office
30 June 1977  17 February 1980
Chief MinisterM. G. Ramachandran
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
16 May 2004  16 May 2009
Preceded byM. Kannappan
ConstituencyTiruchengode
Member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
In office
10 May 1996  14 May 2001
Preceded byKavinilavu Dharmaraj
Succeeded byP. C. Ramasami
ConstituencyModakurichi
In office
6 February 1989  30 January 1991
Preceded byS. Muthusamy
Succeeded byC. Manickam
ConstituencyErode
In office
1977–1980
Preceded byM. Chinnasami
Succeeded byS. Balakrishnan
ConstituencyModakurichi
Personal details
Born (1947-06-24) 24 June 1947 (age 79)
PartyDMK
Other political
affiliations
AIADMK
SpouseA.B. Jegadeesan
RelationsGounder V.S. Chinnusamy (Father), C. Angaththal (Mother)
Children1 son, Dr Jayaprakash Jegadeesan
EducationBsc., B.T., Educated at Sri Sankara Vidhya Sala, Kodumudi Seethalakshmi Ramasamy College, Tiruchy and Sri Saradha College, Salem
As of 22 September, 2006
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Career

She was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India, representing the Tiruchengode constituency of Tamil Nadu as a member of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) political party.[1] She was previously elected to the Modakurichi constituency of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly in 1977, 1996 elected to the Erode constituency of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly in 1989.[2][3][4][5][6]

She was minister in the ministry of Textile, kaadhi, handloom, small scale industries, Prohibition & excise of Tamil Nadu, 1977–1980.

She was minister in the ministry of Social welfare of Tamil Nadu, 1989–1991.

She was Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment of the Government of India.[1]

She was the Deputy General Secretary, serving in the High level committee of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Retirement

In a 29 August 2022 letter to M. K. Stalin, Subbulakshmi Jagadeesan tendered her resignation from all posts and the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam[7] party as she wishes to "retire from Politics."

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