M. Thambidurai

M. Thambidurai

Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office 13 August 2014
Preceded by	Karia Munda
In office 1985–1989
Preceded by	G. Lakshmanan
Succeeded by	Shivraj Patil
Leader of AIADMK in the Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office May 2009
Prime Minister	Manmohan Singh (2009 – 2014) Narendra Modi (2014 – present)
Member of Parliament for Karur
Incumbent
Assumed office May 2009
Preceded by	K.C. Palanisamy
Minister of Law, Justice and Company Affairs
In office March 1998 – April 1999
Minister of Surface Transport
In office March 1998 – April 1999
Personal details
Born	(1947-03-15) 15 March 1947 Chinthagampalli,Bargur,Krishnagiri District, India
Political party	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Spouse(s)	Banumathi Thambidurai
Alma mater	Madras Christian College

Munisamy Thambidurai is an Indian politician who serves as the current Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha^[1] and leader of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) in the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Indian Parliament.^[2] He had served as the Cabinet Minister of Law, Justice and Company Affairs and as the Minister of State of Surface Transport from March 1998 to April 1999. He had also served as the Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha from 1985 to 1989.^[3]

Thambidurai was first elected as a Member of Parliament to the 8th Lok Sabha in 1984 from Dharmapuri and was subsequently elected to the 9th Lok Sabha, 12th Lok Sabha, 15th Lok Sabha and 16th Lok Sabha.

Thambidurai contested the 2014 Lok Sabha elections from Karur in Tamil Nadu and was subsequently elected as a member of the Indian Parliament. He has been serving as the leader of AIADMK in the Lok Sabha since 2009.

References

↑ "M Thambidurai elected deputy speaker of Lok Sabha". Times of India. 13 August 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
↑ Julie Mariappan (19 May 2014). "Thambidurai appointed AIADMK's parliamentary party leader". The Times of India.
↑ "Fifteenth Lok Sabha Members Bioprofile: Thambidurai,Dr. Munisamy". Lok Sabha. Retrieved 31 May 2014.

Party political offices
Preceded by	Leader of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Party in the 15th Lok Sabha 2009-2014	Succeeded by P. Venugopal

Members of the 16th Lok Sabha from Tamil Nadu State

GE 2014	A. Anwhar Raajhaa A. Arunmozhithevan Anbumani Ramadoss B. Senguttuvan C. Gopalakrishnan C. Mahendran G. Hari J. Jayavardhan Jeyasingh Thiyagaraj Natterjee K. Ashok Kumar K. Gopal K. Kamaraj K. Maragatham K. N. Ramachandran K. Parasuraman K. R. P. Prabakaran M. Chandrakasi M. Thambidurai M. Udhayakumar M. Vasanthi P. Kumar P. Nagarajan P. R. Sundaram P. Venugopal P.R. Senthilnathan Pon Radhakrishnan R. Gopalkrishnan R. K. Bharathi Mohan R. P. Marutharajaa R. Parthipan R. Vanaroja S. R. Vijayakumar S. Rajendran S. Selvakumara Chinnayan T. G. Venkatesh Babu T. Radhakrishnan V. Elumalai V. Pannerselvam V. Sathyabama

15th LS members 17th LS members Members of the 16th Lok Sabha from States AP BH CT GA GJ HR HP JK JH KL KA MP MH OR PB RJ TN TG UP UT WB Northeast AR AS MN ML MZ NL SK TR Union Territories AN CH DN DD LD DL PY

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