Party Name : Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Constituency : Sriperumbudur
State : Tamil Nadu
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 6 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 17
Father's Name : Shri Rajuthevar
Mother's Name :
Date of birth : 15 Jun 1941
Profession : Social Worker Engineer, Industrialist
Positions held :
1957 onwards Member, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (D.M.K.)1982-93 Secretary, D.M.K., Madras District Unit1986-92 Member, Rajya SabhaMember, Public Accounts CommitteeMember, Committee on Rules (Rajya Sabha)1996 Elected to 11th Lok Sabha1996-98 Union Minister of State, Petroleum and Natural GasWhip, DMK Party in Parliament1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (2nd term)1998-99 Member, Parliamentary Committee on RailwaysMember, Parliamentary Consultative Committee, Ministry of Home Affairs1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (3rd term)23 Oct. 2002-1 Dec. 2003 President, Conference of Parties (COP), United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)13 Oct.1999- 21 Dec. 2003 Union Cabinet Minister, Environment & Forests2004 Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha (4th term)22 May 2004 - 22 May 2009 Union Cabinet Minister, Shipping, Road Transport & HighwaysLeader of the DMK Party in ParliamentMember, various Cabinet Committees including Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs (CCPA), Cabinet committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) etc. and Member, United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Coordination Committee2007-2008 Chairperson, Transport Ministers of SAARC countries2009 Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (5th term)May 2009 onwards Leader, DMK Party in Parliament29 Jun. 2009 Member, Business Advisory Committee31 Aug. 2009 Chairman, Standing Committee on Railways16 Sep. 2009 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Finance7 Oct. 2009 Member, Committee on Ethics19 Oct. 2009 Member, General Purposes Committee4 Nov. 2009 Member, Standing Committee on Social Justice and Empowerment22 Jan. 2010 Member, Parliamentary Forum on Water Conservation and Management9 June. 2013 Member, House CommitteeMay, 2019 Re-elected to 17th Lok Sabha (6th term)24 July 2019 onwards Member, Committee on Public Accounts13 Sept. 2019 onwards Member, Standing Committee on Railways09 Oct. 2019 onwards Member, Committee of Privileges21 Nov. 2019 onwards Member, General Purposes Committee, Lok SabhaMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Home Affairs
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(i) Participated in the naming ceremony of Very Large Crude Oil Carrier (VLCC) of Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) in Hyundai Heavy Industries Shipyard Complex, South Korea in January, 2005; (ii) Assiduously campaigned for the early ratification of Kyoto Protocol in the capacity of President of Conference of Parties (COP), UNFCCC; (iii) Organised the 8th Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in New Delhi from 23rd October to 1st November 2002, the Conference was represented by 80 countries at the level of Ministers of Environment, the Conference culminated in adoption of Delhi Declaration on Climate Change; (iv) Led the Indian delegation to World Summit on Sustainable Development held in Johannesburg, South Africa from 26th to 30th August, 2002; after intensive deliberations, the Summit adopted a Political Declaration and Johannesburg Plan of Implementation for furthering the international action for promoting sustainable development; (v) Participated in several International Conferences/Seminars as the Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Minister of Environment and Forests and Minister of Shipping, Road Transport & Highways; Chairperson, Transport Ministers of SAARC countries, 2007-2008
