Party Name : All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Constituency : Karur
State : Tamil Nadu
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 5 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 16
Father's Name : Shri Munisamy Gounder
Mother's Name :
Date of birth : 15 Mar 1947
Profession : Agriculturist Social Worker
Positions held :
1984 Elected to 8th Lok Sabha1985-89 Deputy Speaker, Lok SabhaChairman, Committee on Private Members` Bills and ResolutionsChairman, Library Committee1989 Re-elected to 9th Lok Sabha (2nd term)Member, Panel of Chairmen1990-91 Member, General Purposes CommitteeMember, Committee on EstimatesMember, Consultative Committee, Departments of Atomic Energy, Space, Electronics, Ocean Development and Ministry of Science and Technology1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (3rd term)Mar. 1998- Apr. 1999 Union Cabinet Minister, Law, Justice and Company Affairs, and Ministry of Surface Transport (Additional charge)2009 Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (4th term)Leader, All India Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Parliamentary PartyJun. 2009 Member, Panel of Chairmen6 Aug. 2009 to 30 Apr. 2014 Member, Committee on Public Accounts31 Aug. 2009 Member, Standing Committee on Finance23 Sep. 2009 Member, Committee on Government AssurancesSpecial Invitee, Business Advisory CommitteeMay, 2014 Re-elected to 16th Lok Sabha (5th term)13 Aug. 2014 onwards Deputy Speaker, Lok Sabha1 Sep. 2014 onwards Special Invitee, Business Advisory Committee15 Sep. 2014 onwards Chairperson, Committee on Private Members` Bills and ResolutionsChairperson, Budget Committee, Lok SabhaChairperson, Committee on Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS)8 Oct. 2014 onwards Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee on Maintenance of Heritage Character and Development of Parliament House Complex29 Jan. 2015 onwards Member, General Purposes Committee
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Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Social service
Countries Visited
Widely travelled (11 countries); Leader, Indian Parliamentary Delegation to Mauritius, 1987; and Deputy Leader, Indian Parliamentary Delegation to Canada; Attended the CPA Workshop on the `Role of Parliamentarians and Constituency Development Funds` (CDF), London, United Kingdom, 2-5 September, 2015; The 138th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, Geneva (Switzerland), 24 - 28 March 2018; Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) Meeting on Benchmarks for Democratic Legislatures in Wilton Park, West Sussex, United Kingdom, 18 - 20 June 2018; The 139th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, Geneva (Switzerland), 14 - 18 Oct. 2018
Other Information
General-Secretary, Madras University Research Scholar`s Association, 1975-78; formerly Lecturer, Management, College of Engineering, Anna University, Madras; Member, (i) Indian Economic Association; and (ii) All India Council for Technical Education, 1990; Student-Secretary, World University Service (WUS), Chennai, 1976-80; and Treasurer, Indian National Committee, World University Service (WUS), Chennai,1982-85
