Dindigul C. Sreenivasan

Dindigul C. Sreenivasan
Minister of Forests
In office
23 May 2016 – 6 May 2021
Preceded byEdappadi K. Palaniswami
Succeeded byK. Ramachandran
ConstituencyDindigul
Member of Tamil Nadu legislative assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office
2016
Preceded byK. Balabharathi
ConstituencyDindigul
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
1998–2004
Preceded byN. S. V. Chitthan
Succeeded byN. S. V. Chitthan
ConstituencyDindigul
In office
1989–1996
Preceded byK. R. Natarajan
Succeeded byN. S. V. Chitthan
ConstituencyDindigul
Treasurer of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Incumbent
Assumed office
11 July 2022[1]
General SecretaryEdappadi K. Palaniswami
Preceded byO. Panneerselvam
In office
14 February 2017 – 21 August 2017
Preceded byO. Panneerselvam
Succeeded byO. Panneerselvam
In office
31 March 2000 – 20 July 2006
General SecretaryJ. Jayalalithaa
Preceded bySedapatti Muthiah
Succeeded byT. T. V. Dhinakaran
Organizing Secretary of AIADMK
In office
2020–2022
Personal details
Born (1948-04-01) 1 April 1948 (age 76)[2]
Usilampatti, Madras Province, India
Political partyAIADMK
Spouses
  • S. Kannathal
    ​
    (m. 1974)​
    [citation needed]
  • S. Nageswari
    ​
    (m. 1979)​
    [citation needed]
EducationM.A (Political science), MBA[citation needed][clarification needed]
OccupationPolitician

Dindigul C. Sreenivasan (born 1 April 1948) is an Indian politician and former four term Member of Parliament of India elected from Tamil Nadu. He is currently serving as Member of Legislative Assembly for Dindigul since 2016. He is the treasurer of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) since 11 July 2022.[1] He is one of senior most members of the party AIADMK. He served as Minister for Forests for Tamil Nadu from 2016 to 2021.[3][4][5]

He was elected to the Lok Sabha from Dindigul constituency as an AIADMK candidate in the Indian general elections of 1989, 1991, 1998 and 1999 in Tamil Nadu.

Elected in Legislative Assembly Election 2016 and 2021 in Dindigul Assembly constituency for consecutive 2 terms, he belongs to Piramalai Kallar community.[11]

Jayalalithaa appointed Sreenivasan as Minister for Forests in May 2016. This was his first cabinet post in the Government of Tamil Nadu.[12]

On 11 July 2022, C. Sreenivasan was made treasurer of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Sec 144 Around AIADMK HQ in Chennai as Party Expels OPS After EPS Gains Control". news18. 11 July 2022.
  2. ^ Criminal & Asset Declaration in Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Election 2016
  3. ^ Minister of Tamil Nadu Forests
  4. ^ Tamil Nadu Assembly 2016 Council of Ministers
  5. ^ Tamil Nadu Legislative 15th Assembly Cabinet Ministers
  6. ^ Volume I, 1989 Indian general election, 9th Lok Sabha Archived 18 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ Volume I, 1991 Indian general election, 10th Lok Sabha Archived 18 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ Volume I, 1998 Indian general election, 12th Lok Sabha Archived 20 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ Volume I, 1999 Indian general election, 13th Lok Sabha Archived 18 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  10. ^ 15th Legislative Assembly Election 2016 in Tamil Nadu
  11. ^ [6][7][8][9][10]
  12. ^ "Jayalalithaa and her 28-member Cabinet to be sworn in on May 23". The Hindu. 21 May 2016. Retrieved 4 May 2017.