L. Murugan

In this Indian name, the name Loganathan is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Murugan.
L. Murugan
L Murugan
Murugan in 2024
Minister of State in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
Incumbent
Assumed office
7 July 2021
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
MinisterAnurag Singh Thakur
Ashwini Vaishnaw
Preceded byRajyavardhan Singh Rathore
Minister of State in the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying
In office
7 July 2021 – 11 June 2024
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
MinisterParshottam Rupala
Preceded byPratap Chandra Sarangi
Succeeded byS. P. Singh Baghel, George Kurien
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office
27 September 2021
Preceded byThawar Chand Gehlot
ConstituencyMadhya Pradesh
7th State President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Tamil Nadu
In office
11 March 2020 – 7 July 2021
Preceded byTamilisai Soundararajan
Succeeded byK. Annamalai
Vice-chairman of National Commission for Scheduled Castes
In office
2017–2020
Preceded byRaj Kumar Verka
Succeeded byArun Halder
Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs
Incumbent
Assumed office
11 June 2024
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Personal details
Born (1977-05-29) 29 May 1977 (age 47)
Konur, Namakkal district, Tamil Nadu[1]
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
SpouseC. Kalaiyarasi
Children2
Parent(s)L Varudammal, Loganathan[2]
Residence(s)353, Gujji 1st Cross Street, Anna Nagar, Chennai,
Tamil Nadu, India
Alma mater

Loganathan Murugan (born 29 May 1977) is an Indian politician and advocate currently serving as minister of state in the Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying and Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. On 7 July 2021, he was made a union minister of state prior to which he was the state president of the Tamil Nadu unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party.[3][4]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Konur was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ The Times of India (18 July 2021). "Tamil Nadu: Son a Union minister, but L Murugan's independent mom and dad toil in fields". Archived from the original on 18 July 2021. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  3. ^ "TN BJP president L Murugan finds a place in PM Modi's Cabinet as Minister of Social justice". NewsMinute. 7 July 2021. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Tamil Nadu BJP President L Murugan Sworn in As Cabinet Minister". News18. 7 July 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2021.