S. S. Sivasankar

Honourable
S. S. Sivasankar
Tamil Nadu Minister for Transport
Assumed office
29 March 2022
Chief MinisterM.K. Stalin
Preceded byRaja Kannappan
Tamil Nadu Minister for Backward Classes Welfare
In office
7 May 2021 – 29 March 2022
Chief MinisterM.K. Stalin
Preceded byS. Valarmathi
Succeeded byRaja Kannappan
Member of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
11 May 2021
Preceded byR. T. Ramachandran
ConstituencyKunnam
In office
23 May 2011 – 24 May 2016
Preceded byConstituency created
Succeeded byR. T. Ramachandran
ConstituencyKunnam
In office
17 May 2006 – 22 May 2011
Preceded byJ. Guru
Succeeded byNone (Constituency merged with Jayankondam and Kunnam)
ConstituencyAndimadam
Personal details
Born (1969-03-24) 24 March 1969 (age 55)
Devanur, Tamil Nadu, India
Political party Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
(1993- present)
SpouseGayathridevi
RelationsS.S. Sivakumar (younger brother)
ChildrenSivasaran
Sivasurya
Parent(s)Sivarajeshwari (mother)
S. Sivasubramanian (father)
Alma materAnnamalai University
OccupationPolitician
writer
Websitehttp://sssivasankar.blogspot.com/
http://ss-sivasankar.blogspot.com/

S. S. Sivasankar is an Indian politician and writer from the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK). He has represented Andimadam (2006–11),[1] and Kunnam (2011–16; 2021-)[2] constituencies in Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. From 7 May 2021 to 29 March 2022, he served as Minister for the Welfare of Backward, Most Backward and Denotified Communities in the Council of Ministers under M.K. Stalin.[3] On 29 March 2022, he assumed charge as the State's Minister for Transport.[4]

Sivasankar has authored three books: Makkaludan En Anubavangal (or Makkalodu Naan) (2015), Chozhan Raja Prapthi (2019), and Thozhar Chozhan (2019).

  1. ^ "2006 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 June 2018. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  2. ^ "List of MLAs from Tamil Nadu 2011" (PDF). Govt. of Tamil Nadu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  3. ^ தமிழ்நாட்டின் புதிய அமைச்சர்கள் யார், யார்? முழு விவரம், பிபிசி 2021 மே 6
  4. ^ "government | Tamil Nadu Government Portal". www.tn.gov.in. Retrieved 16 April 2020.