Andimuthu Raja | |
|---|---|
 Raja in 2005 | |
| Deputy General Secretary of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| Assumed office 9 September 2020 | |
| President | M. K. Stalin |
| Union Minister of Communications and Information Technology | |
| In office 16 May 2007 – 14 November 2010 | |
| Prime Minister | Manmohan Singh |
| Preceded by | Dayanidhi Maran |
| Succeeded by | Kapil Sibal |
| Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change | |
| In office 23 May 2004 – 16 May 2007 | |
| Prime Minister | Manmohan Singh |
| Preceded by | Ramesh Bais (Independent Charge) |
| Succeeded by | Jairam Ramesh (Independent Charge) |
| Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare | |
| In office 30 September 2002 – 21 December 2003 | |
| Prime Minister | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| Minister | Shatrughan Sinha (2002-03) Sushma Swaraj (2003) |
| Union Minister of State for Rural Development | |
| In office 13 October 1999 – 30 September 2002 | |
| Prime Minister | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| Cabinet Minister | Sunder Lal Patwa (1999-2000) Venkaiah Naidu (2000-02) |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| Assumed office 23 May 2019 | |
| Preceded by | C. Gopalakrishnan |
| Constituency | Nilgiris, Tamil Nadi |
| In office 22 May 2009 – 16 May 2014 | |
| Preceded by | R. Prabhu |
| Succeeded by | C. Gopalakrishnan |
| Constituency | Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu |
| In office October 1999 – May 2009 | |
| Preceded by | P. Raja Rathinam |
| Succeeded by | D. Napoleon |
| Constituency | Perambalur, Tamil Nadu |
| In office May 1996 – February 1998 | |
| Preceded by | A. Asokraj |
| Succeeded by | P. Raja Rathinam |
| Constituency | Perambalur, Tamil Nadu |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Sathyaseelan 26 October 1963 Andimadam, Madras State, India (present-day Ariyalur, Tamil Nadu) |
| Political party | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| Spouse |
Parameshwari Raja (died 2021) |
| Children | Mayuri Raja (Daughter) |
| Occupation |
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Andimuthu Raja (born Sathyaseelan; 26 October 1963) is an Indian politician from Tamil Nadu, who serves as Member of Parliament for the Nilgiris constituency and the deputy general secretary of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam.[1] He was a member of the 15th Lok Sabha representing the Nilgiris constituency of Tamil Nadu and had been elected to house four times since 1996. Raja is an advocate by profession and he did his master's degree from Government Law College in Tiruchirappalli.
Raja was first elected to Parliament as a member of Lok Sabha in 1996 from the Perambalur constituency and was reelected from the same constituency in 1999 and 2004 elections and from Nilgiris constituency in 2009. He was Minister of State for Rural development from 1996 to 2000, Minister of State, Health and Family Welfare from September 2000 to May 2004 and a cabinet minister for Environment and Forests from May 2004 to May 2007. He became the cabinet minister for Communication and Information Technology from May 2007, following the resignation of Dayanidhi Maran. Raja was a co-accused in the 2G Spectrum case, along with two other members of the DMK, Dayanidhi Maran and Kanimozhi. All three were acquitted in 2017. Raja was re-elected as Nilgiris MP in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, and was elected Deputy General Secretary of the DMK in September 2020.
- ^ "My elevation proves Stalin's faith in social justice: A Raja". dtNext.in. 10 September 2020. Archived from the original on 8 October 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2020.