B. Valarmathi

B.Valarmathi
Chairman- Tamil Nadu Textbook Corporation
In office
8 Jan 2017 – 2 May 2021
Preceded byK. Pandiarajan
Succeeded byDindigul I. Leoni
Minister of Social Welfare and Nutritious Noon meal program
In office
12 December 2011 – 22 May 2016
Chief MinisterJ.Jayalalithaa
O. Panneerselvam
Preceded bySelvi Ramajayam
Succeeded byV. Saroja
Minister of Backward Class and Minority Welfare
In office
14 May 2001 – 12 May 2006
Chief MinisterJ.Jayalalithaa
O. Panneerselvam
Preceded byM. R. K. Panneerselvam
Succeeded byK.K.S.S.R. Ramachandran
Member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
In office
2011–2016
Preceded byM. K. Stalin
Succeeded byK. K. Selvam
ConstituencyThousand Lights
In office
2001–2006
Preceded byC. Shanmugam
Succeeded byT. M. Anbarasan
ConstituencyAlandur
In office
1984–1989
Preceded byT. K. Kapali
Succeeded byN. Ganapathy
ConstituencyMylapore
Personal details
Born (1957-10-20) 20 October 1957 (age 67)
Madurai, Madras, India
(present-day Tamil Nadu, India)
Political party All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Children2
EducationB.A.

B. Valarmathi is an Indian politician and was a member of the 14th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from Thousand Lights constituency.[1][2] As a member of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, she was elected from Mylapore in 1984,[3] Alandur constituency in the 2001[4] and Thousand Lights in 2011 elections.[5] She is currently serving as the Women's Wing Secretary of AIADMK. She also served as Minister in Jayalalithaa cabinet on two occasions. Backwards class and Minority welfare (2001-2006) and Social welfare (2011-2016).

The elections of 2016 resulted in her constituency being won by Ku. Ka. Selvam.[6] She was one among the 13 incumbent ADMK ministers defeated in 2016 Tamil Nadu assembly election.

After Jayalalitha's death, she briefly aligned with Sasikala faction before returning to ADMK camp in 2018.

She was appointed as the Chairman of Tamil Nadu Textbook Association from 2017-2021, a position which had equivalent rank as Cabinet Minister.

She was one among the few leading female leaders of ADMK.

  1. ^ "List of MLAs from Tamil Nadu 2011" (PDF). Government of Tamil Nadu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
  2. ^ "Paranjothi resigns, Selvi Ramajayam out of Cabinet". Chennai. The Hindu. 10 December 2011. Retrieved 10 December 2011.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference valarmathi1984 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference valarmathi2001 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference valarmathi2011 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ "15th Assembly Members". Government of Tamil Nadu. Retrieved 26 April 2017.