C. Vijayabaskar

C. Vijayabaskar
Minister for Health and Family Welfare,
Government of Tamil Nadu
In office
1 November 2013 – 7 May 2021
GovernorKonijeti Rosaiah
C. Vidyasagar Rao
(Additional charge)
Banwarilal Purohit
Chief MinisterJ. Jayalalithaa
O. Panneerselvam
Edappadi K. Palaniswami
Preceded byK. C. Veeramani
Succeeded byM. Subramaniam
Member of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office
16 May 2011
Preceded byconstituency created
ConstituencyViralimalai
In office
14 May 2001 – 12 May 2006
Preceded byP. Mari Ayya
Succeeded byR. Nedunchezhian
ConstituencyPudukottai
Personal details
Born (1974-04-08) 8 April 1974 (age 50)
Iluppur, Pudukkottai, Tamil Nadu
Political partyAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
SpouseRamya
Children2 Daughters
EducationMBBS
Profession
Websitehttps://drcvijayabaskar.com/
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C. Vijayabaskar (or Vijayabasker; born 8 April 1974) is an Indian politician from the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Party (AIADMK),[1] and the Health minister of Tamil Nadu from 2013 to 2021.[2][3][4] He is a member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly for the Viralimalai constituency, from where he won elections in 2011, 2016 and 2021. He was previously elected from Pudukkottai constituency in 2001.

  1. ^ "List of MLAs from Tamil Nadu 2011" (PDF). Govt. of Tamil Nadu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 March 2012.
  2. ^ "Vijayabaskar is new Health Minister". newindianexpress.com. Archived from the original on 23 April 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  3. ^ "Health minister of Tamil Nadu". assembly.tn.gov.in. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  4. ^ Ramakrishnan, Deepa H. (3 March 2016). "Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Wednesday dropped Animal Husbandry Minister T.K.M. Chinnayya from the Cabinet. She also relieved him and Health Minister C. Vijaya Baskar". thehindu.com. Retrieved 12 April 2016.