Murasoli Maran

Murasoli Maran
Minister for Commerce and Industry
In office
13 October 1999 – 9 November 2002
Prime MinisterAtal Bihari Vajpayee
Preceded byRamakrishna Hegde
Succeeded byArun Shourie
Minister for Industry
In office
1 June 1996 – 19 March 1998
Prime MinisterH. D. Dewe Gowda
I. K. Gujral
Preceded bySuresh Prabhu
Succeeded bySikander Bakht
Minister for Urban Development
In office
2 December 1989 – 10 November 1990
Prime MinisterV. P. Singh
Preceded byMohsina Kidwai
Succeeded byDaulat Ram Saran
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
15 May 1996 – 23 November 2003
Preceded byEra Anbarasu
Succeeded byDayanidhi Maran
ConstituencyChennai Central
In office
4 March 1967 – 23 March 1977
Preceded byC. N. Annadurai
Succeeded byR Venkatraman
ConstituencyChennai South
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office
25 July 1977 – 25 July 1995
Chairman of the House
ConstituencyTamil Nadu
Personal details
Born
Murasoli Maran

(1934-08-17)17 August 1934
Thirukuvalai, Madras Presidency, British India
(present-day Tamil Nadu, India)
Died23 November 2003(2003-11-23) (aged 69)
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Political partyDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Spouse
Mallika Maran
(m. 1963)
ChildrenKalanidhi Maran (b.1964)
Dayanidhi Maran (b.1966)
Anbukarasi (b.1968)
ParentShanmugasundari
RelativesKarunanidhi family
Alma materPachaiyappa's College, Madras Law College

Murasoli Maran (17 August 1934 – 23 November 2003) was an Indian politician and an important leader of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) party which was headed by his maternal uncle and mentor, M. Karunanidhi. A Member of Parliament for 36 years, he was made a Union Minister in three separate central governments, in charge of Urban Development in the V.P. Singh government, Industry in the Gowda and Gujral governments, and finally Commerce and Industry under Vajpayee.[1] Apart from being a politician, Maran was a journalist and scriptwriter for films too.[2]

  1. ^ T. S. Subramanian (December 2003). "A man of many parts". Frontline Magazine. Archived from the original on 21 February 2007. Retrieved 9 September 2006.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ "MURASOLI MARAN, 1934–2003". The Hindu tamil. 25 November 2003. Archived from the original on 21 February 2007. Retrieved 9 September 2006.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)