O. Panneerselvam

In this Tamil name, there is no surname or family name. The name Ottakarathevar is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Panneerselvam.

O. Panneerselvam
6th Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
In office
6 December 2016 – 16 February 2017
GovernorC. Vidyasagar Rao
CabinetPanneerselvam ministry - III
Preceded byJ. Jayalalithaa
Succeeded byEdappadi K. Palaniswami
In office
28 September 2014 – 23 May 2015
GovernorKonijeti Rosaiah
CabinetPanneerselvam ministry - II
Preceded byJ. Jayalalithaa
Succeeded byJ. Jayalalithaa
In office
21 September 2001 – 2 March 2002
Governor
CabinetPanneerselvam ministry - I
Preceded byJ. Jayalalithaa
Succeeded byJ. Jayalalithaa
15th Leader of the Opposition in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
In office
19 May 2006 – 28 May 2006
Chief MinisterM. Karunanidhi
Preceded byK. Anbazhagan
Succeeded byJ. Jayalalithaa
ConstituencyPeriyakulam
Member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office
16 May 2011
Preceded byS. Lakshmanan
ConstituencyBodinayakkanur
In office
14 May 2001 – 15 May 2011
Preceded byL. Mookiah
Succeeded byA. Laser
ConstituencyPeriyakulam
Coordinator of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
In office
21 August 2017 – 23 June 2022
Deputy
Joint CoordinatorEdappadi K. Palaniswami
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Treasurer of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
In office
22 August 2017 – 11 July 2022
Coordinators
Preceded byDindigul C. Srinivasan
Succeeded byDindigul C. Srinivasan
In office
28 August 2007 – 14 February 2017
General Secretary
Preceded byT. T. V. Dhinakaran
Succeeded byDindigul C. Srinivasan
Leader of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly House
In office
4 January 2018 – 7 May 2021
Chief MinisterEdappadi K. Palaniswami
Preceded byK. A. Sengottaiyan
Succeeded byDurai Murugan
In office
12 August 2015 – 17 February 2017
Chief Minister
Preceded byNatham R. Viswanathan
Succeeded byK. A. Sengottaiyan
In office
15 May 2011 – 27 November 2014
Chief Minister
Preceded byK. Anbazhagan
Succeeded byNatham R. Viswanathan
Personal details
Born (1951-01-14) 14 January 1951 (age 73)[1]
Periyakulam, Madras State, India (present-day Tamil Nadu)
Political partyIndependent politician
Other political
affiliations		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (1973-2022)
SpouseP. Vijayalakshmi (died 2021)
Children3 (including P. Ravindhranath)[2]
Parents
  • M. Ottakkara Thevar (father)
  • Palaniammal Nachiar (mother)
Residences
EducationB.A.
Alma materHajee Karutha Rowther Howdia College
OccupationPolitician
AwardsInternational Rising Star of the Year-Asia (2019)
NicknameO.P.S.

Ottakarathevar Panneerselvam, popularly known as OPS (born 14 January 1951)[1] is an Indian politician and former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu briefly in December 2016 and previously from 2001 to 2002 and again from 2014 to 2015. As finance minister, he has presented the Tamil Nadu state budget 11 times.[3]

He was the former co-ordinator of the AIADMK political party.[4][5] He was a staunch aide of former chief minister of Tamil Nadu and AIADMK General Secretary J. Jayalalithaa. His first two terms as Chief Minister came when he replaced Jayalalithaa in the role, after she was forced to resign by the courts. His third term began following Jayalalithaa's death and ended 2 months later when Edappadi K. Palaniswami was selected as the Chief Minister by the party. On 4 January 2018, O. Panneerselvam elected as Leader of the House in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly.

  1. ^ a b "Thiru O. Panneerselvam Hon'ble Deputy Chief Minister". Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  2. ^ Akshaya Nath (1 September 2021). "AIADMK leader Panneerselvam's wife Vijayalakshmi passes away after heart attack". India Today. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  3. ^ "Tamil Nadu Budget 2021 February 22, 23 Highlights: TN Dy CM O Panneerselvam presents state interim budget; Opposition stages walkout". indianexpress. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
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