Honourable S. S. Sivasankar | |
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Tamil Nadu Minister for Transport | |
Assumed office 29 March 2022 | |
Chief Minister | M.K. Stalin |
Preceded by | Raja Kannappan |
Tamil Nadu Minister for Backward Classes Welfare | |
In office 7 May 2021 – 29 March 2022 | |
Chief Minister | M.K. Stalin |
Preceded by | S. Valarmathi |
Succeeded by | Raja Kannappan |
Member of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
Assumed office 11 May 2021 | |
Preceded by | R. T. Ramachandran |
Constituency | Kunnam |
In office 23 May 2011 – 24 May 2016 | |
Preceded by | Constituency created |
Succeeded by | R. T. Ramachandran |
Constituency | Kunnam |
In office 17 May 2006 – 22 May 2011 | |
Preceded by | J. Guru |
Succeeded by | None (Constituency merged with Jayankondam and Kunnam) |
Constituency | Andimadam |
Personal details | |
Born | Devanur, Tamil Nadu, India | 24 March 1969
Political party | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (1993- present) |
Spouse | Gayathridevi |
Relations | S.S. Sivakumar (younger brother) |
Children | Sivasaran Sivasurya |
Parent(s) | Sivarajeshwari (mother) S. Sivasubramanian (father) |
Alma mater | Annamalai University |
Occupation | Politician writer |
Website | http://sssivasankar.blogspot.com/ http://ss-sivasankar.blogspot.com/ |
S. S. Sivasankar is an Indian politician and writer from the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK). He has represented Andimadam (2006–11),[1] and Kunnam (2011–16; 2021-)[2] constituencies in Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. From 7 May 2021 to 29 March 2022, he served as Minister for the Welfare of Backward, Most Backward and Denotified Communities in the Council of Ministers under M.K. Stalin.[3] On 29 March 2022, he assumed charge as the State's Minister for Transport.[4]
Sivasankar has authored three books: Makkaludan En Anubavangal (or Makkalodu Naan) (2015), Chozhan Raja Prapthi (2019), and Thozhar Chozhan (2019).