Thangam Thennarasu


Thangam Thennarasu is an Indian politician and the minister for School Education of Tamil Nadu during 2006-2011. He was born in Mallankinaru, Tamil Nadu. He has a bachelor's degree in Engineering. He has been elected to the Tamil Nadu assembly two times. He is the son of the former Member of Legislative Assembly from Aruppukottai, V. Thangapandian
He was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly as a Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate from Aruppukottai constituency in 1997/98 by-election, and 2006 election. He is the younger brother of recently elected Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha, from the Chennai South constituency, Thamizhachi Thangapandian.

Ministerial roles

Thennarasu, whose father was V. Thangapandian, a Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam government minister, himself because Minister for Schools in the DMK government that gained power at the 2006 state assembly elections.

Later career

Thennarasu stood as a candidate in the newly-created constituency of Tiruchuli for the 2011 elections.
He filed a case in the court against the Tamil Nadu Government's decision to form an inquiry into the alleged irregularities in construction of Tamil Nadu legislative assembly-secretariat complex

Elections Contested and Results