Ma. Subramanian (born 1 June 1959) is an Indian lawyer and politician. He serves as a Minister for Health and Family Welfare of

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since 7 May 2021. He served as Mayor of

Chennai Chennai, also known as Madras (List of renamed places in India#Tamil Nadu, its official name until 1996), is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Tamil Nadu by population, largest city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost states and ...

from 2006 to 2011. He is a member of the

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (; ; DMK) is an Indian political party based in the state of Tamil Nadu, where it is currently the ruling party, and the union territory of Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry, where it is currently the main ...

(DMK) party. He is a lawyer by profession.

Early life

Subramanian completed his higher education in Saidapet Government Model Higher Secondary School and his bachelor's degree in an Open University course. He did his LLB from Havanur College of Law at

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Career

He joined the DMK in 1976 and became the chairman of Chennai Corporation during 1996–2006. He was elected mayor of Chennai in 2006. He is DMK's youth wing deputy general secretary and loyal to

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. He became a practicing advocate in the

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in 1999. He is a member of

Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly The Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly is the unicameral legislature of the India, Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It has a strength of 234 members, all of whom are democratically elected using the first-past-the-post system. The presiding office ...

, elected from

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in the 2021 election. He beat former Chennai mayor

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Health minister

In 2021 he was appointed minister for Health and Family Welfare of Tamil Nadu. In July 2021, Subramanian gave his MLA hostel and a month's supply of groceries to a couple who worked as daily wagers to treat their daughter who ate bleach powder, mistaking it for milk powder in March 2021 and lost weight gradually.

Elections

References

External links

Personal website
1959 births Living people Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam politicians Mayors of Chennai Tamil Nadu MLAs 2016–2021 Tamil Nadu MLAs 2021–2026 {{India-mayor-stub