P. Chendur Pandian (3 April 1951 – 11 July 2015) was an Indian politician and

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of the 14th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from Kadayanallur constituency. He represented the

All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (; AIADMK, also abbreviated as ADMK), also shortened to Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, is an Indian Regionalism (politics), regional political party with great influence in the Federated state, sta ...

party. Pandian was born in

Sengottai Sengottai (also known as Shencottah, Chenkotta or Shenkottai) is a town in the Tenkasi district, of Tamil Nadu, India. It is the gateway to southern Tamil Nadu and Kerala. Spread over an area of 2.68 km2 with a population of over 26,823, ...

on 3 April 1951. He was vice-chairman of

Kadayanallur Kadayanallur is a Municipality in Tenkasi district, Tamil Nadu, India. Kadayanallur is approximately 16 km from the town of Tenkasi, the district headquarters. With an area of 52 square kilometres and a population of 90,364, Kadayanallur ...

municipality between 1996 and 2001, having been a member since 1986. He won the Kadayanallur constituency in the state assembly at the 2011 elections when he defeated the sitting

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representative, S. Peter Alphonse. Pandian polled 80,794 votes and Alphonse was runner-up with 64,708. On 27 February 2013, relinquished his post as Minister for Khadi and Village Industries when he was appointed the Minister for Tourism by

Jayalalithaa Jayaram Jayalalithaa (24 February 1948 – 5 December 2016), popularly known as Amma, was an Indian actress, politician, and philanthropist who served as the chief minister of Tamil Nadu for more than fourteen years between 1991 and 2016. She ...

, the

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. He ceased to be Minister for Tourism on 18 June 2013. Pandian held no ministerial office at the time of his death on 11 July 2015, aged 64. At the time he became critically ill with cardiac problems in January of that year, he was the Minister for Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments. His ministerial portfolio was passed to R. Kamaraj at the time but he remained minister without portfolio in the government headed by

O. Panneerselvam Ottakarathevar Panneerselvam, popularly known as OPS (born 14 January 1951) 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 minist ...

. He ceased to be a minister when Jayalalithaa returned as Chief Minister in May.

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Tamil Nadu MLAs 2011–2016 All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam politicians 2015 deaths State cabinet ministers of Tamil Nadu 1951 births People from Tirunelveli district {{AIADMK-politician-stub