Chairperson – Standing Committee on Chemicals and Fertilizers
In office 13 September 2019 – 12 September 2022
Preceded by
Anandrao Adsul
Succeeded by
Shashi Tharoor
President – The Hindu Office and National Press Employees’ Union
Incumbent
Assumed office 12 April 2017
Preceded by
E. Gopal
Parliamentary Chairperson of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Incumbent
Assumed office 10 June 2024
Preceded by
T. R. Baalu
Deputy Leader of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam in Lok Sabha
In office 18 June 2019 – 5 June 2024
Leader
T. R. Baalu
Succeeded by
Dayanidhi Maran
Deputy General Secretary of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Incumbent
Assumed office 9 October 2022
President
M. K. Stalin
General Secretary
Duraimurugan
Preceded by
Subbulakshmi Jagadeesan
Women's Wing Secretary of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
In office 9 January 2015 – 23 November 2022
President
M. Karunanidhi
M. K. Stalin
General Secretary
K. Anbazhagan
Duraimurugan
Preceded by
Office Established
Succeeded by
J. Helen Davidson
Personal details
Born
Kanimozhi
(1968-01-05) 5 January 1968 (age 56) Madras, Madras State, India (present-day Chennai, Tamil Nadu)
Political party
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Spouse
Athiban Bose
(m. 1989; div. 1997)
[1]
G. Aravindan
(m. 1997)
Relations
See Karunanidhi family
Children
Aditya Aravindan (Son)
Parent(s)
Father: M. Karunanidhi Mother: Rajathi Ammal
Residences
46/1, Prashanthi Apartments, 2nd Cross Street, CIT Colony, Mylapore, Chennai – 600004, Tamil Nadu, India
102F/20M, 6th Street, Kurinji Nagar, Polpettai, Thoothukkudi – 628002, Tamil Nadu, India
Education
Master of Economics
Alma mater
Ethiraj College for Women
Profession
Politician
Poet
Journalist
Signature
Kanimozhi Karunanidhi (born 5 January 1968) is an Indian politician, poet and journalist. She is a Member of Parliament, representing Thoothukkudi constituency in the Lok Sabha (the lower house of India's Parliament). She was also a former MP who represented Tamil Nadu in the Rajya Sabha (the upper house of India's Parliament).[2] Kanimozhi is the daughter of the former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu M. Karunanidhi and his third wife Rajathi Ammal.
Kanimozhi belongs to the Indian political party Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), where she functions as the deputy general secretary. Her half-brothers M. K. Alagiri and M. K. Stalin are the former Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers of the Republic of India and the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu respectively.
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and also the co-ordinator for South Tamil Nadu for DMK. His daughter Kanimozhi is a Member of the Parliament in Lok Sabha. His grandnephew Kalanidhi...
the Tamil film industry. He composed music for the films, Leelai and Kanimozhi. Satish Chakravarthy graduated from the National Institute of Technology...
up in 2010 with another supporting role as Gowshik in romantic film, Kanimozhi, where he appeared alongside Jai and Shazahn Padamsee. Vijay Vasanth made...
2010. Moviebuzz (2010). "Kanimozhi". Sify. Archived from the original on 29 November 2010. Retrieved 26 November 2010. "Kanimozhi". Top10Cinema.com. 2010...
unsuccessfully. In the 2019 Indian general election, she lost against Kanimozhi Karunanidhi, daughter of former chief minister of Tamil Nadu M. Karunanidhi...
Note: *M.Karunanidhi's daughter Kanimozhi Karunanidhi uses the patronymic suffix naming system. Her given name is Kanimozhi, her father's given name is Karunanidhi...
Retrieved 11 November 2013. "Kanimozhi, D Raja take oath as Rajya Sabha members". timesofindia. 26 July 2007. "Kanimozhi wins Rajya Sabha polls, so does...
Jodi Number One in Season 4 along with Hemalatha. He acted in the film Kanimozhi and later a got a breakthrough with the male lead role in the film Nalanum...
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heads of religion. During an interview at his hideout, he relates to Kanimozhi, a journalist, as to how a Brahmin turned into a terrorist. Velu Prabhakaran...
Congress, the DMK agreed to 3 cabinet ministers and 4 ministers of state. Kanimozhi, daughter of the DMK leader M. Karunanidhi, decided not to join the new...
including those in other ranks, have been transferred to other locations. Kanimozhi, Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha for the Thoothukudi Constituency said...
Definition and meaning". Archived from the original on 2011-11-06. Retrieved 2011-10-22. "Scam framing of charges - a raja kanimozhi", Business Today...
alleged conversation between Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Rajya Sabha member Kanimozhi and the then Tamil Nadu police chief of intelligence, Jaffar Sait, it...
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Retrieved 24 May 2013. Suganth, M. "Honey Rose: I've taken references from Kanimozhi ma'am's 1980s look for my role in Pattampoochi". The Times of India. Archived...
86 Soundara Rajan 2001, p. 27 "DMK distances itself from poojas for Kanimozhi by Party MP". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 29...