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Indian politician

S. Raghavanandam
Minister for Labour, Tamil Nadu
In office
9 June 1980 – 15 November 1984
Chief MinisterM. G. Ramachandran
Preceded byhimself
Succeeded byK. A. Krishnaswamy
In office
30 June 1977 – 17 February 1980
Chief MinisterM. G. Ramachandran
Preceded byK. Rajaram
Succeeded byhimself
Member of Tamil Nadu Legislative Council
In office
2 August 1977 – 1 November 1986
In office
1 March 1968 – 19 August 1971
4th General Secretary of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
In office
14 March 1985 – 16 October 1986
Preceded byP. U. Shanmugam
Succeeded byM. G. Ramachandran
Personal details
Political partyDravida Munnetra Kazhagam (1990 - 1999)
(before 1972)
Other political
affiliations		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
(1972 - 1990)

S. Raghavanandam (1917–1999) was an Indian politician and former General Secretary of AIADMK. He was the Labour Minister in M. G. Ramachandran's Cabinet in 1977 and 1980. He was elected as the member of Tamil Nadu Legislative Council thrice in 1968, 1977 and 1988 representing both DMK and AIADMK.

Political career

Raghavanandam served as the member of the Legislative Council representing DMK from 1968 to 1971. In 1972, when the DMK expelled MGR, joined the AIADMK. A letter was given to the chairman of the Board stating that he had resigned from the M.L.C. post. But Ragavanandam denied that he had written the resignation letter.

Raghavanandam was one of the senior leaders next to MGR in AIADMK. M.G.R, who was the general secretary of the AIADMK in the early days, became the chief minister and Raghavanandam became labour minister on his cabinet in 1977 and again in 1980. He was elected to Tamil Nadu Legislative Council representing AIADMK in 1977 and 1983. After P. U. Shanmugam, He served as the general secretary of AIADMK from 1985 to 1986. After the party split in 1988, He also held the post of Deputy General Secretary of AIADMK Janaki faction. In February 1989 after AIADMK United under Jayalalithaa, He continued as the Deputy General Secretary of the party. He joined back DMK in 1990.

References

  1. "SIXTH ASSEMBLY". Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  2. REVIEW OF THE WORK TRANSACTED BY THE SEVENTH TAMIL NADU LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY 1980-84 (PDF), Chennai: Secratriat of Legislative Assembly Secretariat
  3. "காப்பகப்படுத்தப்பட்ட நகல்". Archived from the original on 4 January 2022. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  4. TAMIL NADU LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUADRENNIAL REVIEW 1967-70 (PDF), Chennai: Government of Tamil Nadu, 1971
  5. TAMIL NADU LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUINQUENNIAL REVIEW 1971-76 (PDF), Chennai: Government of Tamil Nadu, 1977
  6. "Statenotes: Making Insinuations". indiatoday. 30 April 1988. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
  7. "Jayalalitha irks partymen". indiatoday. 31 January 1990. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
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