Gingee K. S. Masthan
Minister of Minorities Welfare, Non Resident Tamils Welfare, Refugees & Evacuees and Wakf Board. Government of Tamil Nadu
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 May 2021
Chief Minister	M. K. Stalin
MLA of Gingee
In office 2016–current
Preceded by	A. Ganeshkumar
Personal details
Born	(1955-05-31) 31 May 1955 (age 69)
Political party	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Spouse	Saidhani B Masthan ​ (m. 1985)​
Children	3 Daughters Maimunnisa, Jaibunnisa, Thaimunnisa 1 Son K. S. M. Mokthiyar Masthan

Gingee K. S. Masthan is an Indian politician and one of the Ministers of Tamil Nadu from May 2021.^[1] He has been elected as a Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) in 2016^[2][3][4] on behalf of DMK in the Gingee assembly constituency which is a part of the Villupuram district. He was re-elected to the same legislative assembly in the 2021 Tamil Nadu assembly election. Following this, on 7 May 2021, he was appointed a Minister of Minorities Welfare, Wakf Board, and Non Resident Tamil Welfare, Refugees & Evacuees. Non Resident Tamil Welfare, Refugees & Evacuees is an initiative by the M.K. Stalin Cabinet Ministry. KS Masthan is also the District Secretary of Vilupuram North with DMK.

He was born in Gingee on 31 May 1955, to Ghaza Basha and Julaika Bi, who were farmers. He completed his E.S.L.C. schooling from Gingee Government High School in 1972. He married Saidhani B Masthan in 1985 and has three daughters, Mimunnisa, Jai Munnisa, Thai Munnisa and one son K. S. M. Mokthiyar Masthan.

Masthan has been elected to Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly for two consecutive terms from Gingee constituency in the elections of 2016 and 2021.

• His political career began in 1976 when he became involved in Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) political party while he was working as a Tea master in Gingee.
• In 1978, he became the secretary of the Gingee Perur Association.
• Member of the General Committee in 1980.
• Member of the Integrated Vilupuram District Management Committee in 1992.
• A member of the State Executive Committee in 1996.
• The Chairman of the Integrated Vilupuram District in 1999.
• Vilupuram North District Secretary since 2014.

• President of the Gingee Town Panchayat for 5 terms From 1986 to 2016.
• President of the Gingee Milk Producers Cooperative Society in 1989.
• Cuddalore – Vilupuram District Dairy Chief in 1996.
• Chairman of Gingee Agricultural Cooperative Bank in 1996.
• Member Legislative Assembly for Gingee from 2016, 2021 Elections.
• 2021-Minister for Minority Welfare and Overseas Tamil Welfare.

v t e  Council of Ministers of Tamil Nadu
First Legislative Assembly	C. Rajagopalachari K. Kamaraj A. B. Shetty C. Subramaniam K. Venkataswami Naidu N. Ranga Reddi M. V. Krishna Rao V. C. Palaniswami U. Krishna Rao R. Nagan Gowda N. Sankara Reddi M. A. Manickavelu K. P. Kuttikrishnan Shanmugha Rajeswara Sethupathi S. B. P. Pattabhirama Rao D. Sanjeevaiah M. Bhakthavatsalam K. Rajaram Jothi Venkatachalam B. Parameswaran S. S. Ramaswami Padayachi
Second Legislative Assembly	K. Kamaraj M. Bhakthavatsalam C. Subramaniam M. A. Manickavelu Shanmugha Rajeswara Sethupathi B. Parameswaran S. S. Ramaswami Padayachi R. Venkataraman P. Kakkan V. Ramaiah Lourdammal Simon
Third Legislative Assembly	K. Kamaraj M. Bhakthavatsalam R. Venkataraman P. Kakkan V. Ramaiah Jothi Venkatachalam N. Nallasenapathi Sarkarai Manradiar G. Bhuvarahan S. M. Abdul Majid
Fourth Legislative Assembly	C. N. Annadurai V. R. Nedunchezhiyan M. Karunanidhi K. A. Mathiazhagan A. Govindasamy Sathiavani Muthu S. Madhavan S. J. Sadiq Pasha M. Muthuswami P. U. Shanmugam Si. Pa. Aditanar K. V. Subbiah O. P. Raman N. V. Natarajan K. A. Vezhavendan
Fifth Legislative Assembly	M. Karunanidhi V. R. Nedunchezhiyan K. Anbazhagan N. V. Natarajan Sathiavani Muthu P. U. Shanmugam S. Madhavan S. J. Sadiq Pasha Si. Pa. Aditanar A. P. Dharmalingam K. Rajaram O. P. Raman Panruti S. Ramachandran M. Kannappan Mannai P. Narayanasamy C. V. M. Annamalai N. Rajangam
Sixth Legislative Assembly	M. G. Ramachandran Nanjil K. Manoharan Panruti S. Ramachandran K. Narayanaswamy G. R. Edmund R. M. Veerappan C. Aranganayagam K. Kalimuthu S. Raghavanandam P. Soundarapandian C. Ponnaiyan P. T. Saraswathi P. Kolandaivelu K. Raja Mohammed K. A. Krishnaswamy S. D. Somasundaram R. Soundararajan Subbulakshmi Jagadeesan
Seventh Legislative Assembly	M. G. Ramachandran V. R. Nedunchezhiyan Panruti S. Ramachandran K. A. Krishnaswamy S. D. Somasundaram R. M. Veerappan C. Aranganayagam K. Kalimuthu C. Ponnaiyan P. Kolandaivelu S. Raghavanandam H. V. Hande K. Raja Mohammed S. Muthusamy Su. Thirunavukkarasar S. N. Rajendran M. Vijayasarathy Gomathi Srinivasan S. R. Eradha M. R. Govindan P. Vijayalakshmi R. Soundararajan Y. S. M. Yusuf R. Arunachalam K. Kalaimani T. Veeraswamy K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran
Eighth Legislative Assembly	M. G. Ramachandran V. R. Nedunchezhiyan V. N. Janaki Ramachandran Panruti S. Ramachandran K. A. Krishnaswamy R. M. Veerappan C. Aranganayagam K. Kalimuthu C. Ponnaiyan H. V. Hande S. Muthusamy Su. Thirunavukkarasar R. Soundararajan M. R. Govindan Gomathi Srinivasan P. Vijayalakshmi Y. S. M. Yusuf K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran K. Rajaram V. V. Swaminathan T. Veeraswamy N. Nallusamy Anoor P. G. Jegadeesan T. Ramasamy A. Arunachalam P. U. Shanmugam P. Sundararajan
Ninth Legislative Assembly	M. Karunanidhi K. Anbazhagan S. J. Sadiq Pasha Nanjil K. Manoharan M. Kannappan K. P. Kandasamy Ko. Si. Mani Arcot N. Veeraswami Pon. Muthuramalingam Veerapandi S. Arumugam Duraimurugan Subbulakshmi Jagadeesan E. Ramakrishnan K. Ponmudy K. N. Nehru K. Chandrasekaran S. Thangavelu K. Sundaram
Tenth Legislative Assembly	J. Jayalalithaa V. R. Nedunchezhiyan K. A. Krishnaswamy S. D. Somasundaram R. M. Veerappan K. Rajaram C. Aranganayagam S. Muthusamy K. A. Sengottaiyan E. Madhusudhanan S. Kannappan Alagu Thirunavukkarasu Ku. Pa. Krishnan T. M. Selvaganapathy Mohammad Asif R. Indira Kumari M. Anandan D. Jayakumar G. Viswanathan S. Nagoor Meeran S. Regupathy Durai Ramasamy D. Janardhanan V. Sathiamoorthy M. Chinnasamy K. Lawrence M. Thennavan K. Ponnusamy Melur A. M. Paramasivam C. P. Pattabiraman T. V. Nadesan Paulraj P. Eswaramoorthy M. C. Dhamotharan M. Ammamuthu
Eleventh Legislative Assembly	M. Karunanidhi K. Anbazhagan Arcot N. Veeraswami Nanjil K. Manoharan Ko. Si. Mani Veerapandi S. Arumugam Duraimurugan K. Ponmudy M. Tamilkudimagan K. N. Nehru K. Sundaram A. Rahman Khan Aladi Aruna V. Thangapandian N. K. K. Periasamy M. R. K. Panneerselvam Pongalur N. Palanisamy K. Pitchandi I. Periyasamy V. Mullaivendhan B. M. Senguttuvan S. P. Sarguna Pandian Samayanallur S. Selvaraj N. Suresh Rajan Anthiyur P. Selvarasu S. Jennifer Chandran
Twelfth Legislative Assembly	J. Jayalalithaa O. Panneerselvam C. Ponnaiyan M. Thambidurai D. Jayakumar Ayyaru Vandayar Pollachi V. Jayaraman S. Semmalai C. Durairaj P. C. Ramasamy Thalavai Sundaram A. Anwer Raja K. Pandurangan S. S. Thirunavukkarasu P. Dhanapal Natham R. Viswanathan R. Saroja B. Valarmathi V. Subramanian Nainar Nagendran K. P. Rajendra Prasad C. Ve. Shanmugam S. P. Shunmuganathan A. K. Selvaraj A. Venkatachalam R. Jeevanantham C. Shanmugavelu R. Vaithilingam Valarmathi Jebaraj S. M. Velusamy P. Mohan R. Vilvanathan M. C. Sampath Anitha R. Radhakrishnan K. Sudarsanam V. D. Natarajan S. Ramachandran K. K. Balasubramanian V. Somasundaram M. Radhakrishnan A. Miller A. Pappa Sundaram P. V. Damodaran R. Vadivel P. Annavi K. P. Anbalagan R. T. Inbathamilan
Thirteenth Legislative Assembly	M. Karunanidhi M. K. Stalin K. Anbazhagan Arcot N. Veeraswami Ko. Si. Mani Veerapandi S. Arumugam Duraimurugan P. T. R. Palanivel Rajan K. Ponmudy K. N. Nehru M. R. K. Panneerselvam I. Periyasamy N. Suresh Rajan Parithi Ilamvazhuthi E. V. Velu Suba. Thangavelan K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran T. M. Anbarasan K. R. Periyakaruppan N. K. K. P. Raja Thangam Thenarasu S. N. M. Ubayadullah T. P. M. Mohideen Khan N. Selvaraj M. P. Saminathan Poongothai Aladi Aruna P. Geetha Jeevan A. Tamilarasi K. P. P. Samy U. Mathivanan K. Ramachandran Pongalur N. Palanisamy
Fourteenth Legislative Assembly	J. Jayalalithaa O. Panneerselvam K. A. Sengottaiyan Natham R. Viswanathan K. P. Munusamy C. Shanmugavelu R. Vaithilingam Agri S. S. Krishnamoorthy C. Karuppasamy P. Palaniappan C. Ve. Shanmugam Sellur K. Raju K. T. Pachaiammal Edappadi K. Palaniswami S. P. Shunmuganathan K. V. Ramalingam S. P. Velumani T. K. M. Chinnayya M. C. Sampath P. Thangamani G. Senthamizhan S. Gokula Indira Selvi Ramajayam B. V. Ramanaa R. B. Udhayakumar N. Subramanian V. Senthil Balaji N. Mariyam Pitchai K. A. Jayapal E. Subaya Budhichandhiran S. T. Chellapandian V. S. Vijay N. R. Sivapathi A. Mohammed John P. Chendur Pandian S. Damodaran R. Kamaraj V. Moorthy M. Paranjothi S. Sundararaj K. T. Rajenthra Bhalaji B. Valarmathi M. S. M. Anandan Mukkur N. Subramanian N. D. Venkatachalam P. Mohan T. P. Poonatchi Vaigaichelvan K. C. Veeramani S. Abdul Rahim C. Vijayabaskar
Fifteenth Legislative Assembly	J. Jayalalithaa O. Panneerselvam Edappadi K. Palaniswami Dindigul C. Sreenivasan K. A. Sengottaiyan Sellur K. Raju P. Thangamani S. P. Velumani D. Jayakumar C. Ve. Shanmugam K. P. Anbalagan V. Saroja M. C. Sampath K. C. Karuppannan R. Kamaraj O. S. Manian Udumalai K. Radhakrishnan C. Vijayabaskar R. Doraikkannu Kadambur C. Raju R. B. Udhayakumar Vellamandi N. Natarajan K. C. Veeramani K. T. Rajenthra Bhalaji P. Benjamin Nilofer Kafeel M. R. Vijayabhaskar M. Manikandan V. M. Rajalakshmi Ma Foi K. Pandiarajan G. Baskaran Sevvoor S. Ramachandran S. Valarmathi P. Balakrishna Reddy
Sixteenth Legislative Assembly	M. K. Stalin Duraimurugan K. N. Nehru I. Periyasamy K. Ponmudy E. V. Velu M. R. K. Panneerselvam K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran Thangam Thenarasu Udhayanidhi Stalin S. Regupathy S. Muthusamy K. R. Periyakaruppan T. M. Anbarasan M. P. Saminathan P. Geetha Jeevan Anitha R. Radhakrishnan R. S. Rajakannappan K. Ramachandran R. Sakkarapani V. Senthil Balaji R. Gandhi Ma. Subramanian P. Moorthy S. S. Sivasankar P. K. Sekar Babu Palanivel Thiaga Rajan S. M. Nasar Gingee K. S. Masthan Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi Siva. V. Meyyanathan C. V. Ganesan T. Mano Thangaraj M. Mathiventhan N. Kayalvizhi T. R. B. Rajaa