K. A. Sengottaiyan
Minister for School Education, Youth Welfare and Sports Development
In office
18 December 2016 – 2 May 2021
Chief MinisterEdappadi K. Palaniswami
Preceded byMafoi Pandiarajan
Succeeded byAnbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi
Minister for Revenue
In office
26 January 2012 – 18 July 2012
Minister for Information and Technology
In office
4 November 2011 – 26 January 2012
Minister for Agriculture
In office
16 May 2011 – 4 November 2011
Minister for Transport
In office
24 June 1991 – 12 May 1996
Member of Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
2006
ConstituencyGobichettipalayam constituency
In office
1980–1996
ConstituencyGobichettipalayam constituency
In office
1977–1980
ConstituencySathyamangalam constituency
Leader of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly House
In office
14 February 2017 – 6 January 2018
Chief MinisterEdappadi K. Palaniswami
Preceded byO. Panneerselvam
Succeeded byO. Panneerselvam
8th Presidium Chairman of AIADMK
In office
10 February 2017 – 20 August 2017
General SecretaryV. K. Sasikala (Interim)
Preceded byE. Madhusudhanan
Headquarters Secretary of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
In office
2001 – 18 July 2012[1]
General SecretaryJ. Jayalalithaa
Headquarters ManagerP. Mahalingam
Succeeded byP. Palaniappan
Personal details
Born (1948-01-09) 9 January 1948 (age 76)
Kullampalayam, Madras State, India
Political partyAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Residence(s)

K. A. Sengottaiyan (born 9 January 1948) is an Indian politician. He is the former Minister for School Education in the Government of Tamil Nadu. He also served as the party presidium chairman and headquarters secretary of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam. He is currently the longest serving ADMK MLA along with his opposition counterpart Duraimurugan.

He is an incumbent Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu from Gobichettipalayam constituency in Erode district.[2] Previously, he was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly as an All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate from Sathyamangalam constituency in 1977 election[3] and from Gobichettipalayam constituency in 1980, 1984, 1989 (Jayalalitha faction), 1991, 2006, 2011 and 2016.[4][5][6][7]

Sengottaiyan was the Minister for Transport from 1991 to 1996 during the first tenure of Jayalalithaa cabinet. He was again the Minister for Agriculture until November 2011 when a cabinet reshuffle by Jayalalithaa resulted in that portfolio being given to S. Damodaran and Sengottaiyan taking over the Information Technology portfolio from R. B. Udhaya Kumar.[8]

From 2001 to 2012, He served as the headquarters secretary of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam.[9][10]

In February 2017, following the appointment of Edappadi K. Palaniswami as the Chief Minister in place of O. Paneerselvam, Sengottaiyan replaced K. Pandiarajan as the Minister for School Education. Pandiarajan was the only cabinet minister to have supported Paneerselvam during a party dispute in which V. K. Sasikala was being touted as a possible Chief Minister. The appointment of Sengottaiyan was the only change made to the cabinet by Palaniswami at that time.[11] He allegedly punched the former Tamil Nadu CM Karunanidhi in his face during the infamous 1989 violent clash in assembly.[12]

Elections contested and results

Elections Constituency Result
1977 Sathyamangalam constituency Won
1980 Gobichettipalayam constituency Won
1984 Gobichettipalayam constituency Won
1989 Gobichettipalayam constituency Won
1991 Gobichettipalayam constituency Won
1996 Gobichettipalayam constituency Lost
2006 Gobichettipalayam constituency Won
2011 Gobichettipalayam constituency Won
2016 Gobichettipalayam constituency Won
2021 Gobichettipalayam constituency Won

References

  1. ^ "Jaya changes party HQ office-bearers". newindianexpress. 27 August 2012. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
  2. ^ "List of MLAs from Tamil Nadu" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Tamil Nadu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2013.
  3. ^ 1977 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India
  4. ^ 1980 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India
  5. ^ 1984 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India
  6. ^ 1991 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India
  7. ^ 2006 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India
  8. ^ "Jayalalithaa sacks six Tamil Nadu ministers". Ndtv.com. PTI. 4 November 2011. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  9. ^ "ஜெயலலிதா அமைச்சரவையின் 33 அமைச்சர்கள்: ஒரு பார்வை". oneindia tamil. 16 May 2011.
  10. ^ "அமைச்சர் செங்கோட்டையன் நீக்கம்; கட்சி பதவியும் பறிப்பு!". vikatan. 18 July 2012.
  11. ^ Mariappan, Julie (16 February 2017). "31-member Palaniswami cabinet to be sworn in at 4.30pm". The Economic Times. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  12. ^ Naig, Udhav (18 February 2017). "Nothing can 'beat' 1989 violence". Thehindu.com. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
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