V. Narayanasamy
10th Chief Minister of Puducherry
In office 6 June 2016 (2016-06-06) – 22 February 2021 (2021-02-22)
Lieutenant Governor	Kiran Bedi Tamilisai Soundararajan (additional charge)
Preceded by	N. Rangaswamy
Succeeded by	President's Rule
Constituency	Nellithope
Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
In office 22 May 2009 – 26 May 2014
Prime Minister	Manmohan Singh
Preceded by	Suresh Pachouri
Succeeded by	Jitendra Singh
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 2 June 2009 – 18 May 2014
Prime Minister	Manmohan Singh
Preceded by	M. Ramadass
Succeeded by	R. Radhakrishnan
Constituency	Puducherry
Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
In office 22 May 2004 – 22 May 2009
Prime Minister	Manmohan Singh
Preceded by	Santosh Gangwar
Succeeded by	Rajeev Shukla
Member of parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office 7 October 2003 – 16 May 2009
Preceded by	C. P. Thirunavukkarasu
Succeeded by	P. Kannan
In office 5 August 1985 – 4 August 1997
Preceded by	V. P. M. Samy
Succeeded by	C. P. Thirunavukkarasu
Personal details
Born	Velu Narayanasamy (1947-05-30) 30 May 1947 (age 76) Pondichéry, French India (now Puducherry, India)
Political party	Indian National Congress
Residence	Puducherry, India
Occupation	Politician

Velu Narayanasamy (born 30 May 1947) is an Indian politician who served as the 10th Chief Minister of Puducherry from 2016 to 2021. He is a member of Indian National Congress political party.

He previously served as Member of Parliament, representing Puducherry in the Lok Sabha. He served as a Union Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office in the Manmohan Singh government.

In the 2014 general elections, he was defeated by the NDA candidate R. Radhakrishnan, who was backed by the ruling All India N.R. Congress. He is a member of the Congress Working Committee as well as All India Congress Committee's General Secretary.

Early life

V. Narayanasamy was born in Pondicherry, the son of Velu, and Iswary. He did his B.A. from Tagore Arts College, Pondicherry. B.L. from Madras Law College, Chennai and M.L. from Annamalai University.

Political career

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V. Narayanasamy served three tenures as Rajya Sabha MP and was a member of Lok Sabha from Puducherry constituency from 2009 to 2014. He was minister of state in Prime Minister's office in Manmohan Singh's second government as well as minister of state, Parliamentary Affairs in the first UPA government.^[1]

Chief Minister

He was named the Chief Minister of Puducherry in May 2016 after Indian National Congress and Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam alliance won Puducherry Legislative Assembly election.

He was chosen over V. Vaithilingam who was twice Chief Minister of Puducherry.^[2][3][4][5]

On 6 June 2016, he replaced N. Rangaswamy and was sworn in as Chief Minister of Puducherry.^[1][6]

On 22 February 2021, Narayanasamy resigned from the post after the Congress government lost its majority in the legislative assembly and the trust vote on floor.^[7]