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K Palaniswami
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- Born 12 May 1954
- Age 70
- Birth Place Siluvampalayam,, Salem District, Madras State, India, (present-day, Tamil Nadu, )
- Profession Agriculturalist, Politician
- Political Party All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
- In Office 7th Chief Minister Of Tamil Nadu 16 February 2017 - 6 May 2021, Member Of Parliament, Lok Sabha 10 March 1998 - 26 April 1999, Interim General Secretary Of The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 11 July 2022 - 27 March 2023, Joint Coordinator Of The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 21 August 2017 - 23 June 2022, Headquarters Secretary Of The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 8 June 2016 - 12 July 2022
- Residence Greenways Road
- Awards Honorary Doctorate (2019), Paul Harris Fellow (2020)
K Palaniswami BIOGRAPHY
Last Updated : 09 Feb 2025
Edappadi K Palaniswami: A Stalwart of Tamil Nadu Politics Born on 12 May 1954, Edappadi K Palaniswami, or EPS, currently leads the opposition in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. His political journey began in 1974, after a career in agriculture. He served as Tamil Nadu’s Chief Minister fro...
K Palaniswami PERSONAL LIFE
| Spouse | Ratha Palaniswami |
POSITIONS HELD BY K Palaniswami
| Position | Tenure |
|---|---|
| Member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | 6 February 1989 - 12 May 1996 |
| Member of the Lok Sabha | 10 March 1998 - 26 April 1999 |
| Member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | 23 May 2011 - Present |
| Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu | 16 February 2017 - 6 May 2021 |
K PALANISWAMI NEWS
Inside Track: Push from AIADMK
April 20, 2025 12:13 pm
Tamil Nadu BJP workers flew to Delhi seeking the removal of Annamalai, the opinionated BJP state president. But the party high command still has faith in the former police officer, despite his poor advice in the Lok Sabha polls.
AIADMK leadership issue: Hearing on EPS’ appeals adjourned to Aug 25
August 24, 2022 6:49 am
When the appeals challenging the orders dated July 17 of Justice G Jayachandran came up today, Palaniswami’s senior counsel Vijay Narayan prayed the bench of Justices M Duraiswamy and Sundar Mohan to stay the operation of the single judge order as it had virtually created a deadlock in the party.
AIADMK to hold general, executive council meeting on June 23
June 03, 2022 6:28 am
The council is likely to discuss a strategy to face the 2024 Lok Sabha election and to strive to return to power in the 2026 assembly election, said a source in the party.
Madras HC quashes defamation cases against Panneerselvam, Palaniswami
April 01, 2022 9:17 am
Accepting the arguments of senior advocates A Natarajan for Palaniswami and Vijay Narayan for Panneerselvam, Justice M Nirmal Kumar quashed Pugalendhi's complaints seeking to punish them for offences under Sections 499 and 500 of the IPC (defamation).
Tamil Nadu: AIADMK seeks Covid strategy from govt, asks it to speed up testing
January 14, 2022 7:54 am
🔴 The AIADMK demanded that the DMK government take steps to establish genome sequencing laboratories in the districts to detect Omicron variants besides ensuring that the Covid-19 test results are provided soon to the people.
No irregularity in Smart City initiative during AIADMK rule: EPS
January 09, 2022 11:00 am
🔴 Palaniswami alleged that sub-standard commodities were being given away to people under the harvest festival 'Pongal' gift hamper distribution plan.
Madras HC rejects plea against AIADMK org. polls where OPS-EPS duo was elected unopposed
December 15, 2021 7:01 am
🔴 On Tuesday, the first bench of Acting Chief Justice M N Bhandari and Justice P D Audikesavalu rejected the plea from J Jayachandran of Arsanapatti in Hosur in the state and said the court cannot direct the EC to interfere into the organisational elections of a political party.
AIADMK alleges deterioration of law and order, seeks CBI probe into 2 more deaths
December 08, 2021 8:15 am
🔴 The duo died after allegedly being beaten up by police personnel, the principal opposition party said and sought a solatium of Rs 50 lakh to the kin of each of the two families.
Madras HC reserves order on plea against AIADMK organisation polls
December 08, 2021 10:58 am
🔴. Incumbents O Panneerselvam and K Palaniswami were on Monday declared elected unopposed as party Coordinator and Joint Coordinator respectively, the top two posts that together constitute the AIADMK's apex leadership.
AIADMK slams DMK over "corruption, collection and vendetta"
August 20, 2021 8:09 am
An AIADMK delegation led by its top leaders O Panneerselvam, the Coordinator and joint coordinator K Palaniswami met Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit and presented a memorandum against the government.
