Dindigul C. Sreenivasan | |
Office: | Minister of Forests |
Term Start: | 23 May 2016 |
Term End: | 6 May 2021 |
Constituency: | Dindigul |
Predecessor: | Edappadi K. Palaniswami |
Successor: | K. Ramachandran |
Office1: | Member of Tamil Nadu legislative assembly |
Term Start1: | 2016 |
Constituency1: | Dindigul |
Predecessor1: | K. Balabharathi |
Office2: | Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha |
Term Start2: | 1998 |
Term End2: | 2004 |
Predecessor2: | N. S. V. Chitthan |
Successor2: | N. S. V. Chitthan |
Constituency2: | Dindigul |
Term Start3: | 1989 |
Term End3: | 1996 |
Predecessor3: | K. R. Natarajan |
Successor3: | N. S. V. Chitthan |
Constituency3: | Dindigul |
Office4: | Treasurer of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
Term Start4: | 11 July 2022 |
1Blankname4: | General Secretary |
1Namedata4: | Edappadi K. Palaniswami |
Predecessor4: | O. Panneerselvam |
Term Start5: | 14 February 2017 |
Term End5: | 21 August 2017 |
Predecessor5: | O. Panneerselvam |
Successor5: | O. Panneerselvam |
Term Start6: | 31 March 2000 |
Term End6: | 20 July 2006 |
1Blankname6: | General Secretary |
1Namedata6: | J. Jayalalithaa |
Predecessor6: | Sedapatti Muthiah |
Successor6: | T. T. V. Dhinakaran |
Office7: | Organizing Secretary of AIADMK |
Term Start7: | 2020 |
Term End7: | 2022 |
Party: | AIADMK |
Birth Date: | 1948 4, mf=yes[1] |
Birth Place: | Usilampatti, Tamil Nadu, India |
Education: | M.A (Political science), MBA |
Occupation: | Politician |
Dindigul C. Sreenivasan (born 1 April 1948) is an Indian politician and former four term Member of Parliament of India elected from Tamil Nadu. He is currently serving as Member of Legislative Assembly for Dindigul since 2016. He is the treasurer of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) since 11 July 2022. He is one of senior most members of the party AIADMK. He served as Minister for Forests for Tamil Nadu from 2016 to 2021.[2] [3] [4]
He was elected to the Lok Sabha from Dindigul constituency as an AIADMK candidate in the Indian general elections of 1989, 1991, 1998 and 1999 in Tamil Nadu.
Elected in Legislative Assembly Election 2016 and 2021 in Dindigul Assembly constituency for consecutive 2 terms, he belongs to Piramalai Kallar community.
Jayalalithaa appointed Sreenivasan as Minister for Forests in May 2016. This was his first cabinet post in the Government of Tamil Nadu.[5]
On 11 July 2022, C. Sreenivasan was made treasurer of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam.[6]