| P. Geetha Jeevan | |
| Office: | Minister for Social Welfare and Women Empowerment |
| Term Start: | 7 May 2021 |
| 1Blankname: | Chief Minister |
| Predecessor: | V. Saroja |
| Constituency: | Thoothukkudi |
| Term Start1: | 20 May 2008 |
| Term End1: | 14 May 2011 |
| 1Blankname1: | Chief Minister |
| 1Namedata1: | M. Karunanidhi |
| Predecessor1: | Poongothai Aladi Aruna |
| Successor1: | Selvi Ramajayam |
| Constituency1: | Thoothukkudi |
| Office2: | Minister for Social Welfare |
| Term Start2: | 13 May 2006 |
| Term End2: | 19 May 2008 |
| 1Blankname2: | Chief Minister |
| 1Namedata2: | M. Karunanidhi |
| Predecessor2: | P. V. Damodaran |
| Successor2: | Pongalur N. Palanisamy |
| Constituency2: | Thoothukkudi |
| Office3: | Member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly |
| Term Start3: | 25 May 2016 |
| Predecessor3: | S. T. Chellapandian |
| 1Blankname3: | Chief Minister |
| Constituency3: | Thoothukkudi |
| Term Start4: | 17 May 2006 |
| Term End4: | 14 May 2011 |
| Predecessor4: | S. Rajammal |
| Successor4: | S. T. Chellapandian |
| 1Blankname4: | Chief Minister |
| 1Namedata4: | M. Karunanidhi |
| Constituency4: | Thoothukkudi |
| Office5: | Member of Panchayat |
| Term Start5: | 2001 |
| Term End5: | 2006 |
| Constituency5: | Thoothukudi District Panchayat |
| Office6: | Chairperson of Panchayat |
| Term Start6: | 1996 |
| Term End6: | 2001 |
| Constituency6: | Thoothukudi District Panchayat |
| Birth Name: | Periasamy Geetha Jeevan |
| Birth Date: | 1970 5, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Party: | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| Spouse: | Jeevan Jacob[1] |
| Relations: | N. Periasamy (father) |
| Children: | Jeena Ebi Sundari, |
| Residence: | No.62/2H, Polpettai, Thoothukudi-628002, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Occupation: | Politician |
| Website: | P. GEETHA JEEVAN |
Periasamy Geetha Jeevan (born 6 May 1970) is an Indian politician serving as the current Minister for Social Welfare and Women Empowerment of Tamil Nadu.[2] She is a Member of the Legislative Assembly, representing Thoothukkudi constituency in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. She also formerly served as the Minister for Animal Husbandry of Tamil Nadu.[3]
Geetha Jeevan was born in Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu, India, on 6 May 1970 and is the daughter of N. Periasamy, himself a former Thoothukkudi constituency MLA.[4] She holds a master's degree in commerce awarded by A.P.C. Mahalakshmi College for Women, Thoothukudi, having previously attended Geetha Matriculation Higher Secondary School in the city.
Geetha Jeevan was a member and chairperson of Thoothukudi district panchayat between 1996 and 2006.[5] In 2006 she became an MLA representing the Thoothukkudi constituency in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly.[6] [7] She was given the Social Welfare ministry portfolio after Poongothai Aladi Aruna was implicated in a telephone controversy.[8]
In the 2011 Tamil Nadu state election, she was defeated by S. T. Chellapandian of the AIADMK. In the 2016 and 2021 elections, she was consecutively elected as an MLA from her constituency and became Minister for Social Welfare and Women Empowerment in the ministry headed by Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu M. K. Stalin, the third son of the former chief minister M. Karunanidhi.