K. Jeyakumar Explained

K. Jeyakumar
Birth Date:	1 March 1950
Birth Place:	Madras State (now Tamil Nadu India)
Office:	Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Term Start:	23 May 2019
Term End:	5 June 2024
Predecessor:	Ponnusamy Venugopal
Constituency:	Thiruvallur
Office1:	Member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Term Start1:	2001
Term End1:	2011
Predecessor1:	K. Veisamy
Successor1:	K. P. P. Baskar
Constituency1:	Namakkal constituency
Party:	Indian National Congress
Nationality:	Indian

K. Jayakumar is an Indian politician. He was elected as a Member of Parliament in Lok Sabha from Thiruvallur Constituency (SC) in 2019.^[1] He served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu. He was elected as an Indian National Congress candidate from Namakkal constituency in 2001 and 2006 elections.^{[2] [3]}

Early life

Jayakumar was born in Pinayoor on 1 March 1950. He earned multiple degrees: B.E., M.Tech.(Mgt.)., P.G.Dip.RT. & M., P.G.Dip.I.D., (Holland). M.I.E., Ph.D.

Career

He joined INC in 1976. He served as Secretary, All India Congress. He was a member of the All India Congress Committee. He served in Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from 2001-2006.

College Hockey Team Captain.

Political responsibilities

• He has been National Secretary of the Indian National Congress For 15 years.
• He has been Member of Legislative Assembly two times(2001–06, 2006–11) in Namakkal.
• Treasurer : Congress Legislative Party – 2001 – 2006
• Leader : Legislative body – 2006 – 2011
• Member: Legislative Level Panel – 2006 – 2011
• Member: Legislative Standing Committee – 2006 – 2011
• Secretary: Tamilnadu Congress – 1998 – 2002

Government Responsibilities

• Director: National Scheduled Castes Finance and Development Corporation (NSFDC)
• Director: National Insurance Company, Calcutta
• Senior Manager: Import and Export Bank, Mumbai
• Manager: TIDCO Chennai
• Manager: SIPCOT Chennai
• Engineer: National Highway Department, Chennai, HAL Bangalore.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Seventeenth Lok Sabha Members Bioprofile Jayakumar, Dr. K.. Parliament of India LOK SABHA.
2. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2001/Stat_Rep_TN_2001.pdf 2001 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India
3. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_TN_2006.pdf 2006 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India