| K. P. Munusamy | |
| Office1: | Deputy General Secretary of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| Term Start1: | 11 July 2022 |
| Predecessor1: | T. T. V. Dhinakaran |
| 1Blankname1: | General Secretary |
| 1Namedata1: | Edappadi K. Palaniswami |
| Alongside1: | Natham R. Viswanathan |
| Office2: | Deputy Co-ordinator for AIADMK |
| Alongside2: | R. Vaithilingam |
| Predecessor2: | position established |
| Successor2: | position abolished |
| Term Start2: | 21 August 2017 |
| Term End2: | 23 June 2022 |
| Office3: | Minister for Municipal Administration and Rural Development |
| Term Start3: | 16 May 2011 |
| Term End3: | 20 May 2014 |
| 1Blankname3: | Chief Minister |
| 1Namedata3: | J.Jayalalithaa |
| Office5: | Member of Legislative Assembly |
| Term Start5: | 2021 |
| Constituency5: | Veppanahalli |
| Term Start6: | 2011 |
| Term End6: | 2016 |
| Constituency6: | Krishnagiri |
| Term Start7: | 2001 |
| Term End7: | 2006 |
| Constituency7: | Kavaripattinam |
| Term Start8: | 1991 |
| Term End8: | 1996 |
| Constituency8: | Kavaripattinam |
| Office9: | Member of Parliament |
| Term Start9: | 1998 |
| Term End9: | 1999 |
| Constituency9: | Krishnagiri Lok Sabha |
| Office10: | Member of Parliament, Rajya sabha |
| Term Start10: | 2 April 2020 |
| Term End10: | 10 May 2021 |
| Constituency10: | Tamil Nadu |
| Birth Date: | 1952 6, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Kaveripattinam, Madras State, India |
| Party: | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| Residence: | Kaveripattinam, Krishnagiri district, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Spouse: | Mangayarkarasi |
| Children: | Sathish Kumar Munusamy, Karthik Munusamy, Uma Maheshwari kannan |
Kaveripattinam Poongavanam Munusamy (born 7 June 1952) is an Indian politician and deputy general secretary of AIADMK and incumbent member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from Krishnagiri Constituency.[1] Munusamy completed his Bachelor of Arts from Govt. Arts College, Krishnagiri during 1971-1974 and later graduated Bachelor of Law from Government Law College, Chennai. He was a Minister for Municipal Administration and Rural Development in the Government of Tamil Nadu.[2]
Munusamy also serves as district secretary, All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) and secretary of Krishnagiri district Anna employees union.
He joined the Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party in the year 1972. He rose to the position of Head of the District Youth wing in the party by 1988.[3] He contested in the 1991 Tamil Nadu state assembly elections where he emerged successful from Kaveripattinam constituency.[4] Later he was elected to the 12th Lok Sabha from Krishnagiri Constituency. During his tenure as Member of Parliament, he was a member in various parliamentary committees including Committee on Agriculture, Committee to review the rate of dividend payable by the Railway Undertakings to General Revenues, Consultative Committee of Ministry of Science and Technology and other Science Departments.[5] Then he won the 2001 Tamil Nadu state assembly elections from the same Kaveripattinam constituency.[6] In January 2011 he became the Krishnagiri District secretary for the Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party.
In the recent 2011 Tamil Nadu assembly elections, he was able to gain 89,776 votes against his rival Syed Ghiyas-Ul-Haq of Indian National Congress from Krishnagiri Constituency winning by a margin of 29,097 votes.[7]