| R Radhakrishnan | |
| Birth Date: | 9 June 1971 |
| Birth Place: | Poudouthottame, Kancheepuram, (Tamil Nadu) |
| Residence: | Pondicherry, Puducherry |
| Office: | Member of Parliament |
| Term Start: | 16 May 2014 |
| Term End: | 23 May 2019 |
| Successor: | V. Vaithilingam |
| Constituency: | Puducherry |
| Office1: | Speaker of Puducherry Legislative Assembly |
| Term Start1: | 2006 |
| Term End1: | 2011 |
| Office2: | Member of Puducherry Legislative Assembly |
| Term Start2: | 2001 |
| Term End2: | 2011 |
| Party: | All India NR Congress |
| Otherparty: | Indian National Congress |
| Siblings: | R. Senthilkumar |
| Spouse: | R Subhashini |
| Children: | 2 sons |
R Radhakrishnan (born 9 June 1971) is an Indian member of parliament (MP) and former speaker of the Union Territory of Puducherry assembly from 2006 to 2011. He is a member of the All India N R Congress (AINRC) and represents Puducherry constituency in the Lok Sabha from 2014 to 2019.[1]
R Radhakrishnan hails from a family with political lineage. He is the elder son of politician R. Ramanathan (former member of Puducherry legislative assembly).
R Radhakrishnan completed his High school at ARLM Matriculation school, Cuddalore & Higher secondary Education at Campion Anglo-Indian Higher Secondary school. Under graduation in Commerce from Vivekananda College, Chennai. He completed his post-graduation in Master of Business Administration (MBA) from PSG Institute of Management in Coimbatore, which counts him as one of its distinguished alumni.[2]
R Radhakrishnan was elected member of Puducherry Assembly twice following his election from the erstwhile Kuruvinatham constituency in 2001 and successively in 2006.
R Radhakrishnan was the Chairman of Puducherry Slum clearance Board from 2001-2006.[3] He served as speaker of the Puducherry assembly from 2006 until 2011.[4]
R Radhakrishnan was candidate for All India NR Congress (AINRC) from Puducherry in the Indian general election. He won with a margin of 60,854 defeating union minister of state V Narayanasamy of Indian National Congress in the 2014 Indian election.[5]