| K. A. Sengottaiyan | |
| Office1: | Minister for School Education, Youth Welfare and Sports Development |
| Term Start1: | 18 December 2016 |
| Term End1: | 2 May 2021 |
| 1Blankname1: | Chief Minister |
| 1Namedata1: | Edappadi K. Palaniswami |
| Successor1: | Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi |
| Office2: | Minister for Revenue |
| Term Start2: | 26 January 2012 |
| Term End2: | 18 July 2012 |
| Office3: | Minister for Information and Technology |
| Term Start3: | 4 November 2011 |
| Term End3: | 26 January 2012 |
| Office4: | Minister for Agriculture |
| Term Start4: | 16 May 2011 |
| Term End4: | 4 November 2011 |
| Office5: | Minister for Transport |
| Term Start5: | 24 June 1991 |
| Term End5: | 12 May 1996 |
| Office6: | Member of Legislative Assembly |
| Term Start6: | 2006 |
| Term Start7: | 1980 |
| Term End7: | 1996 |
| Term Start8: | 1977 |
| Term End8: | 1980 |
| Constituency8: | Sathyamangalam constituency |
| Office9: | Leader of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly House |
| Term Start9: | 14 February 2017 |
| Term End9: | 6 January 2018 |
| 1Blankname9: | CM |
| Successor9: | O. Panneerselvam |
| Office10: | 8th Presidium Chairman of AIADMK |
| Term Start10: | 10 February 2017 |
| Term End10: | 20 August 2017 |
| 1Blankname10: | General Secretary |
| 1Namedata10: | V. K. Sasikala (Interim) |
| Predecessor1): | E. Madhusudhanan |
| Successor10: | E. Madhusudhanan |
| Office11: | Headquarters Secretary of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 1Blankname11: | General Secretary |
| 1Namedata11: | J. Jayalalithaa |
| Successor11: | P. Palaniappan |
| Term Start11: | 2001 |
| Term End11: | 18 July 2012[1] |
| 2Blankname11: | Headquarters Manager |
| 2Namedata11: | P. Mahalingam |
| Birth Date: | 1948 1, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Kullampalayam, Madras State, India |
| Party: | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
K. A. Sengottaiyan (born 9 January 1948) is an Indian politician. He is the former Minister for School Education in the Government of Tamil Nadu. He also served as the party presidium chairman and headquarters secretary of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam. He is currently the longest serving ADMK MLA along with his opposition counterpart Duraimurugan.
He is an incumbent Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu from Gobichettipalayam constituency in Erode district.[2] Previously, he was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly as an All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate from Sathyamangalam constituency in 1977 election[3] and from Gobichettipalayam constituency in 1980, 1984, 1989 (Jayalalitha faction), 1991, 2006, 2011 and 2016.[4] [5] [6] [7]
Sengottaiyan was the Minister for Transport from 1991 to 1996 during the first tenure of Jayalalithaa cabinet. He was again the Minister for Agriculture until November 2011 when a cabinet reshuffle by Jayalalithaa resulted in that portfolio being given to S. Damodaran and Sengottaiyan taking over the Information Technology portfolio from R. B. Udhaya Kumar.[8]
From 2001 to 2012, He served as the headquarters secretary of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam.[9] [10]
In February 2017, following the appointment of Edappadi K. Palaniswami as the Chief Minister in place of O. Paneerselvam, Sengottaiyan replaced K. Pandiarajan as the Minister for School Education. Pandiarajan was the only cabinet minister to have supported Paneerselvam during a party dispute in which V. K. Sasikala was being touted as a possible Chief Minister. The appointment of Sengottaiyan was the only change made to the cabinet by Palaniswami at that time.[11] He allegedly punched the former Tamil Nadu CM Karunanidhi in his face during the infamous 1989 violent clash in assembly.[12]
| width=70 | Elections | width=70 | Constituency | width=70 | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Sathyamangalam constituency | ||||
| 1980 | Gobichettipalayam constituency | ||||
| 1984 | Gobichettipalayam constituency | ||||
| 1989 | Gobichettipalayam constituency | ||||
| 1991 | Gobichettipalayam constituency | ||||
| 1996 | Gobichettipalayam constituency | ||||
| 2006 | Gobichettipalayam constituency | ||||
| 2011 | Gobichettipalayam constituency | ||||
| 2016 | Gobichettipalayam constituency | ||||
| 2021 | Gobichettipalayam constituency | ||||