| V. Narayanasamy | |
| Office: | 10th Chief Minister of Puducherry |
| Predecessor: | N. Rangaswamy |
| Successor: | President's Rule |
| Constituency: | Nellithope |
| Office1: | Union Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions |
| Term Start1: | 22 May 2009 |
| Term End1: | 26 May 2014 |
| Minister1: | Manmohan Singh |
| Predecessor1: | Suresh Pachouri |
| Successor1: | Jitendra Singh |
| Office2: | Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha |
| Term Start2: | 2 June 2009 |
| Term End2: | 18 May 2014 |
| Predecessor2: | M. Ramadass |
| Successor2: | R. Radhakrishnan |
| Constituency2: | Puducherry |
| Office3: | Union Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs |
| Term Start3: | 22 May 2004 |
| Term End3: | 22 May 2009 |
| Minister3: | Ghulam Nabi Azad (2004–2005) Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi (2005–2008) Vayalar Ravi (2008–2009) |
| Predecessor3: | Santosh Gangwar |
| Successor3: | Rajeev Shukla |
| Office4: | Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha |
| Term Start4: | 7 October 2003 |
| Term End4: | 16 May 2009 |
| Predecessor4: | C. P. Thirunavukkarasu |
| Successor4: | P. Kannan |
| Constituency4: | Puducherry |
| Term Start5: | 5 August 1985 |
| Term End5: | 4 August 1997 |
| Predecessor5: | V. P. M. Samy |
| Successor5: | C. P. Thirunavukkarasu |
| Constituency5: | Puducherry |
| Birth Name: | Velu Narayanasamy |
| Birth Date: | 30 May 1947 |
| Birth Place: | Pondichéry, French India (present-day Puducherry, India) |
| Children: | 2[1] |
| Residence: | 5, Ellaiamman Koil Street, Pondicherry |
| Party: | Indian National Congress |
| Occupation: | Politician |
Velu Narayanasamy (born 30 May 1947) is an Indian politician who served as the 10th Chief Minister of Puducherry from 2016 to 2021. He is a member of Indian National Congress political party.
He previously served as Member of Parliament, representing Puducherry in the Lok Sabha. He served as a Union Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office in the Manmohan Singh government.
In the 2014 general elections, he was defeated by the NDA candidate R. Radhakrishnan, who was backed by the ruling All India N.R. Congress. He is a member of the Congress Working Committee as well as All India Congress Committee's General Secretary.
V. Narayanasamy was born in Pondicherry, the son of Velu, and Iswary. He did his B.A. from Tagore Arts College, Pondicherry. B.L. from Madras Law College, Chennai and M.L. from Annamalai University.
V. Narayanasamy served three tenures as Rajya Sabha MP and was a member of Lok Sabha from Puducherry constituency from 2009 to 2014. He was minister of state in Prime Minister's office in Manmohan Singh's second government as well as minister of state, Parliamentary Affairs in the first UPA government.[2]
He was named the Chief Minister of Puducherry in May 2016 after Indian National Congress and Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam alliance won Puducherry Legislative Assembly election.
He was chosen over V. Vaithilingam who was twice Chief Minister of Puducherry.[3] [4] [5] [6]
On 6 June 2016, he replaced N. Rangaswamy and was sworn in as Chief Minister of Puducherry.[2] [7]
On 22 February 2021, Narayanasamy resigned from the post after the Congress government lost its majority in the legislative assembly and the trust vote on floor.[8]
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