1957 onwards |
Member, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (D.M.K.) |
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1982 - 1993 |
Secretary, D.M.K., Madras District Unit |
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1986-92 |
Member, Rajya Sabha |
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Member, Public Accounts Committee |
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Member, Committee on Rules (Rajya Sabha) |
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1996 |
Elected to 11th Lok Sabha |
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1996-98 |
Union Minister of State, Petroleum and Natural Gas |
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Whip, DMK Party in Parliament |
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1998 |
Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (Two Terms) |
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1998-99 |
Member, Parliamentary Committee on Railways |
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Member, Parliamentary Consultative Committee, Ministry of Home Affairs |
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1999 |
Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (Three Terms) |
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23 Oct. 2002-1 Dec. 2003 |
President, Conference of Parties (COP), United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) |
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13 Oct.1999- 21 Dec. 2003 |
Union Cabinet Minister, Environment & Forests |
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2004 |
Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha (Four Terms) |
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22 May 2004 - 22 May 2009 |
Union Cabinet Minister, Shipping, Road Transport & Highways |
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Leader of the DMK Party in Parliament |
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Member, various Cabinet Committees including Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs (CCPA), Cabinet committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) etc. and Member, United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Coordination Committee |
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2007-2008 |
Chairperson, Transport Ministers of SAARC countries |
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2009 |
Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (Five Terms) |
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May 2009 onwards |
Leader, DMK Party in Parliament |
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29 Jun. 2009 |
Member, Business Advisory Committee |
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31 Aug. 2009 |
Chairman, Standing Committee on Railways |
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16 Sep. 2009 |
Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Finance |
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7 Oct. 2009 |
Member, Committee on Ethics |
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19 Oct. 2009 |
Member, General Purposes Committee |
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4 Nov. 2009 |
Member, Standing Committee on Social Justice and Empowerment |
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22 Jan. 2010 |
Member, Parliamentary Forum on Water Conservation and Management |
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9 June. 2013 |
Member, House Committee |
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May 2019 |
Re-elected to 17th Lok Sabha (Six Terms) |
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24 July 2019 onwards |
Member, Committee on Public Accounts |
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13 Sept. 2019 onwards |
Member, Standing Committee on Railways |
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09 Oct. 2019 onwards |
Member, Committee of Privileges |
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21 Nov. 2019 onwards |
Member, General Purposes Committee, Lok Sabha |
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Home Affairs |
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