Agri S. S. Krishnamurthy

Agri S. S. Krishnamurthy is an Indian politician and was a member of the 14th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from Kalasapakkam constituency.[1] As a representative of the Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, he was previously elected to the same constituency in the 2006 elections.[2]

Agri S. S. Krishnamurthy
Member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
12 May 2021
ConstituencyPolur
Minister for Agriculture
Government of Tamil Nadu
In office
June 2014 - March 2015
Minister of Food
Government of Tamil Nadu
In office
2011 - 2012
Member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
In office
2006 - 2016
ConstituencyKalasapakkam
Personal details
Political partyAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

The elections of 2016 resulted in his constituency being won by V. Panneerselvam.[3]

Personal life

Born in an agricultural family of Tuluva Vellala commune of Elathur village in the present Kalasapakkam taluk of Tiruvannamalai district on 23 March 1959. Father S. Sundaresan and Mother Jagadambal. Married to Vijayakumari and is father of three children. He served as Chairman of Kalasapakkam Panchayat Union in the initial part of his career.

Political career

He was re-elected from Kalasapakkam constituency as a Member of Legislative Assembly in 2011 assembly election on an AIADMK ticket and was included in the Jayalalithaa ministry as Food minister. Later his portfolio was altered and he was given Commercial Taxes department. Again in a short period his portfolio was changed to Education and within a week from this change he was dropped from the cabinet. He is an agricultural graduate and thus earned the nickname 'Agri'.

Krishnamoorthy replaced S. Damodaran as Minister for Agriculture in the Government of Tamil Nadu on 19 May 2014, when Jayalalithaa reshuffled her government.[4] He was removed from the post in 2015 when a department official committed suicide and it was alleged that Krishnamoorthy had been placing undue pressure on him.[5]

References
  1. "List of MLAs from Tamil Nadu 2011" (PDF). Government of Tamil Nadu. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
  2. "Statistical Report of Tamil Nadu 2006 Elections" (PDF). Election Commission of India.
  3. "15th Assembly Members". Government of Tamil Nadu. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
  4. "Jayalalithaa sacks three ministers, six AIADMK functionaries". DNA India. PTI. 19 May 2014. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
  5. "Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa Names 50 District Secretaries of AIADMK". NDTV. PTI. 8 October 2015. Retrieved 4 May 2017.


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