Natesan Krishnasamy Rangasamy (born 4 August 1950) is an Indian politician who is the Chief Minister of the Union Territory of Puducherry. He previously served as last Chief Minister of Pondicherry from 2001 to 2006 and first Chief Minister of Puducherry from 2006 to 2008 as a member of the Indian National Congress and then from 2011 to 2016 as a member of his own party, the All India N.R. Congress. He holds the record of becoming Chief Minister within three months after creating his own party. He also holds concessive record of becoming Chief Minister of Puducherry for fourth time.
Rangasamy was born on 4 August 1950 in Puducherry to parents Natesan Krishnasamy Gounder and Panchali Ammal in a Tamil family. He got his Bachelor of Commerce degree from Tagore Arts College and BL from Dr. Ambedkar Government Law College, Puducherry.[1]
Prior to entering politics (before 1990), he served as an assistant to the Minister of Puducherry V Pethaperumal.
His first election was the contest at Thattanchavady constituency in 1990, he lost against V. Pethaperumal JD got 9,503 votes and N. Rangasamy got 8,521 votes.
He won the 1991 assembly election with an overwhelming majority and was appointed Minister for Agriculture and Co-operation. He was again re-elected to the same constituency in 1996. During 2000, he had adorned the office of the Minister for Tourism, Education, Public Works, Civil Aviation and Art & Culture. In the 2001 Assembly Election, he won from the Thattanchavady constituency and assumed office as Minister for Public Works, Agriculture and Forest. In the same year, he assumed office of the Chief Minister of Puducherry on 27 October.[citation needed]
Political careerEdit
Elected Member of Legislative Assembly from Thattanchavady assembly constituency in 1991, 1996, 2001, 2006, 2021 and from Indiranagar in 2011 and 2016 and from Kathirkamam in 2011.
2011 to 2016 – Chief Minister of Puducherry, as a member of N R Congress, a party he founded himself.
2016 to 2021 – Leader of the Opposition
2021 to present - Chief Minister of Puducherry, as part of NDA Alliance.
During his first tenure as Chief Minister, various path breaking schemes for socio-economic development were implemented like ‘Perunthalaivar Kamarajar’ Housing Scheme for making the Union Territory of Puducherry a "Hut-free Zone", distribution of free text books, note books, rain coats, cycles, umbrellas, ‘Shri Rajiv Gandhi Breakfast Scheme’ under which hot milk and biscuits are provided to students of Govt. and Govt.-aided schools apart from mid-day meal scheme, free LPG connection with free stove and cylinder to BPL families, 50% concession on stamp duty for immovable property registered in the name of Women and full reimbursement of tuition fees for students selected through CENTAC for pursuing Medicine and Engineering courses.[2]
Chief Minister of PuducherryEdit
The Chief Minister of Puducherry, Shri N. Rangaswamy calling on the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, in New Delhi on March 16, 2015
In Puducherry he was always called as People chief minister (makkal mudhalvar) due to noteworthy achievements in education including free education through good government schools, old age pension scheme, free reimbursements for professional and non-professional college students. He laid the foundation for the first government medical college at Kathirkamam. His welfare schemes include distribution of wheat through PDS for the poor diabetics who have crossed the age of 60, a Mid-day Meal Scheme and breakfast schemes for the poor school children and reimbursing the school and college tuition fees to students.[2] Rangaswamy resigned as Chief Minister on 28 August 2008; Indian National Congress had asked him to resign due to internal politics. After resigning from Indian National Congress, he started a new political party called All India NR Congress on 7 February 2011. Within three months, in the 2011 Legislative Assembly Elections, his party won 15 seats out of 17 seats it contested and its alliance partner, All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam got 5 out of 10 seats it contested.
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N RangasamyN Rangasamy in March 20159th Chief Minister of PuducherryIncumbentAssumed office 7 May 2021Lieutenant GovernorTamilisai SoundararajanPreceded byPresident s RuleConstituencyThattanchavadyIn office 16 May 2011 6 June 2016Lieutenant GovernorIqbal Singh until 2013 Virendra Kataria 2013 2014 A K Singh 2014 2016 Preceded byV VaithilingamSucceeded byV NarayanasamyConstituencyIndira NagarIn office 1 October 2006 4 September 2008Lieutenant GovernorMukut Mithi 2006 2008 Bhopinder Singh 2008 Govind Singh GurjarPreceded byposition establishedSucceeded byV VaithilingamConstituencyThattanchavadyIn office 27 October 2001 1 October 2006Lieutenant GovernorRajani RaiK R Malkani 2002 2003 P S Ramamohan Rao 2003 2004 Nagendra Nath Jha 2004 Madan Mohan Lakhera 2004 2006 Mukut Mithi 2006 Preceded byP ShanmugamSucceeded byposition abolishedConstituencyThattanchavady3rd Leader of the Opposition of Puducherry Legislative AssemblyIn office 16 May 2016 22 February 2021Preceded byV VaithilingamSucceeded byR SivaMinister of Agriculture PondicherryIn office 4 June 1991 13 May 1996Chief MinisterV VaithilingamMinister of Education PondicherryIn office March 2000 October 2001Chief MinisterP ShanmugamPresident of All India N R CongressIncumbentAssumed office 7 February 2011General SecretaryVacantPreceded byposition createdLeader of House Puducherry Legislative AssemblyPersonal detailsBornNatesan Krishnasamy Gounder Rangasamy 1950 08 04 4 August 1950 age 73 Pondicherry French IndiaPolitical partyAll India NR Congress 2011 present Other politicalaffiliationsIndian National Congress 1990 2011 Parent s Father Natesan Krishnasamy GounderMother Panjali AmmalResidence s No 9 Vinayagar Koil Street Thilaspet Puducherry India Contents 1 Early life 2 Political career 3 Chief Minister of Puducherry 4 Elections contested and results 5 References 6 External linksEarly life EditRangasamy was born on 4 August 1950 in Puducherry to parents Natesan Krishnasamy Gounder and Panchali Ammal in a Tamil family He got his Bachelor of Commerce degree from Tagore Arts College and BL from Dr Ambedkar Government Law College Puducherry 1 Prior to entering politics before 1990 he served as an assistant to the Minister of Puducherry V Pethaperumal His first election was the contest at Thattanchavady constituency in 1990 he lost against V Pethaperumal JD got 9 503 votes and N Rangasamy got 8 521 votes He won the 1991 assembly election with an overwhelming majority and was appointed Minister for Agriculture and Co operation He was again re elected to the same constituency in 1996 During 2000 he had adorned the office of the Minister for Tourism Education Public Works Civil Aviation and Art amp Culture In the 2001 Assembly Election he won from the Thattanchavady constituency and assumed office as Minister for Public Works Agriculture and Forest In the same year he assumed office of the Chief Minister of Puducherry on 27 October citation needed Political career EditElected Member of Legislative Assembly from Thattanchavady assembly constituency in 1991 1996 2001 2006 2021 and from Indiranagar in 2011 and 2016 and from Kathirkamam in 2011 1991 Elected to Vidhan Sabha as a member of Indian National Congress 1991 Appointed Agriculture Minister 1996 MLA 2000 Education Minister 2001 to 2008 Chief minister as a member of Indian National Congress 2011 Quit Congress and founded his own party 2011 to 2016 Chief Minister of Puducherry as a member of N R Congress a party he founded himself 2016 to 2021 Leader of the Opposition 2021 to present Chief Minister of Puducherry as part of NDA Alliance nbsp During his first tenure as Chief Minister various path breaking schemes for socio economic development were implemented like Perunthalaivar Kamarajar Housing Scheme for making the Union Territory of Puducherry a Hut free Zone distribution of free text books note books rain coats cycles umbrellas Shri Rajiv Gandhi Breakfast Scheme under which hot milk and biscuits are provided to students of Govt and Govt aided schools apart from mid day meal scheme free LPG connection with free stove and cylinder to BPL families 50 concession on stamp duty for immovable property registered in the name of Women and full reimbursement of tuition fees for students selected through CENTAC for pursuing Medicine and Engineering courses 2 Chief Minister of Puducherry Edit nbsp The Chief Minister of Puducherry Shri N Rangaswamy calling on the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi in New Delhi on March 16 2015In Puducherry he was always called as People chief minister makkal mudhalvar due to noteworthy achievements in education including free education through good government schools old age pension scheme free reimbursements for professional and non professional college students He laid the foundation for the first government medical college at Kathirkamam His welfare schemes include distribution of wheat through PDS for the poor diabetics who have crossed the age of 60 a Mid day Meal Scheme and breakfast schemes for the poor school children and reimbursing the school and college tuition fees to students 2 Rangaswamy resigned as Chief Minister on 28 August 2008 Indian National Congress had asked him to resign due to internal politics After resigning from Indian National Congress he started a new political party called All India NR Congress on 7 February 2011 Within three months in the 2011 Legislative Assembly Elections his party won 15 seats out of 17 seats it contested and its alliance partner All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam got 5 out of 10 seats it contested Elections contested and results EditYear Constituency Result vote opponent vote margin1990 Thattanchavady nbsp N Lost 8521 V Pethaperumal 9503 9821991 Thattanchavady nbsp Y Won 12 545 V Pethaperumal 5285 72601996 Thattanchavady nbsp Y Won 9989 V Pethaperumal 7699 22902001 Thattanchavady nbsp Y Won 14 323 V Pethaperumal 8769 55542006 Thattanchavady nbsp Y Won 27 024 T Gunasekaran 2026 24 9982011 Kadirgamam nbsp Y Won 16 323 V Pethaperumal 6566 97572011 Indira Nagar nbsp Y Won 20 685 V Aroumougam A K D 4008 16 6772016 Indira Nagar nbsp Y Won 15 463 V Aroumougam A K D 12 059 34042021 Yanam 3 4 5 nbsp N Lost 16 475 Gollapalli Srinivas Ashok 17 131 6562021 Thattanchavady nbsp Y Won 12 978 K Sethu Sethu Selvam 7522 5456References Edit N Rangasamy www oneindia com 11 March 2016 Retrieved 25 November 2019 a b Rangasamy s clean image helped him humble Congress in Puducherry Retrieved 14 November 2016 Independent wins Yanam assembly seat Visakhapatnam News Times of India Yanam Election Result 2021 Live Updates Gollapalli Srinivas Ashok of IND Wins 2 May 2021 என ஆர க ங க ரஸ தல வர ரங கச ம ஏன ம த க த ய ல த ல வ NR congress rangasamy loss yanam constituency 2 May 2021 External links Edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to N Rangaswamy Political officesPreceded byP Shanmugam Chief Minister of Puducherry27 October 2001 4 September 2008 Succeeded byV VaithilingamPreceded byV Vaithilingam Chief Minister of Puducherry16 May 2011 6 June 2016 Succeeded byNarayanasamy Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title N Rangaswamy amp oldid 1179184586, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
