Durai Murugan
Durai Murugan | |
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| Leader of the House, Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office 11 May 2021 | |
| Governor | Banwarilal Purohit R. N. Ravi |
| Chief Minister | M. K. Stalin |
| Preceded by | O. Panneerselvam |
| Cabinet Minister Government of Tamil Nadu | |
| Assumed office 8 May 2025 | |
| Minister |
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| Governor | Banwarilal Purohit R. N. Ravi |
| Chief Minister | M. K. Stalin |
| Assumed office 7 May 2021 | |
| Minister |
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| Governor | Banwarilal Purohit R. N. Ravi |
| Chief Minister | M. K. Stalin |
| In office 7 May 2021 – 8 May 2025 | |
| Minister |
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| Governor | Banwarilal Purohit R. N. Ravi |
| Chief Minister | M. K. Stalin |
| Succeeded by | S. Regupathy |
| In office 12 July 2009 – 15 May 2011 | |
| Minister | Law |
| Chief Minister | M. Karunanidhi |
| In office 13 May 2006 — 12 July 2009 | |
| Minister | Public Works Department |
| Chief Minister | M. Karunanidhi |
| In office 13 May 1996 — 13 May 2001 | |
| Minister | Public Works Department |
| Chief Minister | M. Karunanidhi |
| In office 27 January 1989 — 30 January 1991 | |
| Minister | Public Works Department |
| Chief Minister | M. Karunanidhi |
| 4th General Secretary of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| Assumed office 9 September 2020 | |
| President | M. K. Stalin |
| Preceded by | K. Anbazhagan |
| Treasurer of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| In office 28 August 2018 – 3 September 2020 | |
| President | M. K. Stalin |
| General Secretary | K. Anbazhagan |
| Preceded by | M. K. Stalin |
| Succeeded by | T. R. Baalu |
| Principal Secretary of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| In office 9 January 2015 – 27 August 2018 | |
| President | M. Karunanidhi |
| General Secretary | K. Anbazhagan |
| Preceded by | Arcot N. Veeraswami |
| Succeeded by | K. N. Nehru |
| In office 2 June 2003 – 26 December 2008 | |
| President | M. Karunanidhi |
| General Secretary | K. Anbazhagan |
| Preceded by | position established |
| Succeeded by | Arcot N. Veeraswami |
| Deputy General Secretary of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| In office 27 December 2008 – 8 January 2015 | |
| President | M. Karunanidhi |
| General Secretary | K. Anbazhagan |
| Preceded by | M. K. Stalin |
| Succeeded by | I. Periyasamy |
| Member of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office 10 May 1996 | |
| Preceded by | K. M. Kalaiselvi |
| Constituency | Katpadi |
| In office 6 February 1989 — 30 January 1991 | |
| Preceded by | G. Ragupathi |
| Succeeded by | K. M. Kalaiselvi |
| Constituency | Katpadi |
| In office 30 June 1977 —15 November 1984 | |
| Preceded by | K. A. Wahab |
| Succeeded by | M. Kadirvelu |
| Constituency | Ranipet |
| In office 15 March 1971 — 31 January 1976 | |
| Preceded by | G. Natarajan |
| Succeeded by | M. A. Jayavelu |
| Constituency | Katpadi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 July 1938 Gudiyatham, Madras Presidency, British India (now in Gudiyatham, Vellore District, Tamil Nadu, India) |
| Party | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| Spouse | Santhakumari |
| Children | Kathir Anand (only son) |
| Source: [1] | |
Durai Murugan (born 1 July 1938) is a Tamil Nadu politician and lawyer. He is the Minister for Water Resources under the Government of Tamil Nadu. He is the general secretary of the DMK since 9 September 2020. He graduated in MA and BL and is an advocate by profession. He is a very close confidant to former DMK Supremo M. Karunanidhi and his son DMK President M. K. Stalin. He also worked as Treasurer, Principal Secretary and Deputy General secretary of the DMK party. MGR was his guardian during while studying in the 2nd and 3rd years of BA, both years of MA and Law.
Durai Murugan was first elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly in 1971 and has been elected ten times since. He was elected from the Katpadi constituency in 2006. After the 2006 assembly elections, Durai Murugan was appointed Minister for Public Works in the Government of Tamil Nadu.
He was divested of the Public Works Department portfolio on 13 July 2009.
He was re-elected from the Katpadi constituency in the elections of 2016.
He currently resides in Kotturpuram, Chennai. He was born in 1938 in Gudiyatham, North Arcot, Madras Presidency (now Vellore District, Tamil Nadu) to Duraisamy and Thavasi Ammal. He belongs to the Vanniyar community, a numerically-large caste found throughout Northern Tamil Nadu. He is married to Santhakumari and has one son, Kathir Anand, who has served as the MP from Vellore since 2019.