R. Sakkarapani
R. Sakkarapani | |
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| Cabinet Minister Government of Tamil Nadu | |
| Assumed office 7 May 2021 | |
| Minister |
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| Governor | Banwarilal Purohit R. N. Ravi |
| Chief Minister | M. K. Stalin |
| Member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office 10 May 1996 | |
| Preceded by | N. P. Nataraj |
| Constituency | Oddanchatram |
| Chief Government Whip of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 13 May 2006 – 15 May 2011 | |
| Governor | Surjith Singh Barnala |
| Chief Minister | M. Karunanidhi |
| Chief Whip of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam in Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 23 May 2011 – 21 May 2016 | |
| Personal details | |
| Party | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
R. Sakkarapani is an Indian politician, Minister of Tamil Nadu, and incumbent Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu who has been elected from Oddanchatram constituency for five consecutive periods and now as the sixth term. A member of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) party, he won in 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016 and 2021 elections.
He was the Chief Government Whip of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from 2006 to 2011 and as a DMK Whip from the 2011 to 2016 Legislative assembly and also from the 2016 to 2021 assembly. He was appointed the Minister for Food and Civil Supplies of Tamil Nadu for the first time in Thiru M. K. Stalin's cabinet. He is one among the only 3 members who were consecutively elected to TamilNadu assembly from 1996 onwards for the sixth time consecutively, which record he holds along with his party counterparts M. K. Stalin and Duraimurugan.