T. T. V. Dhinakaran

T. T. V. Dhinakaran
Member of the 15th Tamil Nadu Assembly
for Dr. Radhakrishnan Nagar
In office
24 December 2017 (2017-12-24) – 2 May 2021 (2021-05-02)
Leader of the HouseO. Panneerselvam
Preceded byJ. Jayalalithaa
Succeeded byJ. John Ebenezer
Member of the Indian Parliament
for Lok Sabha from Periyakulam
In office
13 October 1999 (1999-10-13) – 6 February 2004 (2004-02-06)
Leader of the HouseAtal Bihari Vajpayee
Preceded byR. Muthiah
Succeeded byJ. M. Aaroon Rashid
Member of the Indian Parliament
for Rajya Sabha from Tamil Nadu
In office
30 June 2004 (2004-06-30) – 29 June 2010 (2010-06-29)
Leader of the HouseManmohan Singh
General Secretary of the Amma Makkal Munnettra Kazhagam party
Assumed office
19 April 2019
Deputy
Preceded byposition established
Deputy General Secretary of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
In office
15 February 2017 – 20 September 2017
General SecretaryV. K. Sasikala
Preceded bySu. Thirunavukkarasar
Succeeded byK. P. Munusamy
Natham R. Viswanathan
Treasurer of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
In office
20 July 2006 – 28 August 2007
General SecretaryJ. Jayalalithaa
Preceded byDindigul C. Srinivasan
Succeeded byO. Panneerselvam
Personal details
Born (1963-12-13) 13 December 1963
Party Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam (from 15 March 2018)
Other political
affiliations
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (until 2017)
Independent (2017–2018)
Spouse
Anuradha
(m. 1992)
ChildrenJaya Harini (daughter)
Parents
  • T. Vivekanandam (father)
  • V. Vanithamani (mother)
RelativesV. K. Sasikala
(aunt)
Occupation
  • Businessman
  • politician
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Thiruthuraipoondi Thiruvenkatam Vivekananda Dhinakaran (born 13 December 1963) is an Indian politician who popularly known as TTV is founding General Secretary of Amma Makkal Munneetra Kazhagam. His cadres revered him as Makkal Selvar. In the past he was the Treasurer of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Party and served as the Member of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. He was expelled from the AIADMK in August 2017. He also served as former Member of the 15th Tamil Nadu Assembly from Dr. Radhakrishnan Nagar (2017-2021). He is the nephew of V. K. Sasikala. He won the highly anticipated RK Nagar by-election in December 2017. On 15 March 2018 Dhinakaran launched his political party named Amma Makkal Munnettra Kazhagam.