V. R. Nedunchezhiyan

V. R. Nedunchezhiyan
V. R. Nedunchezhiyan
	"Navalar" V. R. Nedunchezhiyan
Acting Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
	In office; 24 December 1987 – 7 January 1988
Governor	Sundar Lal Khurana
Political Party	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Preceded by	M. G. Ramachandran
Succeeded by	V. N. Janaki Ramachandran
Constituency	Athoor
	In office; 16 November 1984 – 9 February 1985
Political Party	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Preceded by	M. G. Ramachandran
Succeeded by	M. G. Ramachandran
	In office; 3 February 1969 – 10 February 1969
Governor	Sardar Ujjal Singh
Political Party	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Preceded by	C. N. Annadurai
Succeeded by	M. Karunanidhi
Constituency	Triplicane
Minister of Finance, Tamil Nadu
	In office; 24 June 1991 – 12 May 1996
Chief Minister	J. Jayalalithaa
Preceded by	M. Karunanidhi
Succeeded by	M. Karunanidhi
	In office; 9 June 1980 – 24 December 1987
Chief Minister	M. G. Ramachandran
Preceded by	Nanjil K. Manoharan
Succeeded by	M. Karunanidhi
Minister of Education, Tamil Nadu
	In office; 13 August 1969 – 31 January 1976
Chief Minister	M. Karunanidhi
Preceded by	S. Madhavan
Succeeded by	C. Aranganayagam
	In office; 6 March 1967 – 10 February 1969
Chief Minister	C. N. Annadurai; himself
Preceded by	M. Bhaktavatsalam
Succeeded by	M. Karunanidhi
4th Leader of the Opposition in the Madras Legislative Assembly
	In office; 29 March 1962 – 28 February 1967
Deputy	M. Karunanidhi
Chief Minister	K. Kamaraj; M. Bhakthavatsalam;
Preceded by	V. K. Ramaswami
Succeeded by	P. G. Karuthiruman
Constituency	Triplicane
Member of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
	In office; 1991–1996
Leader of the House	Himself
Preceded by	G. Ponnu Pillai
Succeeded by	N. R. Alagaraja
Constituency	Theni
	In office; 1984–1989
Leader of the House	Himself
Preceded by	A. Vellaisamy
Succeeded by	I. Periasamy
Constituency	Athoor
	In office; 1980–1984
Leader of the House	Himself
Preceded by	G. R. Edmund
Succeeded by	S. Narayanan
Constituency	Thirunelveli
	In office; 1962–1977
Leader of the House	B. Bakshatvalasam; Himself; M. Karunanidhi;
Preceded by	K. S. G. Haja Shareef
Succeeded by	M. Aranganathan
Constituency	Triplicane
2nd General Secretary of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
	In office; 23 June 1978 – 10 June 1980
Preceded by	M. G. Ramachandran
Succeeded by	P. U. Shanmugam
	In office; September 1977 - 23 June 1978; Interim
General Secretary.	M. G. Ramachandran
2nd General Secretary of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
	In office; 4 February 1969 – 16 May 1977
Preceded by	C. N. Annadurai
Succeeded by	K. Anbazhagan
	In office; 24 April 1955 – 24 September 1960
Preceded by	C. N. Annadurai
Succeeded by	C. N. Annadurai
3rd Presidium Chairperson of AIADMK
	In office; 1996 – 12 January 2000
General Secretary	J.Jayalalithaa
Preceded by	E. V. A. Vallimuthu
Succeeded by	K. Kalimuthu
Personal details
Born	Ra. Go. Narayanasamy; 11 July 1920; Thirukannapuram, Madras Presidency, British India; (present-day Tamil Nadu, India)
Died	12 January 2000 (aged 79); Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Cause of death	Heart failure
Political party	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam; (1977-2000)
Other political; affiliations	Dravidar Kazhagam; (1944-1949); Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam; (1949-1977); Makkal Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam; (own party;1977)
Spouse(s)	Visalakshi; (m. 1950; d. 2016)
Children	1 son
Relatives	Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (grandson)
Residence(s)	Seethamma Colony, Teynampet, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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V. R. Nedunchezhiyan (11 July 1920 – 12 January 2000) was an Indian politician and writer. He served thrice as the Chief Minister of the state of Tamil Nadu, India. He was also senior cabinet minister under the governments of C. N. Annadurai, M. Karunanidhi, M. G. Ramachandran and J. Jayalalithaa. For his literary contributions, he was also known as "Navalar" or the eloquent.

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