edappadi k. palaniswami was the chief minister of the tamil nadu.
who is the chief minister of the tamil nadu?
edappadi k. palaniswami
ottakarathevar panneerselvam (born 14 january 1951) is an indian politician, who has been deputy chief minister of tamil nadu and coordinator of all india anna dravida munnetra kazhagam (aiadmk) since 21 august 2017. he served as the 7th chief minister of tamil nadu in 2001-02, 2014–15, and from 6 december 2016 to 16 february 2017. he is a senior leader of the aiadmk political party and was a staunch loyalist of aiadmk supremo j. jayalalithaa. his first two terms as chief minister came when he replaced jayalalithaa in the role, after she was forced to resign by the courts. his third term began following chief minister jayalalithaa's death and ended two months later, edappadi k. palaniswami was appointed as the chief minister by tamil nadu governor c. vidyasagar rao. he was sworn in as the deputy chief minister of tamil nadu on 21 august 2017. he also holds portfolios of finance, housing, rural housing, housing development, slum clearance board and accommodation control, town planning, urban development, and chennai metropolitan development authority. on 4 january 2018, o. panneerselvam elected as leader of the house in tamil nadu legislative assembly.
o. panneerselvam
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bullet::::- p. s. kumaraswamy raja, former chief minister of tamil nadu (1957)





























bullet::::- tanguturi prakasam, former chief minister of tamil nadu (1957)





























bullet::::- o. p. ramaswamy reddiyar, former chief minister of tamil nadu (1970)





























bullet::::- c. rajagopalachari, former chief minister of tamil nadu (1972)





























bullet::::- k. kamaraj, former chief minister of tamil nadu (1975)





























bullet::::- m. bhaktavatsalam, former chief minister of tamil nadu (1987)





























bullet::::- n. t. rama rao, former chief minister of andhra pradesh (1996)





























bullet::::- e. k. mawlong, former chief minister of meghalaya (2008)
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