K. P. Anbalagan

K. P. Anbalagan also spelt as K. P. Anbazhagan (born 30 April 1958) is a Tamil Nadu politician from the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party and the incumbent Minister for Higher Education in Tamil Nadu. KP Anbalagan was born on 30 April 1958 in Dharmapuri, Tamil Nadu, India.[1]

Not to be confused with K. Anbazhagan.
K. P. Anbalagan
Anbalagan in 2005
Personal details
Born (1958-04-30) 30 April 1958
Dharmapuri, Tamil Nadu, India

Career

He pursued his career into mainstream politics in 1996 and joined the AIADMK party in the same year. He was elected to the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from Palacode constituency in 2011[2] and 2016.[3] He was appointed as the secretary of the Dharmapuri District in 2016 by the then Chief Minister of the state J. Jayalalitha.[4] He is currently serving as the Minister for Higher Education in the Government of Tamil Nadu and he was previously appointed as the Information Minister of the state in 2016.[5]

On 19 June 2020, while being the Education Minister he himself reportedly confirmed that he was tested positive for COVID-19 becoming the second major MLA from Tamil Nadu to be diagnosed with the virus after J. Anbazhagan.[6][7][8].However the chief minister Edappadi K. Palaniswamy denied the reports regarding Anbalagan diagnosed with coronavirus.[9]

References
  1. "Legislative Assembly Tamil Nadu". TN.Gov. 11 January 2006. Archived from the original on 3 April 2011.
  2. "List of MLAs from Tamil Nadu 2011" (PDF). Government of Tamil Nadu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
  3. "15th Assembly Members". Government of Tamil Nadu. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
  4. "தருமபுரி மாவட்ட அதிமுக செயலாளராக கே.பி. அன்பழகன் நியமனம்". Dinamani. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
  5. "Higher Education Department, Tamil Nadu Government Portal".
  6. Hardaha, Rashi (19 June 2020). "Tamil Nadu Higher Education Minister KP Anbalagan tests COVID-19 positive". www.indiatvnews.com. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
  7. "Tamil Nadu minister KP Anbazhagan tests positive for COVID-19". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
  8. "TN Minister KP Anbalagan tests positive for COVID-19, admitted to pvt hospital". www.thenewsminute.com. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
  9. Sivakumar, B. (20 June 2020). "Minister K P Anbazhagan is not down with Covid-19, Tamil Nadu CM says". The Times of India. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
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