A. Ganeshamurthi

{{Short description|Member of the Parliament of India (1947–2024)}} {{Indian patronymic|Ganeshamurthi|Avinashi}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}} {{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Avinashi Ganeshamurthi | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1947|6|10|df=y}} | birth_place = Ulgapuram, Erode, Madras Province, British India | death_date = {{Death date and age|2024|3|28|1947|6|10|df=y}} | death_place = Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India | party = Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | other_party = Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | constituency = Erode, Tamil Nadu | office = Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | term = 23 May 2019 – 28 March 2024 | predecessor = S. Selvakumara Chinnayan | successor = | constituency1 = Erode, Tamil Nadu | term1 = 16 May 2009 – 16 May 2014 | predecessor1 = | successor1 = S. Selvakumara Chinnayan | constituency2 = Palani, Tamil Nadu | term2 = 19 March 1998 –13 October 1999 | predecessor2 = S. K. Kharventhan | successor2 = Palaniyappa Gounder Kumarasamy | constituency3 = Modakkurichi | office3 = Member of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | term3 = 27 January 1989 — 30 January 1991 | predecessor3 = S. Balakrishnan | successor3 = Kavinilavu Dharmaraj | spouse = Balamani | children = | website = | footnotes = | date = | year = | source = http://loksabhaph.nic.in/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=3857&lastls=15 }}

'''Avinashi Ganeshamurthi''' (10 June 1947 – 28 March 2024) was an Indian politician from Tamil Nadu who was a member of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK). He last represented Erode in the Lok Sabha.<ref name = "ECI">{{cite web|title=Statistical Reports of Lok Sabha Elections|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2009/Stats/VOLI/11_ListOfSuccessfulCandidate.pdf|publisher=Election Commission of India|accessdate=17 September 2011}}</ref> He had earlier been an MP in the 12th and 13th Lok Sabhas.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/mdmk-names-ganeshamurthi-as-candidate-for-erode-ls-seat/articleshow/68436168.cms | title=MDMK names Ganeshamurthi as candidate for Erode LS seat | work=The Times of India | date=16 March 2019 | accessdate=8 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.elections.in/tamil-nadu/assembly-constituencies/1989-election-results.html | title=Tamil Nadu Assembly Election Results in 1989 | publisher=Elections.in | accessdate=8 April 2019}}</ref><ref name="PeopleSabha2010">{{cite book|author1=India. Parliament. House of the People|author2=India. Parliament. Lok Sabha|title=Lok Sabha Debates|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kpm3eJSJfnYC|year=2010|publisher=Lok Sabha Secretariat.|page=409}}</ref><ref name="Krishnan2018">{{cite book|author=V.M. Govind Krishnan|title=Nilgiri Mountain Railway (NMR): From Lifeline to Oblivion|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Co5ODwAAQBAJ&pg=PT133|year=2018|publisher=Notion Press|isbn=978-1-64249-488-4|page=133}}</ref>

On 28 March 2024, Ganeshamurthi committed suicide by poisoning himself in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. He was 76.<ref name="Hindustan Times 2024 q709">{{cite web | title=Tamil Nadu MP Ganeshamurthi dies of cardiac arrest after suspected suicide bid | website=Hindustan Times | date=28 March 2024 | url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/tamil-nadu-mp-ganeshamurthi-dies-of-cardiac-arrest-after-suspected-suicide-bid-101711592068033.html | access-date=28 March 2024}}</ref><ref name="The Economic Times 2024 y209">{{cite web | title=Erode MP A. Ganeshamurthi, who attempted suicide, dies | website=The Economic Times | date=28 March 2024 | url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/erode-mp-a-ganeshamurthi-who-attempted-suicide-dies/articleshow/108836975.cms?from=mdr | access-date=28 March 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.dinamani.com/tamilnadu/2024/Mar/28/erode-mp-ganeshamoorthy-passed-away | title=ஈரோடு எம்.பி. அ. கணேசமூர்த்தி காலமானார் | date=28 March 2024 | accessdate=28 March 2024}}</ref>

==Positions held== Source:<ref>https://sansad.in/ls/members</ref> {| class="wikitable" ! Date / Period !! Position / Details |- | 28 March 2024 | Passed away at Coimbatore on 28 March 2024 |- | May 2019 | * Re-elected to 17th Lok Sabha (3rd term) (Erode Lok Sabha constituency, Tamil Nadu) * Member, Standing Committee on Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Food Processing (13 Sept 2019 onwards) |- | 2009 | * Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (2nd term) (Erode Lok Sabha constituency, Tamil Nadu) * Member, Committee on Science & Technology, Environment and Forests (31 Aug 2009) * Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Ministry of Communications * Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Agriculture, Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution |- | 1998 1998–99 1999–2000 | * Elected to 12th Lok Sabha (Erode Lok Sabha constituency, Tamil Nadu) * Member, Committee on Communications and its Sub-Committee on Department of Post * Member, Committee on Estimates * Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Textiles * Leader, Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha |- | 1989–1991 | Member, Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly (Modakkurichi Assembly constituency) |}

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==External links== *[http://loksabhaph.nic.in/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=3857&lastls=15 Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website]

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