{{short description|Indian politician}} {{BLP sources|date=January 2011}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}} {{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = A.K. Moorthy | image = File:A. K. Moorthy (cropped).jpg | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1964|7|12|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Viluppuram]], [[Tamil Nadu]] | death_date = | death_place = | office2 = Deputy General Secretary of [[Pattali Makkal Katchi|PMK]] | constituency2 = | term2 = 1999 | predecessor2 = | successor2 = | office = Union Minister of State, Ministry of Railways | prime_minister = [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]] | constituency = | term = 11 July 2002 — 15 January 2004 | predecessor = | successor = | office3 = [[Member of Parliament]], [[Lok Sabha]] | constituency3 = [[Chengalpattu (Lok Sabha constituency)|Chengalpattu]], [[Tamil Nadu]] | term3 = 6 October 1999 — 16 May 2009 | predecessor3 = [[Kanchi Panneerselvam]] | successor3 = P. Vishwanathan | party = [[Pattali Makkal Katchi|PMK]] | spouse = A.M. Pathmini Devi | children = A.K. Vijay Maghesh (Advocate), A.K. Samithra | website = http://facebook.com/akmoorthy | footnotes = | date = | year = | source = http://loksabhaph.nic.in/Members/memberbioprofile.aspx?mpsno=257&lastls=14 }}
'''A.K. Moorthy''' is Indian politician who was a Deputy General Secretary of [[Pattali Makkal Katchi|PMK]], Former Member of parliament, Lok Sabha, Former Union Minister of State for Railways in Atal Bihari led NDA government.
He was born 12 July 1964 at [[Kilmambattu]] a remote village in [[Gingee]] Taluk, in [[Tamil Nadu]] in an agriculturalist family. He did his schooling in the said village and later acquired MA. in [[Sociology]] from [[Annamalai University]]. He moved on to [[Chennai]] and started his own business.
At this stage, he came in contact with [[Pattali Makkal Katchi|PMK]] Founder [[S. Ramadoss]], attracted by the policies and activities of the Party. He started his political career as an ordinary party member and rose in the party hierarchy to the level of Deputy General Secretary of the PMK Party. He contested the [[Chengalpattu (Lok Sabha constituency)|Chengalpattu Lok Sabha Constituency]] for the first time in 1999, won with a handsome margin and got elected to the [[13th Lok Sabha]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1999/Vol_I_LS_99.pdf |title=Statistical Reports of General elections 1999. Election Commission of India. |access-date=30 March 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718183222/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/LS_1999/Vol_I_LS_99.pdf |archivedate=18 July 2014 }}</ref>
Shri A.K.Moorthy was inducted to the [[Union Council of Ministers]] as a Minister of State for Railways on 1 July 2002. He assumed charge as Minister of State for Railways on 2 July 2002. Shri Moorthy, Minister of state for Railways has visited 152 Railway Stations spread around the Northern Railway, Central Railway, Western Railway, Eastern railway, South Central Railway, and Southern Railway during his tenure as a Union Minister.
A.K. Moorthy during his tenure introduced many trains for people which benefited the country. Special appreciation was also given by former Prime Minister of India Shri [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]] and former President of India Shri [[A. P. J. Abdul Kalam]].
A.K. Moorthy for the second time contested the [[Chengalpattu (Lok Sabha constituency)|Chengalpattu Lok Sabha Constituency]] in 2004, and got elected to the [[14th Lok Sabha]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/SR_KeyHighLights/LS_2004/Vol_I_LS_2004.pdf|title=Statistical Reports of General elections 2004. Election Commission of India.|publisher=|accessdate=9 January 2016}}</ref> He served the people of [[Chengalpattu (Lok Sabha constituency)|Chengalpattu Lok Sabha Constituency]] as a representative for 10 years in the [[Parliament of India]]. Mr. Moorthy was also a Member of Parliamentary Standing Committee.
== Positions held == {| class="wikitable" !Tenure !Position |- |Prior to 1999 |Deputy General Secretary, P.M.K. |- |1999
|Elected to 13th Lok Sabha |- |1999-2000 |Member, Committee on Communications Member, Rules Committee |- |1999-2000 and 2000-2001 |Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes |- |2000-2002 |Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Surface Transport |- |1 July 2002- 15 Jan.2004 |Union Minister of State, Ministry of Railways Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Rural Development |- |2004 |Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha( 2nd term) Member, Committee on Chemicals and Fertilizers
Member, Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law & Justice |- |5 Aug. 2007 onwards |Member, Committee on Urban Development |} <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://164.100.47.192/Loksabha/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=257&lastls=14|title=Members : Lok Sabha|website=164.100.47.192|access-date=2016-03-30}}</ref>
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==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20060620022533/http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/biodata.asp?mpsno=257 Members of Fourteenth Lok Sabha - Parliament of India website] * [http://loksabhaph.nic.in/Members/memberbioprofile.aspx?mpsno=257&lastls=14 Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website]
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