Ma. Subramanian

{{Short description|Indian politician (born 1959)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2019}} {{Use Indian English|date=January 2019}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Ma. Subramanian | image = Ex.mayor.jpg | constituency = | office = Cabinet Minister <br>Government of Tamil Nadu | minister = Health, Health Education and Family Welfare | predecessor = C. Vijayabaskar | successor = K. G. Arunraj | 1blankname = Chief Minister | 1namedata = M. K. Stalin | term_start = 7 May 2021 | term_end = 5 May 2026 | constituency1 = Saidapet | office1 = Member of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | term_start1 = 19 May 2016 | term_end1 = 5 May 2026 | predecessor1 = G. Senthamizhan | successor1 = Arul Prakasam. M | office2 = 47th Mayor of Chennai | term2 = 2006 - 2011 | predecessor2 = Karate R. Thiagarajan (acting) | successor2 = Saidai Sa. Duraisamy | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1959|6|1}} | birth_place = Vaniyambadi, Tamil Nadu, India | death_date = | death_place = | party = Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | spouse = | children = | website = | footnotes = | source = }}

'''Ma. Subramanian''' (born 1 June 1959) is an Indian lawyer and politician served as the Minister for Health and Family Welfare of Tamil Nadu<ref>{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/m-k-stalin-cabinet-in-tamil-nadu-raj-bhavan-releases-list-of-ministers/articleshow/82430341.cms | title=DMK govt in Tamil Nadu: Names of MK Stalin's cabinet colleagues revealed | publisher=The Times of India | work=Julie Mariappan | date=6 May 2021 | accessdate=6 May 2021}}</ref> since 7 May 2021. He served as Mayor of Chennai from 2006 to 2011. He is a member of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) party.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/monsoon-preparedness-meet-soon-mayor/articleshow/6471043.cms | title=Monsoon preparedness meet soon: Mayor | work=The Times of India | date=1 September 2010 | accessdate=24 March 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/mayor-elections-will-be-direct-notifies-ec/articleshow/71560295.cms | title=Tamil Nadu: Mayor elections will be direct, notifies EC | publisher=The Times of India | work=Julie Mariappan | date=13 October 2019 | accessdate=24 March 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/politics/110516/former-mayor-m-subramanian-says-dmk-will-sweep-chennai.html | title=Former mayor M Subramanian says DMK will sweep Chennai | publisher=Deccan Chronicle | work=C S KOTTESWARAN | date=11 May 2016 | accessdate=24 March 2021}}</ref> He is a lawyer by profession.

== Early life == {{BLP unreferenced section|date=January 2022}} Subramanian completed his higher education in Saidapet Government Model Higher Secondary School and his bachelor's degree in an Open University course. He did his LLB from Havanur College of Law at Bangalore.

== Career== {{BLP unreferenced section|date=January 2022}} He joined the DMK in 1976 and became the chairman of Chennai Corporation during 1996–2006. He was elected mayor of Chennai in 2006. He is DMK's youth wing deputy general secretary and loyal to M K Stalin.

He became a practicing advocate in the Madras High Court in 1999. He is a member of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly, elected from Saidapet assembly constituency in the 2021 election. He beat former Chennai mayor Saidai Duraisamy.

=== Health minister === In 2021 he was appointed minister for Health and Family Welfare of Tamil Nadu.

In July 2021, Subramanian gave his MLA hostel and a month's supply of groceries to a couple who worked as daily wagers to treat their daughter who ate bleach powder, mistaking it for milk powder in March 2021 and lost weight gradually.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-07-25|title=TN Minister offers his MLA hostel room to parents of child getting treatment in Chennai|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/tn-minister-offers-his-mla-hostel-room-parents-child-getting-treatment-chennai-152907|access-date=2021-08-06|website=The News Minute|language=en}}</ref>

==Elections == {{transcluded section|source=Saidapet Assembly constituency}} {{trim|{{#section-h:Saidapet Assembly constituency|2021}}}} {{trim|{{#section-h:Saidapet Assembly constituency|2016}}}}

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==External links== *[https://www.masubramanian.in/m Personal website] {{dead link|date=February 2022}} {{Government of Tamil Nadu}} {{Council of Ministers of Tamil Nadu}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Subramaniam, M}} Category:1959 births Category:Living people Category:Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam politicians Category:Mayors of Chennai Category:Tamil Nadu MLAs 2016–2021 Category:Tamil Nadu MLAs 2021–2026