Pon Radhakrishnan
Pon Radhakrishnan | |
|---|---|
| பொன் ராதாகிருஷ்ணன் | |
 | |
| Minister of State for Finance | |
| Assumed office 2 September 2017 | |
| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Minister | Arun Jaitley |
| Preceded by | Arjun Ram Meghwal |
| Minister of State for Shipping | |
| Assumed office 9 November 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Krishan Pal Gurjar |
| Member of the India Parliament for Kanyakumari | |
| Assumed office 16 May 2014 | |
| Preceded by | J Helen Davidson |
| Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways | |
| In office 24 January 1999 – May 2004 | |
| Prime Minister | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 1, 1952 Alathankarai, Nagercoil, Travancore Kingdom (now in Tamil Nadu Kanyakumari District, Tamil Nadu, India) |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Residence(s) | Nagercoil, Kanyakumari District, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Profession | Lawyer, Politician |
Pon Radhakrishnan (born 1 March 1952) is an Indian politician representing Bharatiya Janata Party. He is currently serving as Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Shipping[1]. Earlier, he served in the Union Minister of State for Road Transport & Highways in the NDA government. He has served as the minister of state for Youth affairs and Minister of State in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation in Third Vajpayee Ministry. He is elected to Lok Sabha from Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu.
Political career
Radhakrishnan won the 1999 Lok Sabha election from Nagercoil constituency and became Minister of State for Youth Affairs in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee-led NDA government of 1999-2004. Later, he also served as Minister of State for Urban Development and Poverty Alleviation.[2] Radhakrishnan lost the elections in 2004 and 2009.[3]
He was president of Tamil Nadu state unit of the Bharathya Janata Party, resigning the position when he became a Minister of State in the Narendra Modi-led government.[4] He had won in a Lok Sabha seat in the Indian general election, 2014, from Kanyakumari constituency by a margin of 1,28,662 votes.[5]Recently he was in news when he allayed fears of privatization of Cochin Shipyard to the trade unions and associations, as its importance in the defence sector is unparalleled, in wake of its oversubscribed IPO, Initial public offering, and the building of the majestic INS Vikrant (2013).[6]
Personal life
Pon Radhakrishnan is from Alathankarai, Nagercoil and is a lawyer by profession.[3]
References
- ^ "PRESS COMMUNIQUE - President of India allocates portfolios of the Council of Ministers". pib.nic.in. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
- ^ "Pon Radhakrishnan". India. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
- ^ a b "P Radhakrishnan Biography". Election. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
- ^ "Tamilisai Sounderrajan appointed BJP TN unit president". The Hindu. The Hindu. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
- ^ "Kanniyakumari Lok Sabha Elections and Results 2014". Elections. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
- ^ Cochin Shipyard will not be privatised: Union Minister Pon Radhakrishnan[1][2]
External links
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
