Agri S. S. Krishnamurthy

Agri S. S. Krishnamurthy is an Indian politician and was a member of the 14th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from Kalasapakkam constituency.^[1] As a representative of the Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, he was previously elected to the same constituency in the 2006 elections.^[2]

Agri S. S. Krishnamurthy
Member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 12 May 2021
Constituency	Polur
Minister for Agriculture Government of Tamil Nadu
In office June 2014 - March 2015
Minister of Food Government of Tamil Nadu
In office 2011 - 2012
Member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
In office 2006 - 2016
Constituency	Kalasapakkam
Personal details
Political party	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Personal life

Born in an agricultural family of Thuluva Vellalar community of Elathur village in the present Kalasapakkam taluk of Tiruvannamalai district on 23 March 1959. Father S. Sundaresan and Mother Jagadambal. Married to Vijayakumari and is father of three children. He served as Chairman of Kalasapakkam Panchayat Union in the initial part of his career.^{[citation needed]}

Political career

He was elected as MLA from Kalasapakkam constituency at 2006 and was re-elected from Kalasapakkam constituency as a Member of Legislative Assembly in 2011 assembly election on an AIADMK ticket and was included in the Jayalalithaa ministry as Food minister. Later his portfolio was altered and he was given Commercial Taxes department. Again in a short period his portfolio was changed to Education and within a week from this change he was dropped from the cabinet. He is an agricultural graduate and thus earned the nickname 'Agri'.^{[citation needed]}

Krishnamoorthy replaced S. Damodaran as Minister for Agriculture in the Government of Tamil Nadu on 19 May 2014, when Jayalalithaa reshuffled her government.^[3][4]