Subbulakshmi Jagadeesan

Subbulakshmi Jegadeesan Manoharan (born 24 June 1947) is an Indian politician. She was The Deputy general-secretary of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and the Union Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.

Subbulakshmi Jagadeesan Manoharan
Union Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
In office 2004–2009
Minister of Social welfare (Govt of Tamil Nadu)
In office 1989–1991
Minister of Textiles, Kaadhi, Handlooms and Small Scale Industries(Govt of Tamil Nadu)
In office 1977–1980
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 2004–2009
Preceded by	M. Kannappan
Constituency	Tiruchengode
Member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
In office 1996–2001
Preceded by	Kavinilavu Dharmaraj
Succeeded by	P. C. Ramasami
Constituency	Modakurichi
In office 1989–1991
Preceded by	S. Muthusamy
Succeeded by	C. Manickam
Constituency	Erode
In office 1977–1980
Preceded by	M. Chinnasami
Succeeded by	S. Balakrishnan
Constituency	Modakurichi
Personal details
Born	(1947-06-24) 24 June 1947 (age 77) Kodumudi, Erode district, Madras Presidency, British India
Political party	DMK
Other political affiliations	AIADMK
Spouse	A.B. Jegadeesan
Relations	Gounder V.S. Chinnusamy (Father), C. Angaththal (Mother)
Children	1 son, Dr Jayaprakash Jegadeesan
Residence	Erode
Education	Bsc., B.T., Educated at Sri Sankara Vidhya Sala, Kodumudi Seethalakshmi Ramasamy College, Tiruchy and Sri Saradha College, Salem
As of 22 September, 2006 Source:

Career

She was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India, representing the Tiruchengode constituency of Tamil Nadu as a member of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) political party.^[1] She was previously elected to the Modakurichi constituency of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly in 1977, 1996 elected to the Erode constituency of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly in 1989.^{[2][3][4][5][6]}

She was minister in the ministry of Textile, kaadhi, handloom, small scale industries, Prohibition & excise of Tamil Nadu, 1977–1980.

She was minister in the ministry of Social welfare of Tamil Nadu, 1989–1991.

She was Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment of the Government of India.^[1]

She was the Deputy General Secretary, serving in the High level committee of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Retirement

In a 29 August 2022 letter to M. K. Stalin, Subbulakshmi Jagadeesan tendered her resignation from all posts and the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam^[7] party as she wishes to "retire from Politics."