M. Thambidurai

M. Thambidurai
Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office 13 August 2014
Preceded by	Karia Munda
In office 1985–1989
Preceded by	G. Lakshmanan
Succeeded by	Shivraj Patil
Leader of AIADMK in the Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office May 2009
Prime Minister	Manmohan Singh (2009 – 2014) Narendra Modi (2014 – present)
Member of Parliament for Karur
Incumbent
Assumed office May 2009
Preceded by	K.C. Palanisamy
Minister of Law, Justice and Company Affairs
In office March 1998 – April 1999
Minister of Surface Transport
In office March 1998 – April 1999
Personal details
Born	(1947-03-15) 15 March 1947 Basavannakovil,Chinthagampalli,Bargur,Krishnagiri District, India
Political party	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Spouse	Banumathi Thambidurai
Alma mater	Madras Christian College Community = Kongu Vellar

Munisamy Thambidurai is an Indian politician who serves as the current Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha and leader of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) in the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Indian Parliament. He had served as the Cabinet Minister of Law, Justice and Company Affairs and as the Minister of State of Surface Transport from March 1998 to April 1999. He had also served as the Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha from 1985 to 1989.

Thambidurai started his political career as a youth worker and student activist of the erstwhile united DMK in 1965 at the age of 18, when he was in the first year as a student of Madras Christian College. He participated in the anti-Hindi agitation of 1965 and courted arrest. He worked his way up in the Party as a hard working organizer, starting as a worker at the booth level for Municipal and Legislative Assembly polls in 1967 and 1971 for the DMK, and also as an Agitprop coordinator in universities and colleges. He was among the founding-members and first generation of the AIADMK in 1972 when the party split with M.G. Ramachandran. He became an MLA from Erode in 1977, and was first elected as a Member of Parliament to the 8th Lok Sabha in 1984 from Dharmapuri and was subsequently elected to the 9th Lok Sabha, 12th Lok Sabha, 15th Lok Sabha and 16th Lok Sabha.

Thambidurai contested the 2014 Lok Sabha elections from Karur in Tamil Nadu and was subsequently elected as a member of the Indian Parliament. He has been serving as the leader of AIADMK in the Lok Sabha since 2009.