Nainar Nagendran
Nainar Nagendran | |
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| Minister for Industries of Tamil Nadu | |
| In office 10 June 2002 – 12 May 2006 | |
| Chief Minister | J. Jayalalithaa |
| Preceded by | S. M. Velusamy |
| Succeeded by | M. Karunanidhi |
| Constituency | Tirunelveli |
| Minister for Electricity of Tamil Nadu | |
| In office 2 March 2002 – 2 June 2003 | |
| Chief Minister | J. Jayalalithaa |
| Preceded by | D. Jayakumar |
| Succeeded by | D. Jayakumar |
| Constituency | Tirunelveli |
| Minister for Rural Industries of Tamil Nadu | |
| In office 29 August 2002 – 12 November 2002 | |
| Chief Minister | J. Jayalalithaa |
| Preceded by | R. Vilvanathan |
| Succeeded by | R. Vadivel |
| Constituency | Tirunelveli |
| Minister for Transport of Tamil Nadu | |
| In office 19 May 2001 – 2 March 2002 | |
| Chief Minister | |
| Preceded by | K. Ponmudy |
| Succeeded by | Natham R. Viswanathan |
| Constituency | Tirunelveli |
| Member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office 11 May 2021 | |
| Chief Minister | M. K. Stalin |
| Preceded by | A. L. S. Lakshmanan |
| Constituency | Tirunelveli |
| In office 23 May 2011 – 21 May 2016 | |
| Chief Minister | |
| Preceded by | N. Malai Raja |
| Succeeded by | A. L. S. Lakshmanan |
| Constituency | Tirunelveli |
| In office 22 May 2001 – 12 May 2006 | |
| Chief Minister | |
| Preceded by | A. L. Subramanian |
| Succeeded by | N. Malai Raja |
| Constituency | Tirunelveli |
| President of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Tamil Nadu | |
| Assumed office 12 April 2025 | |
| Preceded by | K. Annamalai |
| Vice President of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Tamil Nadu | |
| In office 3 July 2020 – 12 April 2025 | |
| President |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 October 1960 Vadiveeswaram, Madras State, India (present-day Tamil Nadu, India) |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Other political affiliations | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (until 2017) |
| Residence(s) | 540/1A1B, St. Thomas Street, Perumalpuram, Tirunelveli – 627007, Tamil Nadu, India |
Nainar Nagendran (born 16 October 1960) is an Indian politician who is the state president of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Tamil Nadu (BJPTN), from 12 April 2025. From 19 May 2001 to 12 May 2006, he served as the minister of Tamil Nadu in the ministry led by former chief ministers of Tamil Nadu J. Jayalalithaa and O. Panneerselvam. He is the current legislative leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. He has won the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly elections from the Tirunelveli constituency in 2001 and 2011 as an All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate and in 2021 as a Bharatiya Janata Party candidate.