P. Shanmugam (Tamil Nadu politician, born 1960)

P. Shanmugam is a politician from the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, belonging to the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)). In 1992 he became the founding general secretary of the Tamilnadu Tribal Association and he emerged as a prominent leader in the campaign for justice for the 1992 Vachathi violence victims. Shanmugam served as the general secretary of the Tamil Nadu affiliate of the All India Kisan Sabha (the peasants' front linked to CPI(M)) for 13 years and went on to become name Kisan Sabha state unit president in 2020. He was elected to the CPI(M) Central Committee in 2022 and was elected as the secretary of the Tamil Nadu State Committee of the party in 2025, becoming the first Dalit to hold the post.