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K. Annamalai
8th State President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Tamil Nadu
Incumbent
Assumed office
15 July 2021
Preceded byL. Murugan
Vice President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Tamil Nadu
In office
29 August 2020 – 14 July 2021
Personal details
Born (1984-06-04) 4 June 1984 (age 40)[1]
Karur, Tamil Nadu, India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
SpouseAkila SwamiNathan
Children2
Parent(s)Kuppusamy (Father), Parameshwari (Mother)
EducationBachelor of Engineering,
Master of Business Administration
Alma materPSG College of Technology
Indian Institute of Management Lucknow
Occupation
  • Former IPS officer
  • Politician
  • Agriculturist

Kuppusamy Annamalai[2][3] an Indian politician and former police officer. He was chosen to hold this position on July 8, 2021. State President of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Tamil Nadu[4]

Early Life

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Annamalai was born on June 4, 1984, in a farming family at Sokkampatti near Chinnathpuram in Karur. He belongs to the Kongu flood-counter community.[5] His father's name is Kuppuswami, and his mother's name is Parameshwari. Annamalai is married to Akila Swaminathan.

Education

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He was raised in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, and finished his education in the districts of Karur and Namakkal. He received his Mechanical Engineering degree from Saw Co. College of Technology. After that, Annamalai pursued and graduated from the Indian Institute of Management Lucknow (IIM Lucknow), Uttar Pradesh, with a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree with a marketing and strategy concentration. He eventually passed the UPSC and entered the police service.[6]

Police Profession

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He joined the Indian Police Service in 2011. He started in Udupi district in September 2013 as Assistant Superintendent of Police, Karkala sub-division. He was later promoted as Superintendent of Police at the same location on January 1, 2015 and served as District Superintendent of Police till August 2016. He was later transferred to Chikmagalur district of Karnataka and continued as the District Chief Superintendent of Police till October 2018. In 2018, he was promoted as Deputy Commissioner of Police, Bangalore South.[7]

Political Life

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He resigned from his IPS post in 2019. He then returned to his home state of Tamil Nadu. He was interested in natural farming and engaged in related work. Later, he became a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party, a political party inspired by the ideology of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).[8][9][10][11]

He contested the Tamil Nadu 2021 Assembly Elections from the Aravakurichi Assembly Constituency and lost by a narrow margin. Tamil Nadu Bharatiya Janata Party Tamil Nadu State Unit President After Murugan became Union Minister, Annamalai was appointed President to fill the vacant post.[12] [13][14]

Reference

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  1. ^ தமிழக பாஜக தலைவராக அண்ணாமலை நியமனம். இந்து தமிழ் திசை. 8 சூலை 2021. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  2. ^ "Ex-IPS officer Annamalai Kuppusamy appointed Karnataka BJP vice president". ANI news. 29 அகத்து 2020. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  3. ^ "Ex-IPS Officer Annamalai Kuppusamy Appointed Karnataka BJP Vice President". businessworld. 29 அகத்து 2020. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  4. ^ தமிழ்நாடு பாஜக தலைவராக அண்ணாமலை நியமனம். தினமணி. 8 சூலை 2021. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  5. ^ Meet K Annamalai, the youngest Tamil Nadu BJP president ever. livemint. 8 july 2021. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  6. ^ "B'luru DCP 'Singam' Annamalai quits, says IPS officer's death made him 're-examine' life". The News Minute. 2019-05-28. Retrieved 2021-08-30.
  7. ^ "Bengaluru's 'Singham' IPS Officer Quits Police Force After Senior's Death". Moneycontrol. Retrieved 2021-08-30.
  8. ^ "Bengaluru DCP K Annamalai, 'Singham' of Karnataka, quits IPS; likely to join politics". DNA India. 2019-05-28. Retrieved 2021-08-30.
  9. ^ chaitanyesh.dr. "'Karnataka's Singham' Annamalai to join RSS and start 'shakha' in Coimbatore?". Asianet News Network Pvt Ltd. Retrieved 2021-08-30.
  10. ^ "Political plunge? No plans, says Annamalai". Deccan Herald. 2019-05-22. Retrieved 2021-08-30.
  11. ^ "Bengaluru DCP K Annamalai, 'Singham' of Karnataka, quits IPS; likely to join politics". DNA India. 2019-05-28. Retrieved 2021-08-30.
  12. ^ Ex-IPS Officer Annamalai Contest Tamil Nadu Polls In BJP Ticket From Aravakurichi (in Tamil), retrieved 2021-08-30
  13. ^ "Ex-IPS officer Annamalai sweats it out in Aravakurichi". Deccan Herald. 2021-03-26. Retrieved 2021-08-30.
  14. ^ "Ex-IPS officer, 'Singham' Annamalai, is BJP's new chief in Tamil Nadu". Hindustan Times. 2021-07-08. Retrieved 2021-08-30.
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