Tamilisai Soundararajan

Tamilisai Soundararajan
2nd Governor of Telangana
In office
8 September 2019 – 19 March 2024[1]
Chief Minister
  • K. Chandrasekhar Rao
  • Anumula Revanth Reddy
Preceded byE. S. L. Narasimhan
Succeeded byC. P. Radhakrishnan (additional charge)
Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry
(Additional Charge)
In office
18 February 2021 – 19 March 2024[2]
Chief Minister
  • V. Narayanasamy
  • N. Rangaswamy
Preceded byKiran Bedi
Succeeded byC. P. Radhakrishnan (additional charge)
10th President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Tamil Nadu
In office
16 August 2014 – 1 September 2019
Preceded byPon Radhakrishnan
Succeeded byL. Murugan
Personal details
Born (1961-06-02) 2 June 1961[3]
Kaliyikkavila, Madras State, India
(present-day Tamil Nadu)
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Spouse(s)P. Soundararajan
Children2
ParentsKumari Ananthan (Father) Kumari Krishna (Mother) Vasanthakumar (Paternal Uncle)
ResidenceChennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Alma materMadras Medical College (MBBS)
Profession
  • Physician
  • politician

Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan (born 2 June 1961) is an Indian doctor and politician. She was the 2nd Governor of Telangana from September 2019 until March 2024. She was also the Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry (Additional charge) from 2021 until 2024.[4][5] She was a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party until September 2019.

References

  1. "President Murmu accepts Tamilisai Soundararajan's resignation, Jharkhand Governor gets charge". ANI news. 19 March 2024.
  2. "President Murmu accepts Tamilisai Soundararajan's resignation, Jharkhand Governor gets charge". ANI news. 19 March 2024.
  3. Mani, C. D. S. (2 June 2016). "Tamilisai Soundararajan vows to take Modi govt schemes to all villages in TN". The Times of India.
  4. "Tamilisai Sounderrajan appointed BJP TNEB unit president". The Hindu. 17 August 2014. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
  5. "New BJP chiefs for Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Tamil Nadu and Assam". The Economic Times/Times of India. PTI. 16 August 2014. Retrieved 27 September 2017.