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V. Mullaivendhan, also spelled V. Mullaiventhan, is a Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (ADMK) party politician from Indian state of Tamil Nadu. He was elected to the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from Morappur constituency in 1989,[ citation needed ] 1996 [1] and 2006.[ citation needed ]

Mullaivendhan has served as minister of Information and Publicity from 1996. Later in 1998, he was allocated with additional subject Stationery and Printing and Government Press; subsequently he was re-designated as Minister for Information, Publicity and Printing. He was relieved as minister on 8 March 2001 and was succeeded by N. Suresh Rajan. [2] [3]

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References

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  2. Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly(Eeleventh Assembly) REVIEW 1996-2001 (PDF), Chennai: Secratriat of Legislative Assembly Secretariat, 2005
  3. "DMK leader hurt in police action". The Hindu. 6 July 2003. Archived from the original on 22 September 2003.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)