O. Panneerselvam

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Ottakarathevar Panneerselvam (born 14 January 1951), popularly known as O. Panneerselvam or OPS, is an Indian politician who was the former 6th Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu in December 2016 and previously from 2001 to 2002 and from 2014 to 2015. He also served as the deputy chief minister from 2017 to 2021 in the Edappadi K. Palaniswami-led government. As a finance minister, he has presented the state budget of Tamil Nadu 11 times. Paneerselvam joined the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) in 1973. He was a loyalist of former chief minister and AIADMK general secretary J. Jayalalithaa. His first two terms as the chief minister came when he replaced Jayalalithaa in the role, after she was forced to resign by the Indian courts. His third term began in the aftermath of Jayalalithaa's death and ended two months later when Palaniswami was selected as the chief minister by the party. On 4 January 2018, he was elected as leader of the house in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly...

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