G. K. Vasan

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G. K. Vasan (born Govindaswamy Karuppiah Vasan, 28 December 1964) is an Indian politician and son of G. K. Moopanar, a veteran Indian National Congress leader. G. K. Vasan is currently the president of Tamil Maanila Congress (M), a political party in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. He was a member of Rajya Sabha, the upper house of Indian Parliament from 2002 until 2014. During his tenure as a Member of Indian Parliament, he had functioned in several positions in the Union Government under UPA 1 & UPA II regime including as a Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation from Jan. 2006 – May 2009; Union Minister of Shipping from May 2009 – May 2014 and as an In-charge Minister for Labour from January 2014 - April 2014.

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