Jayalalithaa, former general secretary of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, served as chief minister of Tamil Nadu and has the second-longest tenure; she held the office until her death in 2016, becoming the first female chief minister to die in office, while V. N. Janaki Ramachandran of the same state and party has the shortest ...

Since 1952, Tamil Nadu has had 12 chief ministers, 13 including V. R. Nedunchezhiyan, who twice acted in the role. The longest-serving chief minister, M. Karunanidhi from Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the office for over eighteen years in multiple tenures, while he was the one who had the largest gap between two terms (nearly thirteen years).

Sep 21, 2024 · Janaki Ramachandran was the first woman Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu and also the Chief Minister who served for the shortest period of 24 days. Vaikom Narayani Janaki was born in Kerala and later became an actress in the Tamil film industry.

Jayaram Jayalalithaa[b] (24 February 1948 – 5 December 2016) was an Indian politician and actress who served as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu for more than fourteen years over six terms between 1991 and 2016.

Sep 18, 2024 · Janaki Ramachandran served as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu for a brief period in January 1988, following the death of her husband, M. G. Ramachandran.

Sep 21, 2024 · VN Janaki Ramachandran: The actor-turned-politician, apart from being Tamil Nadu's first woman chief minister, was also the first film artiste to hold the post in India. She held the post for 23 days in 1988 following the death of her husband MG Ramachandran.

Popularly known as ‘Amma’, Jayalalitha, an Indian actress-turned-politician, served six terms as the chief minister of Tamil Nadu. In 1991, she became the second woman CM of Tamil Nadu.

Jayalalitha became the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu for the third time in May 2011. The former popular Tamil film star has had a rollercoaster journey in Indian politics.

Here is a list of all the women chief ministers elected in India so far. So far 16 women have been appointed as Chief Minister in the country. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Anandiben Patel was sworn in as the first woman chief minister of Gujarat and the …

Aug 28, 2021 · Tamil Nadu’s politics has changed deeply since the demise of its former Chief Minister and ADMK party leader, J. Jayalalitha, in 2016. Her passing truly marked the end of an era in Tamil politics, shaped by the role, stature and politics of one of India’s most formidable women politicians.