Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi

Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi (born 2 December 1977 as "Nallamuththu Poyyamozhi")^[1] is an Indian politician serving as the Minister for School Education in Tamil Nadu and District secretary for Trichy district-South (Trichy east, Thiruverumbur & Manapparai constituencies) of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party.^[2] He was the Member of Legislative Assembly from 2016–2021. He served as the State Secretary of DMK Youth Wing from 2014–2019.

Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi
Minister for School Education Government of Tamil Nadu
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 May 2021
Chief Minister	M. K. Stalin
Preceded by	K. A. Sengottaiyan
Member of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 16 May 2016
Preceded by	S. Senthilkumar
Constituency	Thiruverumbur
Personal details
Born	(1977-12-02) 2 December 1977 (age 47) Trichy
Political party	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Spouse	Janani
Children	Iniyan
Parents	Anbil Poyyamozhi (father) Malathi (mother)
Residence(s)	Trichy, Tamil Nadu, India
Education	Bishop Heber College & ER HSec School, Trichy, Tamil Nadu, India
Website	http://www.anbilmaheshpoyyamozhi.com/

Political career

He started his political life as a party worker in the year 2000. He actively took part in various party activities and was appointed the Youth Wing Secretary in 2014. He was elected as a Member of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from Thiruverumbur constituency in 2016.^[3][4][5][6] He was again elected as MLA in May 2021 from the Thiruverumbur constituency consecutively and appointed the School Education Minister of Tamil Nadu.

Elections contested

Tamil Nadu Legislative elections

Elections	Constituency	Party	Result	Vote percentage	Opposition Candidate	Opposition Party	Opposition vote percentage
2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election	Thiruverumbur	DMK	Won	46.98	D. Kalaichelvan	AIADMK	37.85
2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election	Thiruverumbur	DMK	Won	53.48	P. Kumar	AIADMK	28.27