R. Radhakrishnan (politician)

R Radhakrishnan (born 9 June 1971) is an Indian member of parliament (MP) and former speaker of the Union Territory of Puducherry assembly from 2006 to 2011. He is a member of the All India N R Congress (AINRC) and represents Puducherry constituency in the Lok Sabha from 2014 to 2019.^[1]

R Radhakrishnan
Member of Parliament
In office 16 May 2014 – 23 May 2019
Succeeded by	V. Vaithilingam
Constituency	Puducherry
Speaker of Puducherry Legislative Assembly
In office 2006–2011
Member of Puducherry Legislative Assembly
In office 2001–2011
Personal details
Born	(1971-06-09) 9 June 1971 (age 53) Poudouthottame, Kancheepuram, (Tamil Nadu)
Political party	All India NR Congress
Other political affiliations	Indian National Congress
Spouse	R Subhashini
Children	2
Relatives	R. Senthilkumar
Residence(s)	Pondicherry, Puducherry

Family and education

R Radhakrishnan hails from a family with political lineage. He is the elder son of politician R. Ramanathan (former member of Puducherry legislative assembly).

R Radhakrishnan completed his High school at ARLM Matriculation school, Cuddalore & Higher secondary Education at Campion Anglo-Indian Higher Secondary school. Under graduation in Commerce from Vivekananda College, Chennai. He completed his post-graduation in Master of Business Administration (MBA) from PSG Institute of Management in Coimbatore, which counts him as one of its distinguished alumni.^[2]

Political career

R Radhakrishnan was elected member of Puducherry Assembly twice following his election from the erstwhile Kuruvinatham constituency in 2001 and successively in 2006.

R Radhakrishnan was the Chairman of Puducherry Slum clearance Board from 2001-2006.^[3] He served as speaker of the Puducherry assembly from 2006 until 2011.^[4]

R Radhakrishnan was candidate for All India NR Congress (AINRC) from Puducherry in the Indian general election. He won with a margin of 60,854 defeating union minister of state V Narayanasamy of Indian National Congress in the 2014 Indian election.^[5]