- published: 28 May 2016
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Dr Anbumani Ramadoss had been the Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare of the Government of India from May, 2004 till he resigned his post in April 2009 and is a member of Parliament from the Rajya Sabha he belongs to the Pattali Makkal Katchi. Born on 9 October 1968 in Pondicherry, Anbumani Ramadoss was a student of Madras Medical College and is a doctor by Profession.
Dr. Anbumani Ramadoss is the son of PMK founder Dr. S. Ramadoss and R. Saraswathi. He is married to Mrs. Sowmiya and has three daughters Samyuktha,Sangamithra,Sanjuthra. Especially second daughter Sangamithra very actively participates in all the election political campaigns. Dr.Anbumani Ramadoss is also the PMK Youth Wing President and is the leader of the Pasumai Thayagam (Green Motherland) movement. At the time of induction into the Manmohan Singh cabinet of 2004, Dr. Anbumani Ramadoss was the youngest Cabinet Minister in the Union Cabinet.
In March 2009, the PMK withdrew support to the UPA government at the centre after it forged an alliance with the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, the arch rival of the Congress which heads the UPA. The Congress has alliance with the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam in Tamil Nadu. Dr. Ramadoss and the Minister of State for Railways, Dr. R Velu who are the two Ministers from the PMK submitted their resignations to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.