19 Facts About Anbumani Ramadoss

Anbumani Ramadoss was born on 9 October 1968 and is an Indian politician from Tamil Nadu.

Anbumani Ramadoss is a member of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament of India and was the Minister of Health and Family Welfare in the First Manmohan Singh ministry from as a part of the UPA government.

Anbumani Ramadoss was elected to the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India from Dharmapuri, Tamil Nadu.

Anbumani Ramadoss is the acting president of the Pattali Makkal Katchi political party.

Anbumani Ramadoss was born on 9 October 1968 at Puducherry to S Ramadoss and R Saraswathi.

Anbumani Ramadoss's father was a physician by profession and founded the Pattali Makkal Katchi political party in 1989.

Anbumani Ramadoss worked for a year and a half as a medical practitioner at Nallalam, a small village near Tindivanam.

In 2003, Anbumani Ramadoss did a course on macro-economics from the London School of Economics.

Anbumani Ramadoss joined Pattali Makkal Katchi and became the youth wing president.

On 22 May 2004, Anbumani Ramadoss became as the Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare of the Government of India.

At the time of induction into the Manmohan Singh's 2004 cabinet, Anbumani Ramadoss was the youngest Cabinet Minister in the Union Cabinet.

Anbumani Ramadoss became a Member of Parliament from Dharmapuri Lok Sabha Constituency in 2014 as a part of the NDA with Bharatiya Janata Party.

On 6 October 2015, Anbumani Ramadoss offered to quit the NDA if his decision could help find a permanent solution to the problems of the Sri Lankan Tamils.

Anbumani Ramadoss was declared as the Chief Ministerial Candidate from PMK for the 2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly elections.

Anbumani Ramadoss contested from Pennagaram and lost by 18,446 votes.

Anbumani Ramadoss was arrested by Kancheepuram police in May 2013 in connection with an alleged hate speech case filed against him, the previous year.

Anbumani Ramadoss was awarded with the Luther L Terry Award by the American Cancer Society in 2006.

Anbumani Ramadoss received the World Health Organization Director General's Special Award for Leadership and Special Award for tobacco control in 2007.

Anbumani Ramadoss is currently the President of the Tamil Nadu Badminton Association.