'Anbumani Ramadoss' () was born on
October 8 1968 in
Pondicherry. He is the
Cabinet Minister in
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.He was elected to the
Parliament as a member of the
Rajya Sabha in 2004.He was a student of
Madras Medical College and did his
MBBS.He is a
doctor by profession. He belongs to the
Pattali Makkal Katchi founded by his father Dr
S. Ramadoss.He married Sowmiya on
August 28 1991. He has 3 daughters. He is the President of an environmental group called Pasumai Thayagam (Green Motherland).
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Controversies
His dispute with director of the
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Prof. P Venugopal, has led to some controversy: he has been called by a fellow MP from the Congress "the minister for Venugopal affairs"; another Congressman (MP) has compared his actions to those of "a bull in a china shop," believing that he had damaged the image of India's premier medical institute.
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His partymen demonstrated on 7th May, 2007 objurgating an opinion poll by a Tamil daily which reportedly gave a "poor" ranking to Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss of PMK among the Central ministers from Tamil Nadu.
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External links
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Rajya Sabha Profile
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MINISTRY OF HEALTH & FAMILY WELFARE
References
1.
Anbumani makes headlines
2. 'Rambo' Ramadoss vexes Cong-The Times of India
3. PMK demo against opinion poll-The times of India