R. Shunmugasundaram

R. Shunmugasundaram
Advocate-General of Tamil Nadu
Incumbent
Assumed office 2021
Preceded by	Vijay Narayan
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office 2002-2008
Constituency	Tamil Nadu
Personal details
Born	(1953-10-29) 29 October 1953 (age 71)
Political party	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Source: [1]

Rajagopal Shunmugasundaram is the Advocate General of Tamil Nadu.^[1] He was a Member of the Parliament of India for the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party representing Tamil Nadu in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament. He also has experience as a public prosecutor when he worked from 1996-2001 as the Public Prosecutor of Tamil Nadu.^[2][3] He was attacked on May 30, 1995 when he was going to file a corruption case against Jayalalitha."Welding" Kumar and 6 others were convicted for the attack.^[4][5][6]

References

1. "R Shanmugasundaram is new advocate-general of Tamil Nadu". Subra Mani. The Times of India. 8 May 2021. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
2. "R. Shunmugasundaram". Rajya Sabha. Retrieved 29 April 2011.
3. "RAJYA SABHA MEMBERS BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES 1952-2019" (PDF). Rajya Sabha. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
4. "Lifer for attack on lawyer". Frontline. 29 November 1997. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
5. "New AG was once attacked for filing case against Jaya". Daily Thanthi. 11 May 2021. Archived from the original on 12 May 2021. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
6. "What it was like to work with Karunanidhi". The Economic Times. 12 August 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2021.