# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/d-pandian
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:53:14.421Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/d-pandian"
name: "D. Pandian"
slug: "d-pandian"
description: "David Pandian was an Indian Tamil politician who served as Member of Parliament elected from Tamil Nadu. He was elected to the Lok Sabha as an Indian National Congress–United Communist Party of India (UCPI) candidate from North Chennai constituency in 1989 and 1991 elections.\nHe was the Tamil Nadu State Secretary of the Communist Party of India for three consecutive terms from 2005 to 2015, when he was succeeded by R. Mutharasan."
tagline: "Indian politician (1932-2021)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/D._Pandian.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1932-09-25"
deathDate: "2021-02-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.38
  momentum:             0.4918032786885246
  historical:           4.891362666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "தா. பாண்டியன்"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump