# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/k-palaniswami
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:44:13.267Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/k-palaniswami"
name: "K. Palaniswami"
slug: "k-palaniswami"
description: "Edappadi Karuppa Palaniswami, popularly known as EPS, is an Indian politician. He served as the seventh chief minister of Tamil Nadu, from 2017 to 2021. He has been the general secretary of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) since 28 March 2023. Previously, he has served in various leadership roles in the AIADMK since 2016."
tagline: "Indian politician and former chief minister of Tamil Nadu"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Palanisamy.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1954-03-02"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           53.36
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.52683066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://x.com/EPSTamilnadu"
    handle:    "EPSTamilnadu"
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    title: "ایڈاپاڈی کے پلنی سوامی"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Edappadi K. Palaniswami"
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    title: "ఎడప్పాడి కె. పళనిస్వామి"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump