# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/m-thambi-durai
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:05:02.397Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/m-thambi-durai"
name: "M. Thambi Durai"
slug: "m-thambi-durai"
description: "Munisamy Thambi Durai is an Indian politician from Tamil Nadu who served as the Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha and leader of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) in the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Indian Parliament. He currently serves as a Rajya Sabha member from Tamil Nadu. He had served as the Cabinet Minister of Law, Justice and Company Affairs and as the Minister of State of Surface Transport from March 1998 to April 1999. He had also served as the Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha from 1985 to 1989."
tagline: "Indian politician"
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gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1947-03-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.190558666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump