Stalin is the third son of 2nd Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu and DMK Chief M. Karunanidhi, and was born to his wife, Dayalu Ammal. Stalin was born in Madras, now Chennai, on 1 March 1953. Karunanidhi was addressing a condolence meeting for Soviet leaderJoseph Stalin, who died only four days after his child was born, and thus decided to name his son after Stalin. Stalin is married to Durga on August 25th 1975 and has two children. His son is Udhayanidhi Stalin He studied in the Madras Christian College Higher Secondary School Stalin completed a pre-university Course at Vivekananda College, and has a degree in history from Presidency College, Chennai in University of Madras. M. K. Stalin was conferred Honorary Doctorates by the Anna University on August 1, 2009.
Timeline
In 1976, Stalin was elected as a member of the General Council of the DMK from Gobalapuram Block.
In 1980, Stalin forms the DMK youth wing.
In 1982, Stalin becomes the youth wing's secretary.
In 2003, Stalin was appointed as the Deputy General Secretary.
In 2008, Stalin was appointed as the DMK's treasurer.
In 4 January 2017, Stalin was designated as the Working President of the DMK on 4 January.
On 28 August 2018, he was elected unanimously as the DMK President following Karunanidhi’s death.
Politics
His political career began when, as a 14 year old, he campaigned in the 1967 elections. In 1973, Stalin was elected to the General committee of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam. He came to limelight when he was jailed under Maintenance of Internal Security Act for protesting against the Emergency. He wrote his final year BA exams while in prison. Stalin formed the DMK youth wing. In 1982 Stalin became the youth wing secretary of DMK, a post he held for more than four decades. Stalin contested the Assembly polls unsuccessfully from Thousand Lights constituency in Chennai. In 1989 Stalin contested Assembly polls from Thousand Lights Constituency again, but won this time. But the DMK government got dismissed in 1990 before completing its full five-year term. He contested for the third time from the same Assembly constituency, but lost to the AIADMK under Jayalalithaa. Again in 1996 Stalin won the election as an MLA from the Thousand Lights constituency. In 2011 Stalin changed his constituency for the first time in his political career, moving from Thousand Lights to Kolathur constituency on the outskirts of Chennai city. But he just scraped through.
Stalin became the city's first directly elected mayor in 1996. He privatised conservancy operations in the city and constructed nine flyovers and coined a pet project called Singara Chennai and made it a success. Stalin was reelected mayor in 2001, However, Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa enacted the Tamil Nadu Municipal Laws Act, 2002, a law that prevents a person from holding two elected posts in the government. This law was applied retroactively to Stalin's case in a move widely seen as aimed at removing him as Chennai's mayor. However, the Madras High Court struck down the law stating that legislative bodies were not "prevented" from making laws affecting the "substantive rights" of persons retrospectively. However, the court held under Madras City Municipal Corporation Act, 1919, a person cannot be mayor for two consecutive terms though unlike Stalin earlier mayors were not directly elected. Stalin did not appeal in the Supreme Court.
Stalin became the Minister for Rural Development and Local Administration in the Government of Tamil Nadu after the 2006 Assembly elections. On 29 May 2009, Stalin was nominated as Deputy Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu by Governor Surjit Singh Barnala. On 3 January 2013, Karunanidhi named Stalin as his heir apparent, thus ending a long time confusion about who would take over the party reins after Karunanidhi's death.
Leader of opposition
In 2016 Assembly election Stalin goes on a statewide tour and undergoes a sartorial makeover, shunning the usual DMK dhoti and white shirt. He sports a trouser and a tee to inspire the youth and calls his rally Namakku Naamey. 2016 Election Stalin wins again from Kolathur constituency and is appointed as the opposition leader.
M.K. Stalin formed the Secular Progressive Alliance in Tamil Nadu under United Progressive Alliance in center level and led the alliance in 2019 general election. MK Stalin and his alliance in Tamil Nadu won 39 out of 40 Parliament seats and 12 out of 21 in Assembly by election with 52% vote share.its his first victory after he take charge as DMK President.
