Anbalagan

Kariamangalam Pachiappan Anbalagan, better known as K. P. Anbalagan, is a Tamil Nadu politician from the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party and the former Minister for Higher Education and Agriculture department in Tamil Nadu. KP Anbalagan was born on 30 April 1958 in Dharmapuri, Tamil Nadu, India. He belongs to the Vanniyar community, and is presently serving his fifth term as a Member of Legislative Assembly from Palacode, making him the longest serving MLA in the current Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly, a record which he holds with fellow party members O. Panneerselvam and Pollachi V. Jayaraman.