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- He served as Chief Minister of
Tamil Nadu on five separate occasions.
- He is the head of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK),
a Dravidian political party in the state of Tamil Nadu.
- He has been the leader of the DMK since the death of its
founder, C. N. Annadurai, in 1969.
- He is also a playwright and screenwriter in
Tamil cinema.
- He is called by his supporters as Kalaignar
("artist").
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