JAYALALITHA JAYARAM

• Born: February 24, 1948
• Died: December 5, 2016
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• Profession: Honorary Doctorate

Jayaram Jayalalithaa was an Indian politician and film actress who served four times as the chief minister of Tamil Nadu for fifteen years between 1991 and 2016. From 9 February 1989, she was the general secretary of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), a Dravidian party whose cadre revered her as their "Amma" (mother) and Puratchi Thalaivi (revolutionary leader). Her critics in the media and the opposition accused her of fostering a personality cult and of demanding absolute loyalty from AIADMK legislators and ministers, who often publicly prostrated themselves before her.