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| office1 = Member of legislative assembly for Tamil Nadu (Nagapattinam constituency)
| termstart1 = 15 MAY 2011
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| office2 = District secretary of Nagapattinam (AIADMK)
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| termend2 = 27 October 2012
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'''K. A. Jayapal''' (born 7 March 1955) is an Indian politician and was a member of the [[Fourteenth Assembly of Tamil Nadu|14th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]] from [[Nagapattinam (State Assembly Constituency)|Nagapattinam constituency]]. He represented the [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] (AIADMK) party.<ref>{{cite web |title=List of MLAs from Tamil Nadu |url=http://www.elections.tn.gov.in/TNLA2011_Winner_Runner.pdf |publisher=Chief Electoral Officer, Tamil Nadu |url-status=dead |
Jayapal was appointed as the Minister for Fisheries in the [[Government of Tamil Nadu]] after the [[2011 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|2011 state assembly elections]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Jayalalitha to head 34-member government |agency=IANS |date=16 May 2011 |url= http://daily.bhaskar.com/news/NAT-TOP-jayalalitha-to-head-34-member-government-2108553.html|work=Daily Bhaskar}}</ref> He was district secretary of the AIADMK's unit in Nagapattinam until [[Jayalalithaa]], the then [[Chief Minister (India)|Chief Minister]] and party leader, replaced him with [[O. S. Manian]] in April 2016.<ref>{{cite news |title=Jayalalithaa changes 9 AIADMK candidates in Tamil Nadu |agency=PTI |date=6 April 2016 |url=http://www.thehindu.com/elections/tamilnadu2016/jayalalithaa-makes-changes-in-aiadmk-candidates-list/article8442161.ece |
In February 2017, Jayapal switched his support from [[V. K. Sasikala]] to [[O. Paneerselvam]] in a tortuous power-struggle for control the party following the death of Jayalalithaa.<ref>{{cite news |work=The Hindu |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/AIADMK-crisis-Top-developments-on-February-12-2017/article17291650.ece |date=12 February 2017 |title=AIADMK MLAs are being tortured, alleges Panneerselvam |
== Personal life ==
Jayapal was born on 7 March 1955 in [[Akkaraipet]], where he later served as the [[Panchayati raj|panchayat]] president for
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