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Tamil Nadu's new Health Minister MA Subramanian is also a marathon runner
YB WEB DESK. Dated: 5/10/2021 11:16:16 AM
Tamil Nadu, May 9 The newly elected Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam government in Tamil Nadu has appointed MA Subramanian as the health minister of the state. 61 -year-old Subramanian won from the Saidapet constituency in Tamil Na du. He has served as the Mayor of Chennai for five years from 2006 to 2011. Howe ver , besides bei ng a politici an, Subramanian is also a fitness enthusiast who has run many marathons and holds multiple records. He is in fact known for making records. The first marathon he ran was in the year 2014 at Auroville a nd completed it i n ju st over two and a half hours while others took more than three hours to finish it. He has run more than 100 marathons so far. According to the Times of India, l ast yea r, the new h ealth mini ster e ntered the Asia Book of World Records by running a four-hour and eight-minute long marathon on his terrace. He wa s a l so awa rde d a n honorary doct orate by the World Records University for completing more than 50 marathons in just three years.