Vijay Tamilan Parthiban

Vijay Tamilan Parthiban is an Indian politician and a former actor from Tamil Nadu. He is serving as the minister of Transport Department of the Government of Tamil Nadu since May 2026 and represent He is a member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from Salem (South) representing Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam.

Early life and education Parthiban is the son of Arumugam. He had a mobile shop named Tamilan Mobiles, where he sold mobiles and CDs, DVD's in the past. He completed Higher Secondary education at Municipality Boys Higher Secondary School, Ammapettai, Salem, during the 1993–1994 academic year. He played cameo roles in Vijay films from Leo to Jana Nayagan.

Political career Parthiban won the Salem (South) seat in the 2026 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election as a candidate of Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam. He received 91,371 votes and defeated M. Loganathan of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam by a margin of 33,369 votes.