K. Marimuthu is an Indian politician and Member of the 16th Tamil Nadu Assembly from the Thiruthuraipoondi constituency.^[1] He was a commerce graduate who joined politics in 1994.^[2]

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K. Marimuthu
Marimuthu in front of his house
Member of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 May 2021
Preceded by	P. Adalarasan
Constituency	Thiruthuraipoondi constituency
Personal details
Born	1973 (age 50–51)
Political party	Communist Party of India (1994 - present)
Spouse	Jayasudha
Children	2
Residence(s)	Thiruthuraipoondi, Tiruvarur, Tamil Nadu, India
Occupation	Politician Social worker

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Marimuthu, who was born into a family of poor agricultural labourers belonging to a Scheduled Caste, makes light of his economic condition. Marimuthu says

“Politics is my life, and I have no other vocation. My wife is into agriculture, and we cultivate land taken on lease. We get by with whatever we have,”

Marimuthu lives in a thatched house in Kaduvakudi, has spent over half his life as a full-time party worker fighting for public causes. His wife, Jayasudha, is an agricultural labourer.^[3]

Marimuthu joined the CPI in 1994. He was drawn by the work done by the party for ordinary people as he was “one among them”. He stated that “Serving the masses is my only aim; reflecting the aspirations of the downtrodden is my politics.”^[4] Currently he serves as Member of the 16th Tamil Nadu Assembly from the Thiruthuraipoondi constituency.^[5]

When Cyclone Gaja blew his hut, Marimuthu who obtained Rs 50,000 through a NGO to mend it, gave the entire sum to another person in the village who was ineligible for compensation as he did not have a patta and helped him repair the hut. ^[6]