S. Jagathrakshakan (born 6 February 1948 in Kalingamalai, Villupuram district, Tamil Nadu) is an Indian businessman and politician. He completed his matriculation at Valudavur and went on to build interests in healthcare and education, serving as the chairman of Shree Balaji Medical College and Hospital and as the owner of Dr. Rela Hospital and Institute. He has also authored a number of books, one of which was released by Mother Teresa.
Jagathrakshakan began his political career with the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), being elected to the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly in the 1980 elections and to the Lok Sabha in the 1984 elections. He headed the AIADMK parliamentary party from 1985 to 1989. In 2004, he founded a party called Veera Vanniyar Peravai, which was renamed Jananayaga Munnetra Kazhagam later that year and subsequently merged with the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) in 2009.
Representing the DMK, Jagathrakshakan was elected to the Lok Sabha from the Arakkonam constituency in 1999 and 2009, and again in the 2019 and 2024 Indian general elections. He served as the Minister of State for Commerce and Industry in the Union Government from November 2012 to March 2013.
Adapted from the English Wikipedia article on S. Jagathrakshakan.