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Designated Senior Advocate, veteran prosecutor and former Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament R Shunmugasundaram took over as Advocate General for the State of Tamil Nadu in May 2021 after the DMK came to power in the State. His was one of the first political appointments made by the new dispensation.