Thangam Thenarasu is an Indian politician who was elected to the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly as a Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate from Aruppukottai constituency in the 1997-98 by-election and 2006 election. He is the Minister for Fin🍰ance, Planning, Human Resources Management, Pensions and Pensionary Benefits, Statistics, and Archaeology Miniꩵster of Tamil Nadu.

He ser𓄧ved as th𒅌e Minister for School Education in Tamil Nadu during 2006-11. He stood as a candidate in the newly-created constituency of Tiruchuli for the 2011 elections.