P. Shanmugham (March 25 1927 February 2 2013) (Born to Panchanatha Mudaliyar - Gowri) was the Chief Minister of the Union Territory of Puducherry. He served from March 22 2000 to October 27 2001.A staunch loyalist of the Nehru-Gandhi family he was in politics since 1950. He was the Leader of the Opposition between 1969 and 1973 when the DMK formed the government. Given a list of categories: company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work, what category does the paragraph belong to?
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