MK Stalin has risen from a grassroots DMK worker to Chief Minister Share Via Email | A+A A- An artist readying name board identifying MK Stalin as Chief Minister, at Secretariat on Thursday | P Jawahar Express News Service CHENNAI: MK Stalin, the DMK president, is taking the reins of the State as the Chief Minister with five decades of experience in politics and administration. He will be the oldest first-time Chief Minister to be sworn in at the age of 69 and only the third of DMK after CN Annadurai and M Karunanidhi. Elected to the State Assembly for the seventh term, Stalin has served in various capacities, including as a minister, deputy chief minister and opposition leader in the Assembly, before.