Summary
Adoor Prakash (born 24 May 1952) is an Indian politician from the Indian National Congress. He is currently the Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha, representing Attingal constituency of Kerala.
Adoor Prakash | |
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 Adoor Prakash | |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| Assumed office 17 June 2019 | |
| Speaker | Om Birla |
| Preceded by | Anirudhan Sampath |
| Constituency | Attingal |
| Minister for Health, Government of Kerala | |
| In office 23 May 2011 – 12 April 2012 | |
| Chief Minister | Oommen Chandy |
| Preceded by | P. K. Sreemathy |
| Succeeded by | V. S. Sivakumar |
| Minister for Revenue, Government of Kerala | |
| In office 12 April 2012 – 20 May 2016 | |
| Chief Minister | Oommen Chandy |
| Preceded by | Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan |
| Succeeded by | E. Chandrasekharan |
| Minister for Food and Civil Supplies, Government of Kerala | |
| In office 5 September 2004 – 12 May 2006 | |
| Chief Minister | Oommen Chandy |
| Preceded by | G. Karthikeyan |
| Succeeded by | C. Divakaran |
| Member of Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 1996–2019 | |
| Preceded by | A. Padmakumar |
| Succeeded by | K. U. Jenish Kumar |
| Constituency | Konni |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 24 May 1952 Adoor, State of Travancore–Cochin (present day Kerala), India |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
| Spouse | Jayasree Prakash |
| Children | 3 |
| Education | |
| Alma mater | |
He was the Minister of Kerala, India. He has deep family roots in Moonnalam, Adoor. He came to active politics through the Student movement of Kerala Students Union. He was elected to the Kerala Legislative Assembly consecutively from Konni Constituency in 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 and 2016 General Elections as a candidate of Indian National Congress. He served as the Minister of Health and Coir in the Oommen Chandy Ministry from 2011 to 2012.[1] Later in the cabinet reshuffle, he was made the minister of land revenue in 2012. He was also the Minister of Food & Civil supplies in the first Oommen Chandy Ministry from 2004 to 2006. He was elected to the Loksabha from Attingal constituency in 2019.
Personal life edit
Prakash was born in Adoor on 24 May 1952 to N. Kunjuraman and V. M. Vilasini. He studied at the Sree Narayana College, Chempazhanthy and The Kerala Law Academy Law College, Thiruvananthapuram and graduated with a B.A. and LL.B. He's married to Jayasree and the couple has three children.
Sources edit
- Parliament of India - Lok Sabha
- Kerala State - Everything about Kerala
- KERALA's FIRST LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
- Information Public Relations Department - IPRD | I&PRD : Official Website of Information Public Relations Department of Kerala
References edit
- ^ "Members - Kerala Legislature". www.niyamasabha.org. Retrieved 7 September 2020.