Karunakaran K Biography

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Karunakaran,Shri K.
Constituency   : Mukundapuram (Kerala )
Party Name : Indian National Congress(INC)
Email Address : [email protected]
Father’s Name Late Shri Ramunni Marar
Mother’s Name Late Smt. Kaliyani Amma
Date of Birth 05.07.1918
Place of Birth Kannur (Kerala)
Marital Status Widower
Date of Marriage 02 Jun 1954
Spouse’s Name Late Smt. Kalyanikutty Amma
No. of Sons 1
No.of Daughters 1
Educational Qualifications Matriculate

Educated at Raja’s High School and College of Arts, Trissur (Kerala)

Profession Artist

Social Worker, Trade Unionist

Permanent Address
Murali Mandiram, Punkunnam,
Trissur, Kerala
Present Address
9, Krishna Menon Marg,
New Delhi – 110011
(011) 23794667, 23792565
Position Held
1945-47 Member, Trichur Municipal Corporation

1948-49 Member, Cochin Legislative Assembly

1952-54 Member, Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly

Chief Whip, Congress Legislative Party, Kerala

1965-95 Member, Kerala Legislative Assembly (seven terms)

1967-69 Leader of the Opposition, Kerala Legislative Assembly (four times)

1968-70 Chairman, Public Accounts Committee
1969 onwards Member, Congress Working Committee

1971-77 Cabinet Minister, Home Affairs, Kerala

March-April 1977 Chief Minister, Kerala
1978 Leader of the Opposition, Kerala Legislative Assembly

1980-81 Leader of the Opposition, Kerala Legislative Assembly (four times)

1981-82 Chief Minister, Kerala (2nd term)
1982-87 Chief Minister, Kerala (3rd term)
1984 onwards Member, Congress Parliamentary Board

1987 Chairman, Committee on Socio-economic Policies, All India Congress
Committee (A.I.C.C.)

1987-91 Leader of the Opposition, Kerala Legislative Assembly (four times)

1991-95 Chief Minister, Kerala (4th term)
1995-96 Union Cabinet Minister, Industries

1995-98 Member, Rajya Sabha

Member, Committee on Science and Technology

Member, Committee on Environment and Forests

Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Commerce
1998 Elected to 12th Lok Sabha
1998-99 Chairman, Committee on Energy and its Sub-Committees

Member, Rules Committee
Member, General Purposes Committee

Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Railways

1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (2nd term)

1999-2000 Member, Rules Committee

Member, Committee on Transport and Tourism


Social And Cultural Activities
Represented various socio-cultural fora as a student
Special Interests
Arts and painting

Countries Visited
Widely travelled (12 countries)

Other Information
Actively participated in Freedom Struggle; organised trade unions; Founder-Member, Indian
National Trade Union Congress (I.N.T.U.C.), Kerala; Chairman, Committee on Population,
National Development Council, 1992; Convenor, Committee on Price Rise, Unemployment and
Housing, A.I.C.C.; and Member, Indian Delegation to I.L.O. Conference, 1957


Reference: Loksabha

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