Know your Politician
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Constituency : |
Muvattupuzha (Kerala )
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Party Name :
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Kerala Congress(KEC)
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Email Address :
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[email protected]
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Father’s Name
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Shri P.T. Chacko
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Mother’s Name
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Smt. Mariamma Chacko
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Date of Birth
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31.10.1950
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Place of Birth
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Kottayam (Kerala)
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Marital Status
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Married
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Date of Marriage
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23 Jan 1978
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Spouse’s Name
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Smt. Marykutty Thomas
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No. of Sons
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2
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No.of Daughters
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1
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Educational Qualifications
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B.Sc., LL.B.
Educated at S.B. College, Changanacherry and Government Law College,
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala)
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Profession
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Advocate
Agriculturist
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Permanent Address |
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67, Kumaranasan Nagar,
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Kadavanthra, P.O. Ernakulam -682 020 (Kerala)
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(0486)2205585,2203433
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Present Address |
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B-702, M.S. Flats, B.K.S. Marg,
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New Delhi – 110 001
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Tels. (011) 23725462, 23359027, 9868180551 (M)
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Position Held |
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1987-96
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Member, State Secretariat, Kerala Congress (M)
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General Secretary, Kerala Congress (M) Party, Kerala
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1989
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Elected to 9th Lok Sabha
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1989-99
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Leader, Kerala Congress (M) Parliamentary Party
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1991
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Re-elected to 10th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
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1993-95
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Member, Committee on Estimates
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1994-96
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Member, Committee on Railways
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1996
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Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (3rd term)
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1998
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Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (4th term)
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1998-99
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Member, Committee on Communications and Alternate Convenor of its
Sub-Committee ‘B’ on Department of Posts
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Member, Joint Committee on Offices of Profit
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Member, Joint Committee on the Empowerment of Women and its
Sub-Committee on Education and Health Programmes for Women
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Civil Aviation
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1999
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Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (5th term)
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Leader, Kerala Congress (M) Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha
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1999-2000
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Member, Committee on Transport and Tourism
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2000 – Jan. 2003
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Commerce and Industry
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24 May 2003- May 2004
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Union Minister of State, Ministry of Law & Justice
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2004
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Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha( 6th term)
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Member, Committee on Information Technology
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Member, Committee on Subordinate Legislation
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16 Aug. 2006-onwards
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Member, Committee on Empowerment of Women
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5 Aug. 2007 onwards
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Member, Committee on Information Technology
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Special Interests
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Working for the well-being of agricultural workers and farmers and securing better deal for their
produce
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Countries Visited
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Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland, U.K. and U.S.A.; Member, (i) Indian
Delegation led by Shri K.R. Narayanan, the then Vice President of India to Kazakhastan, Kirgystan
and Mongolia, 1995; (ii) Indian Delegation led by Shri Shivraj V. Patil, the then Speaker, Lok
Sabha to Austria, Hungary and Italy; visited Rome (Italy) as Representative of Government of India to paritcipate in the Beatification Ceremony of Mother Teresa in Vatican; attended the Burial Cermony of Pope John Paul II in Vatican on 9 April 2005 as a delegate from India
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Other Information
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Fought for the cause of farmers continuously, especially for the upliftment of the farmers growing
rubber, cardamom, coconut, pepper, ginger, pine-apple; Member, (i) Bar Council of Kerala,
1983-88; (ii) Rubber Board, 1990-91 and again in 2004; (iii) Kerala State Advisory Board for Legal Aid to the
Poor, 1991-96; and (iv) Spices Board, 1991-92
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Reference: Loksabha