Adoor Prakash (born 24 May 1956) is an Indian politician from Congress(I) party. He is currently the

Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha A Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha ( abbreviated: MP) is the representative of a legislative constituency in the Lok Sabha; the lower house of the Parliament of India. Members of parliament of Lok Sabha are chosen by direct elections on ...

, representing Attingal constituency of Kerala. He was the Minister of

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, India. He has deep family roots in Moonnalam, Adoor. He came to active politics through the Student movement of

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. 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

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. He served as the Minister of

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and Coir in the

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Ministry from 2011 to 2012. 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

Ministry from 2004 to 2006. He was elected to the

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from

Attingal Attingal is a municipality in Thiruvananthapuram metropolitan area in Thiruvananthapuram district of Kerala state, India. It was the location of the Attingal kingdom, under Travancore. It is the headquarters of Chirayinkeezhu Taluk, and the ...

constituency in 2019.

Personal life

Adoor was born in Adoor, Pathanamthitta in Kerala, India on 24 May 1952 to N. Kunjuraman and V.M.Vilasini. He studied at the Sree Narayana College and Trivandrum Law Academy and graduated with a

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and

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He's married to Jayasree and the couple has three children.

Sources

Parliament of India - Lok Sabha

Kerala State - Everything about Kerala

Information Public Relations Department - IPRD , I&PRD : Official Website of Information Public Relations Department of Kerala

References

1955 births Living people People from Pathanamthitta district Indian National Congress politicians from Kerala Kerala MLAs 1996–2001 Kerala MLAs 2006–2011 Kerala MLAs 2016–2021 India MPs 2019–present {{Kerala-INC-politician-stub