G. Karthikeyan (20 January 1949 – 7 March 2015) was an Indian politician and former speaker of the Kerala Legislative Assembly. He was the

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from Aruvikkara constituency, who represented the

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Political life

G. Karthikeyan entered politics through student movements and was a leader of

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(KSU). He held a

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degree. He served as the State president of Kerala Students Union. He was a Student member of senate of

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and Secretary of Kerala University Union. He also held various posts in Youth Congress, including State General Secretary and State President. He was the General Secretary of

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(KPCC). Karthikeyan was the only elected Vice President of KPCC and also served as the Chief Whip and Deputy Leader of the Congress Legislature Party. He served as Minister for Electricity (

Government of Kerala Government of Kerala is the Subnational administrative division, subnational government of the Indian state of Kerala. The government is led by a chief minister, who selects all the other ministers. The chief minister and their most senior mini ...

) in the Ministry headed by Shri A.K. Antony in 1995 and was the Minister for Food and Civil Supplies in the A.K. Antony Ministry in 2001. He was also an A.I.C.C. Member. G Karthikeyan has been elected to the Kerala Legislative Assembly as M.L.A in 1982 (Trivandrum North),1991, 1996, 2001 and 2006 (Aryanad) and in 2011 (Aruvikkara). He was elected as the speaker of Kerala Legislative Assembly in 2011, succeeding

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. He died on 7 March 2015, aged 66, at Health Care Global (H.C.G.) hospital in

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, after suffering from serious complications of

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. He was the second Speaker to die in office, after

K. M. Seethi K. M. Seethi Sahib (1899—1961), born K. M. Seethi, was an Indian politician and community leader from Kerala. He served as the Speaker of Kerala Legislative Assembly, Kerala Assembly during 1960-61 (Pattom A. Thanu Pillai, Pattom A. Thanu Pil ...

Sahib in 1961, and the first to die during a legislative session. He is survived by his wife and children.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Karthikeyan, G. 1949 births 2015 deaths Malayali politicians Indian National Congress politicians from Kerala Politicians from Thiruvananthapuram Speakers of the Kerala Legislative Assembly Deaths from cancer in India Kerala MLAs 1982–1987 Kerala MLAs 1996–2001 Kerala MLAs 2006–2011