Palathinal Joseph Joseph (born 10 June 1941) is an Indian politician from

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serving as the

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from Thodupuzha Assembly Constituency in

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. A former cabinet minister, Joseph entered Kerala politics through

in 1968.

Early life

P. J. Joseph was born on 10 June 1941 to Palathinal Joseph and Annamma at

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in Idukki District in central Kerala. He married Dr. Santha Joseph, retired as Additional Director, Kerala Health Department, on 15 September 1971. The couple has four children, three sons and one daughter, named as Appu John Joseph, Dr. Anu Yamuna, Antony Joseph and the late Jomon Joseph. Jomon Joseph, the youngest, suffered from

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, and died due to a massive

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in 2020 aged 34.

Political career

Joseph entered Kerala politics through

in 1968. P. J. Joseph contested and won his first election from Thodupuzha to the Kerala legislative assembly. He won these elections on ten occasions (

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1977 Events January * January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democratic R ...

1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC. * January 9 – ...

1982 Events January * January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00). * January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street bridges, 14th Street Bridge in ...

1987 File:1987 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The MS Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes after leaving the Port of Zeebrugge in Belgium, killing 193; Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashes after takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airport, k ...

1996 File:1996 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: A Centennial Olympic Park bombing, bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, set off by a radical Anti-abortion violence, anti-abortionist; The center fuel tank explodes on TWA Flight 8 ...

2006 File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro 2006 Montenegrin independence referendum, votes to declare ...

2011 File:2011 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: a protester partaking in Occupy Wall Street heralds the beginning of the Occupy movement; protests against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed that October; a young man celebrate ...

2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses during the 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh ...

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). He held various ministerial positions within the

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As Home Minister (1978)

Joseph's first time as a Minister was in 1978 as

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's ministry. He served this role for nearly 8 months. He resigned the position for his colleague

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As Revenue minister (1981-1987)

Since 1981 Joseph became Revenue minister in

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's ministry. Joseph was Revenue minister between 1981 and 1982 and 1982–1987.

As Education minister (1996-2001)

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's ministry between (1996 and 2001) Joseph was Education minister.

PWD minister (2006-2010)

He was short-term PWD minister in

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's ministry in 2006 and 2010. He resigned twice. The first time he was accused of misbehaviour with a lady co-passenger. He was acquitted by the court. The second time was for leaving

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for united Kerala congress. It was after 23 years, Joseph's party again merged with Kerala Congress (M) and an alliance member of United Democratic Front (UDF).

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In 1979 he parted ways with Kerala congress leader

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to form a

Kerala Congress (Joseph) Kerala Congress (Joseph) or Kerala Congress or Joseph Group is a political party in the Indian state of Kerala. It was formed in 1964. Kerala Congress (Joseph) was the brakeless fraction of Kerala Congress Party By election commission (1964-201 ...

new party. However in 1985 Kerala congress leaders K. M. Mani (from Kerala Congress (M)), P. J. Joseph from

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(from

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) and their parties merged forming the united

. This party split in 1987. P. J. Joseph continued in United Democratic Front (UDF) till 1989. He contested the

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and Idukki in 1989 and 1991, but was unsuccessful.

issue raised in Muvattupuzha Lok Sabha seat made him leave the alliance and join LDF. Since 1991 Joseph's party became part of the

(LDF) as an alliance. In 2010, after 23 years, Joseph's party again merged with Kerala Congress (M) and an alliance member of United Democratic Front (UDF). On 30 April 2010, Joseph resigned from the LDF government and declared his party's merger with K. M. Mani's party. After UDF's win in

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's election in 2011, Oommen Chandy became

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. Joseph was appointed minister for the 7th time, now with the portfolio of

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; he completed his term in 2016.

Chairman Of Kerala Congress

A power struggle erupted in the party between

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faction and P. J. Joseph fraction. The Election Commission intervened and it ruled in favor of

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. Later, the faction led by

P.J Joseph Palathinal Joseph Joseph (born 10 June 1941) is an Indian politician from Kerala Congress serving as the Member of the Legislative Assembly (India), Member of the Legislative Assembly from Thodupuzha (State Assembly constituency), Thodupuzha Ass ...

merged with

. On April 27 an online meeting was convened by the party leadership in Thodupuzha and P.J Joseph was chosen as party chairman.

Controversies

Joseph resigned from the Kerala Cabinet on 4 September 2006 as he was accused of misbehaviour with a lady co-passenger on a Kingfisher flight. He was acquitted by court on 11 May 2009 due to insufficient evidence. He instituted the Gandhian Studies Centre and the Gandhi Centre for

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References

External links

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Early life

Political career

As Home Minister (1978)

As Revenue minister (1981-1987)

As Education minister (1996-2001)

PWD minister (2006-2010)

Kerala Congress (Joseph) Kerala Congress (Joseph) or Kerala Congress or Joseph Group is a political party in the Indian state of Kerala. It was formed in 1964. Kerala Congress (Joseph) was the brakeless fraction of Kerala Congress Party By election commission (1964-201 ...

Chairman Of Kerala Congress

Controversies

See also

References

External links