Kadannappalli Ramachandran (born 1 July 1944) is an

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politician and President of

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, and the current MLA of

representing the Kannur constituency in

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Career

Ramachandran was the Minister for Devaswom, Printing and Stationery (17th August 2009 to 14 May 2011) and Minister for Ports, Museums and Archaeology (25 May 2016 to 3 May 2021) in the

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. He became MLA in 1980, 2006, 2016, 2021. He represented the

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constituency,

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constituency and

constituency in Kannur district in the

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. He started his political career as I.S.U. Unit President in school life. He was the President of K.S.U. Cannanore Taluk Committee and General Secretary of K.S.U. State Committee. He became Kannur District Convenor of Youth Congress. He was the State Vice President, K.S.U. (1969–71). Ramachandran contested and won the Indian General Elections in 1971 as INC candidate from Kasaragod Lokasabha Constituency, his first opponent was the veteran leader Shri.

E.K. Nayanar Erambala Krishnan Nayanar (9 December 191919 May 2004) was an Indian Communist politician of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) or CPI(M). He served three terms as the Chief Minister of Kerala (1980–1981, 1987–1991 and 1996–2001) fo ...

. At that time he was a student in Law Academy. He was re-elected from the same constituency in 1977 also. He became Member of Public Accounts Committee of Lok Sabha and Consultative Committee of Ministry of Railways and Communication, Kannur Assembly constituency in 1980. He became General Secretary of Congress(S) State Committee in 1989 and State President of Congress(S) since 1990.

Personal life

Son of Shri P.V. Krishnan Gurukkal and Smt. T. K. Parvathi Amma. Ramachandran is married to T.R. Saraswathi, a teacher. They have a son, Mithun Puthanveettil, a musician in the band

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. He has got a unique style of dressing.

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Malayali politicians People from Kannur district 1944 births Living people India MPs 1977–1979 India MPs 1971–1977 Lok Sabha members from Kerala Kerala MLAs 2016–2021 Kerala MLAs 2006–2011 Indian Congress (Socialist) politicians Indian National Congress (U) politicians {{Kerala-politician-stub

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