V. S. Sivakumar (born 30 May 1960) is an Indian politician who is a member of Indian National Congress and a former Minister for Health, Family Welfare and Devaswom, Government of Kerala in the

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. He has represented the

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in Kerala from 2011 Assembly election in Kerala to

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. He was a member of the

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representing Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha constituency.

Early life

V. S. Sivakumar was born to K. V. Sadasivan Nair and B. Subhadra Amma at

Amaravila Amaravila is a village in Neyyattinkara town in Trivandrum district, Kerala State, India. Kerala's second largest checkpost after Walayar is situated in Amaravila. This village is situated in NH 47 on the way to Kanyakumari, on the Kerala-T ...

near

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on 30 May 1960. He has completed BSc from

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, Thiruvananthapuram and LLB from

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, Thiruvananthapuram. He married Sindhu Salooja C.R., they have two daughters and live near

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, Thiruvananthapuram.

Political life

V. S. Sivakumar started his political career through the Kerala Students Union (KSU) in 1978 and rose through the Youth Congress. He was elected the Chairman, Students' Union, V.T.M.N.S.S. College, Dhanuvachapuram, Trivandrum in 1979–80. He served as Indian National Congress DCC President, AICC Member, KPCC Member and general secretary. He was the elected Member of Parliament in the 13th Lok Sabha representing Thiruvananthapuram Parliamentary Constituency. Positions held * 1978-1979 University Union Councillor (Kerala University) * 1980-1982 General Secretary, Block Congress Committee * 1982-1987 President, Block Youth Congress, Parasala Block, District Trivandrum * 1987-1993 Vice-President, District Youth Congress Committee, Trivandrum * 1993-2000 President, District Youth Congress, Trivandrum * 1999-2004 Elected to 13th Lok Sabha * 1999-2000 Member, Committee on Science and Technology, Environment and Forests V. S. Sivakumar was elected as the Member of Parliament to the

for the first time in 1999 by defeating Kaniyapuram Ramachandran of

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with a margin of 14,385 votes from Thiruvananthapuram (Lok Sabha constituency). He represented the constituency till 2004 in the Lok Sabha. But in the

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elections in 2004 and by-election in 2005, he tasted defeat against

P. K. Vasudevan Nair Padayatt Kesavapillai Vasudevan Nair (2 March 1926 – 12 July 2005), popularly known as PKV, was the 9th Chief Minister of Kerala and a senior leader of the Communist Party of India (CPI). He was elected to the Lok Sabha four times, in 1957, ...

and

Pannyan Raveendran Pannyan Raveendran (born 22 December 1945) is an Indian politician and was the state secretary of Kerala State Committee of Communist Party of India (CPI) from 2012 to 2015. He was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India India, officia ...

of CPI, respectively, from the Thiruvananthapuram Constituency. Sivakumar was fielded in for the first time into 2011 State Assembly election from Thiruvananthapuram constituency. He emerged victorious against the former Minister

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of Kerala Congress (Anti-merger Group) by a margin of 5352 votes. Sivakumar was sworn in as a minister in Kerala for the first time in 2011. He was sworn is as the Minister for Transport and Devaswom on 18 May 2011 in the Oommen Chandy Ministry 2011-2016. Later in the first cabinet reshuffle, he was made the Minister for Health, Family Welfare and Devaswom. His portfolio includes Health, Family Welfare, Medical Education, Medical University, Indigenous Medicines, Drug Control, Homoeopathy, Naturopathy and Devaswoms. He was booked by Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (VACB) of Kerala on 27 February 2020 for illegally acquiring money via his close associates between 2011–16.

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Early life

Political life

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