Kodikunnil Suresh

Kodikunnil Suresh

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Kodikunnil Suresh Profile

  • Name:
  • Kodikunnil Suresh
  • Born:
  • June 4, 1962
  • Spouse:
  • Bindu

Kodikunnil Suresh Biography

Kodikunnil Suresh is a noted politician and parliamentarian from Kerala. He is a prominent and senior leader of Indian National Congress who currently serves as the Secretary of the All India Congress Committee (AICC). He currently serves as a Member of Parliament from Mavelikara Constituency. Got elected to Lok Sabha in 2009 general assembly elections, he was a member of Manmohan Singh’s cabinet. He served as Minister of State (Ministry of Labour) during 28 October 2012 – 26 May 2014. He is a 6-term parliamentarian who got elected for the first time in 1989, followed by 1991, 1996, 1999, 2009 and 2014. He was defeated twice in General elections in 1998 and 2004.

 

He was born in Kodikkunil, Thiruvananthapuram District in 1962. He was born into a poor family. He completed BA followed by LLB from Government Arts College, Thiruvananthapuram. He is married to Bindu Suresh and the couple has one son. Rose to prominent position in politics in the 1980s, he contested to Lok Sabha for the first time in 1989 in Congress ticket. He got elected from Adoor Constituency. He successfully contested from the same constituency in 1991 and 1996, and got defeated for the first time in 1998 Lok Sabha elections.

 

Though he bounced back in 1999 elections, he lost 2004 general elections. After that he successfully contested in 2009 and 2014 general elections. He was induced to Manmohan Singh’s cabinet in 2012. After 2009 general elections, there created a major controversy over his caste certificate, and the result was declared void. However the verdict was later reversed by the Supreme Court. He has earlier served as a member of Standing Committee on Petroleum and Fertilizers and member of Consultative Committee, Ministry of Human Resource Development in the 1990s.

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Updated: June 26, 2016

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