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V. N. Vasavan | |
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| Minister for Devasoms, Government of Kerala | |
| Assumed office 23 June 2024 | |
| Chief Minister | Pinarayi Vijayan |
| Preceded by | K. Radhakrishnan |
| Minister for Ports and Co-operation, Government of Kerala | |
| Assumed office 20 May 2021 | |
| Chief Minister | Pinarayi Vijayan |
| Preceded by |
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| Member of Kerala Assembly | |
| Assumed office 24 May 2021 | |
| Preceded by | K. Suresh Kurup |
| Constituency | Ettumanoor |
| In office 2006–2011 | |
| Preceded by | Mercy Ravi |
| Succeeded by | Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan |
| Constituency | Kottayam |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 August 1954 Mattakkara, Kottayam |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Political party | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
V.N. Vasavan (Born in 1954) is an Indian politician and the current Minister for Ports and Cooperation and Minister for Devaswoms, Government of Kerala[1] in the second Pinarayi Vijayan Ministry.[2] Now he is also the MLA from Ettumanoor assembly constituency[3] of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) for Kottayam district.[4] Vasavan is the member of the Kerala Legislature for the constituency of Ettumanoor.[5]
Political career
[edit]Vasavan entered politics through student federation. Then he was district joint secretary of KSYF and DYFI. He became a member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) in 1974, elected as a District Committee Member in 1991, as District Secretariat Member in 1997 and as Kottayam District Secretary in the district conference held at Ettumanoor on 18 January 2015.[6] Vasavan is one of the State Committee members of CPIM Kerala.
He was a member of Pampady Grampanchayath, President Pampady Housing Cooperative Society, President of Kottayam District Cooperative Bank, Director of State Cooperative Bank, General Secretary Kerala Private Hospital Employees Federation, Syndicate Member Sree Shankaracharya University of Sanskrit, Kalady and District President of CITU, Kottayam.
Vasavan contested the Kerala Legislature elections from Puthuppally in 1987 and 1991 and from Kottayam in 2006 and 2011. He was MLA for Kottayam between 2006 and 2011. Now Vasavan is the District Secretary of CPI(M), Kottayam District, State Committee Member of CPI(M),[7] Director Board Member of RUBCO,[8] General Council and Working Committee member of CITU,[9] President of the Navalokam Cultural Center, General Secretary Pampady Range Toddy Workers Union and President Captain Lakshmy Charitable Society. Vasavan is the Advisory Board Chairman of ABHAYAM CHARITABLE SOCIETY Kottayam.
References
[edit]- ^ "GOVERNMENT OF KERALA - NOTIFICATION". 20 May 2021. Archived from the original on 30 May 2021.
- ^ "വകുപ്പുകളിലും മാറ്റം; ദേവസ്വം വാസവന്, പാർലമെന്ററികാര്യം എംബി രാജേഷിന്". Mathrubhumi. 20 June 2024. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
- ^ "Unknown". Archived from the original on 23 September 2015.
- ^ "Communist Party of India (Marxist) | State Committee, Kerala".
- ^ "ജില്ലയെ കുറിച്ച് (About the district)".
- ^ "V.N. Vasavan to head CPI(M) in Kottayam". The Hindu. 19 January 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- ^ "സംസ്ഥാന കമ്മിറ്റിയില് 15 പുതുമുഖങ്ങള് - Latest News - Mathrubhumi". www.mathrubhumi.com. Archived from the original on 23 February 2015.
- ^ "Kerala state Rubber Co-operative Limited | an ISO 9001:2008 Certified Company Kerala state Rubber Co-operative Limited | an ISO 9001:2008 Certified Company".
- ^ "Official Website :: Centre of Indian Trade Unions".
External links
[edit]- Vasavan, V.N.
- V N Vasavan as new CPIM Kottayam District Secretary
- V.N. Vasavan to head CPI(M) in Kottayam
- V N Vasavan Elected CPM Kottayam Dist Secretary
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