Mullappally Ramachandran

Mullappally Ramachandran
Born	(1944-11-07) 7 November 1944 Kozhikode, India
Nationality	Indian
Education	Government Law College, Kozhikode (L.L.B), Kerala University (M.A.)
Occupation	Politician
Political party	Indian National Congress
Religion	Hinduism
Spouse(s)	Usha Ramachandran
Website	mullappallyramachandran.com

Mullappally Ramachandran is an Indian Politician and a Member of Parliament for Vatakara constituency, the strongest Communist Party of India (Marxist) bastion in Kerala. A member of the Indian National Congress, he is the son of veteran freedom fighter Sri Mullappally Gopalan.

Mullappally Ramachandran has earlier returned five times consecutively to the 8th, 9th,10th,11th and 12th Lok Sabha from Kannur, another strong fortress of CPI (M). In the 15th Lok Sabha, he was Minister of State for Home Affairs, Govt. Of India^[1]

Member of Parliament

• 1984: Cannanore Lok Sabha constituency
• 1989: Cannanore Lok Sabha constituency
• 1991: Cannanore Lok Sabha constituency
• 1996: Cannanore Lok Sabha constituency
• 1998: Cannanore Lok Sabha constituency
• 2009: Vatakara Lok Sabha constituency
• 2014: Vatakara Lok Sabha constituency

Position held

• 1969-70 Chairman, Congress Forum for Socialist Action
• 1970-71 President, Youth Congress, Distt. Calicut
• 1977-82 President, Kerala Pradesh Youth Congress
• 1984 Elected to 8th Lok Sabha
• 1984-89 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Human Resource Development
• 1984- General-Secretary, Pradesh Congress Committee (appointed by Indiraji)
• 1987-88 Member, Committee on Subordinate Legislation
• 1987-89 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of External Affairs
• 1987-90 Member, Rules Committee
• 1988-95 Joint-Secretary, All India Congress Committee (Indira) [A.I.C.C.(I)]
• 1989 Re-elected to 9th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
• 1990-91 Member, Committee on Estimates
• Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Commerce; and Ministry of Tourism
• 1991 Re-elected to 10th Lok Sabha (3rd term)
• 1991-93 Union Minister of State, Agriculture and Cooperation
• 1993-96 Member, Committee on Industry
• Member, Central Advisory Committee on Light Houses
• Member, Select Committee on Transplantation of Human Organs Bill, 1993
• Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
• 1996 Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (4th term)
• 1996-97 Member, Committee on Commerce
• Member, Joint Committee on Salaries and Allowances Of Members of Parliament
• Member, Sub-Committee on Agricultural Exports
• Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Railways
• 1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (5th term)
• 1998-99 Member, Committee on Urban and Rural Development and Convenor of its Sub-Committee-I on Ministry of Urban Affairs and Employment; and Sub-Committee on Action Taken
• Member, Committee to review the rate of dividend payable by the Railway Undertakings
• Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Civil Aviation
• Member, Railway Convention Committee
• Member, South Zone Railway Advisory Committee
• 2000 General Secretary, KPCC
• 2005 Vice President, KPCC
• 2009 Minister of State (Home)

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Second Manmohan Singh Cabinet
Prime Minister: Manmohan Singh
Cabinet Ministers Agriculture Sharad Pawar Civil Aviation Ajit Singh Coal Shriprakash Jaiswal Commerce and Industry Anand Sharma Communications and IT Kapil Sibal Culture Chandresh Kumari Katoch Defence A. K. Antony Earth Sciences Jaipal Reddy External Affairs Salman Khurshid Finance P. Chidambaram Food Processing Industries Sharad Pawar Health and Family Welfare Ghulam Nabi Azad Heavy Ind. & Public Enterprises Praful Patel Home Affairs Sushilkumar Shinde Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Girija Vyas Human Resource Development Pallam Raju Labour and Employment Sis Ram Ola Law and Justice Kapil Sibal Mines Dinsha Patel Minority Affairs K. Rahman Khan New and Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah Overseas Indian Affairs Vayalar Ravi Parliamentary Affairs Kamal Nath Petroleum and Natural Gas Veerappa Moily Railway Mallikarjun Kharge Road Transport and Highways Oscar Fernandes Rural development Jairam Ramesh Science and Technology Jaipal Reddy Social Justice and Emp. Selja Kumari Steel Beni Prasad Verma Shipping G. K. Vasan Textiles Kavuri Samba Siva Rao Tribal Affairs Kishore Chandra Deo Urban Development Kamal Nath Water Resources Harish Rawat
Ministers of State (Independent Charge) Chemicals and Fertilizers Srikant Kumar Jena Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution K. V. Thomas Corporate Affairs Sachin Pilot Development of North Eastern Region Paban Singh Ghatowar Drinking Water and Sanitation Bharatsinh Madhavsinh Solanki Environment and Forests Jayanthi Natarajan Information and Broadcasting Manish Tewari MSME K. H. Muniyappa Power Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia Statistics and Programme Implementation Srikant Kumar Jena Tourism K. Chiranjeevi Women and Child Dev. Krishna Tirath Youth Affairs and Sports Jitendra Singh
Ministers of State Agriculture Charan Das Mahant, Tariq Anwar Civil Aviation K. C. Venugopal Coal Pratik Prakashbapu Patil Commerce and Industry Daggubati Purandeswari, E. M. Sudarsana Natchiappan Comm. & IT Killi Krupa Rani, Milind Murli Deora Corporate Affairs R. P. N. Singh Defence Jitendra Singh External Affairs E. Ahamed, Preneet Kaur Finance Namo Narain Meena, S. S. Palanimanickam Food Processing Ind. Charan Das Mahant Health and Family Welfare Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury, S. Gandhiselvan Home Affairs Mullappally Ramachandran, R. P. N. Singh Human Resource Development Jitin Prasada, Shashi Tharoor Information and Broadcasting S. Jagathrakshakan Labour and Employment Kodikunnil Suresh Minority Affairs Ninong Ering Parliamentary Affairs Paban Singh Ghatowar, Rajeev Shukla Petroleum and Natural Gas Panabaka Lakshmi, R. P. N. Singh New and Renewable Energy S. Jagathrakshakan Personnel, Public Griev. & Pensions V. Narayanasamy Planning Commission Rajeev Shukla Power K. C. Venugopal PMO V. Narayanasamy Railway Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, K. J. Surya Prakash Reddy Road Trans. & Highways Sarvey Sathyanarayana, Tushar Amarsinh Chaudhary Rural development Lal Chand Kataria, Pradeep Jain Aditya Shipping Milind Murli Deora Social Justice and Emp. Balram Naik, Manikrao Hodlya Gavit Textiles Panabaka Lakshmi Tribal Affairs Mahadeo Singh Khandela, Ranee Narah Urban Development Deepa Dasmunsi

Members of the 16th Lok Sabha from Kerala State
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