Adoor Prakash | |
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 Adoor Prakash | |
| Convenor of United Democratic Front | |
| Assumed office 8 May 2025 (2025-05-08) | |
| Preceded by | M. M. Hassan |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| Assumed office 17 June 2019 (2019-06-17) | |
| Speaker | Om Birla |
| Preceded by | Anirudhan Sampath |
| Constituency | Attingal |
| Minister for Health, Government of Kerala | |
| In office 23 May 2011 – 12 April 2012 | |
| Chief Minister | Oommen Chandy |
| Preceded by | P. K. Sreemathy |
| Succeeded by | V. S. Sivakumar |
| Minister for Revenue, Government of Kerala | |
| In office 12 April 2012 – 20 May 2016 | |
| Chief Minister | Oommen Chandy |
| Preceded by | Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan |
| Succeeded by | E. Chandrasekharan |
| Minister for Food and Civil Supplies, Government of Kerala | |
| In office 5 September 2004 – 12 May 2006 | |
| Chief Minister | Oommen Chandy |
| Preceded by | G. Karthikeyan |
| Succeeded by | C. Divakaran |
| Member of Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 1996–2019 | |
| Preceded by | A. Padmakumar |
| Succeeded by | K. U. Jenish Kumar |
| Constituency | Konni |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1952-05-24)24 May 1952 (age 73) |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
| Spouse | Jayasree Prakash |
| Children | 3 |
| Education | |
| Alma mater | |
Adoor Prakash (born 24 May 1952) is an Indian politician from theIndian National Congress. He is currently theMember of Parliament, Lok Sabha, representingAttingal constituency of Kerala.
He was theMinister ofKerala, India. He has deep family roots inMoonnalam,Adoor. He came to active politics through the Student movement ofKerala Students Union. He was elected to theKerala Legislative Assembly consecutively fromKonni Constituency in 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 and 2016 General Elections as a candidate ofIndian National Congress. He had held the portfolios ofFood & Civil supplies from 2004 to 2006,Health and Coir from 2011 to 2012, Revenue from 2012 to 2016, all under Chief Minister Oommen Chandy.[1]
In 2019, he was elected to theLoksabha fromAttingal constituency in 2019, the first Congress candidate to be elected from the constituency since 1989.[2][3] In 2024, he was reelected from Attingal defeatingV Joy of the CPI(M). The margin of victory between the two candidates was 684 votes, the second-lowest majority in the2024 Lok Sabha elections in India.[4][5] In 2025 UDF appointed him asUnited Democratic Front (Kerala) Convenor.
Prakash was born inAdoor on 24 May 1952 to N. Kunjuraman and V. M. Vilasini. He studied predegree fromSB College Changanassery and laterSree Narayana College, Kollam andThe Kerala Law Academy Law College, Thiruvananthapuram and graduated with aB.A. andLL.B. He's married to Jayasree and the couple has three children.[2][1]
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