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M. P. Veerendra Kumar | |
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| Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | |
| In office 23 March 2018 (2018-03-23) – 28 May 2020 (2020-05-28) | |
| Succeeded by | M. V. Shreyams Kumar |
| Constituency | Kerala |
| President ofLoktantrik Janata DalKerala state | |
| In office 2018–2020 | |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| In office 16 May 2004 (2004-05-16) – 16 May 2009 (2009-05-16) | |
| Preceded by | K. Muraleedharan |
| Succeeded by | M. K. Raghavan |
| Constituency | Kozhikode |
| In office 1996 (1996) – 1998 (1998) | |
| Preceded by | K. Muraleedharan |
| Succeeded by | P. Sankaran |
| Constituency | Kozhikode |
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| Born | (1937-08-15)15 August 1937[1] |
| Died | 28 May 2020(2020-05-28) (aged 83)[2] |
| Political party | Loktantrik Janata Dal (from 24 March 2018) |
| Other political affiliations | Janata Dal (United) (till 20 December 2017), Socialist Janata (Democratic), Janata Dal (Secular) |
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Maniyankode Padmaprabha Veerendra Kumar (15 August 1937 — 28 May 2020) was an Indian politician, writer and journalist, who was amember of the14th Lok Sabha. He was a member of theLoktantrik Janata Dal political party and president of theKerala state branch of the party. He was also the chairman and managing director of the Malayalam daily newspaperMathrubhumi.
Veerendra Kumar was born on 22 July 1936 to Marudevi Avva and M. K. Padmaprabha Goudar, a leader ofSocialist Party and former MLA, inKalpetta. The eldest of their eight children, he had six younger sisters and a younger brother. After schooling inKalpetta andKozhikode, he did hismaster's in philosophy from theRamakrishna Mission Vivekananda College.
As a politician, he was treasurer and a national committee member of the formerSamyukta Socialist Party, state secretary of the Kerala Unit of the Socialist Party, one of the all India secretaries of the former Socialist Party, convener of the Opposition Co-ordination Committee in Kerala, vice president of the formerJanata Party, and its president. He was arrested duringThe Emergency. From 1987–91 he was a member of theKerala Legislative Assembly. Later, in 1996 he was elected to theLok Sabha, lower house of theParliament of India from Kozhikode constituency and served as Union Minister of State for Finance inDeve Gowde Ministry from 21 February 1997 to 7 June 1997. He also served asUnion Minister for Labour (Independent charge) with additional charges as Minister of State, Urban Affairs & Employment (Independent charges) and Parliamentary Affairs inI.K.Gujral Ministry from 10 June 1997 to March.
He died on 28 May 2020 due to cardiac arrest atKozhikode inKerala.[3] He was aged 83 when he died, and was suffering from many age-related illnesses. He was cremated with full state honours at the premises of his ancestral home in Kalpetta. He is survived by his daughters Asha, Nisha and Jayalakshmi, son M.V. Sreyamskumar (Also a politician, currently serving as the Managing Director of Mathrubhumi), and many grandchildren. Usha Veerandrakumar, his wife, too outlived for two years, dying on 28 October 2022.
His works as an author include:
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| Preceded by | Member of Parliament forKozhikode 2004 - 2009 | Succeeded by |
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