Thomas Chazhikadan

Indian politician

Thomas Chazhikadan
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office
23 May 2019 (2019-05-23)
Preceded byJose K. Mani
ConstituencyKottayam
Member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
In office
1991 (1991)–2011 (2011)
Succeeded byK. Suresh Kurup
ConstituencyEttumanoor
Personal details
Born (1952-09-25) 25 September 1952 (age 71)
Ettumanoor, State of Travancore–Cochin (present day Kottayam, Kerala), India
Political partyKerala Congress (M)
Residence(s)SH Mount, Kumaranalloor, Kottayam, Kerala, 686016
Alma materInstitute of Chartered Accountants of India

Thomas Chazhikadan (born 25 September 1952) is an Indian politician and Chartered Accountant and the current elected Member of Parliament from Kottayam Lok Sabha constituency and a former MLA of Kerala for Ettumanoor constituency from 1991 to 2011.[1] He successfully contested as Kerala Congress (M) candidate from Kottayam for Lok Sabha election in 2019. He is a member of the Kerala Congress (M).[2]

He was the elder brother of politician Babu Chazhikadan, who was the original candidate from Ettumanoor, but killed by a lightning strike during the election campaign of 1991.

He is now a partner of Thomas Chazhikadan & Associates, a Chartered Accountant firm in Kottayam, Kerala.

Early life

Thomas Chazhikadan was born on 25 September 1952 at Veliyannoor, Kottayam to Cyriac and Aleyamma Chazhikadan. He was a member of several social service clubs such as YMCA; Y's Men International and Lions Club International. He has served as the President of the Kottayam District Co-operative Society and the Vice-President of the New Bank of India Officers Association. He had also been the Secretary of the Bankers Club, Kottayam and a member of the Mahatma Gandhi University Senate.

References

  1. ^ M.K, Nidheesh (12 March 2019). "Kerala: Congress ally KC(M) at the verge of implosion". Mint. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Kerala". The Journal of Parliamentary Information. 38. Lok Sabha Secretariat: 59. 1992. ISSN 0447-9408.
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