Chandy Oommen | |
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| Member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office 11 September 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Oommen Chandy |
| Constituency | Puthuppally |
| Chairman of the National Outreach Cell, Indian Youth Congress[1] | |
| In office 13 June 2022 – 19 July 2024[2] | |
| Preceded by | Shesh Narayan Ojha |
| Secretary (Kerala) of the Indian Youth Congress | |
| In office 13 June 2011 – 21 March 2016 | |
| Preceded by | S. T. Aneesh |
| Succeeded by | Abid Shahim |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 March 1986 Puthuppally, Kerala, India |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
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Chandy Oommen (born 1 March 1986) is an Indian lawyer, lecturer, and politician. He is an advocate by profession, who practices law at the Supreme Court of India since 2016. He currently serves as the Member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly representing Puthuppally Assembly constituency, since 2023, and was the Chairman of the National Outreach Cell of the Indian Youth Congress. On 9 September 2024, Government of India appointed Oommen as the Empanelled Advocate to represent the National Highways Authority of India in Courts in Kerala.[3]
The son of politician and former Chief Minister of Kerala, Oommen Chandy, Chandy is a member of the Indian National Congress (INC) and the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC). His entry into electoral politics occurred in September 2023 when he contested in the Puthupally assembly byelection and won with an unprecedented margin of 37,719 votes, setting a new record for the constituency.
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