Ramesh Chennithala

Ramesh Chennithala
Member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
1 June 2011
Preceded byB. Babuprasad
ConstituencyHaripad
In office
1982–1989
Preceded byC. B. C. Warrier
Succeeded byK. K. Sreenivasan
ConstituencyHaripad
Leader of the Opposition, Kerala Legislative Assembly
In office
29 May 2016 – 20 May 2021
GovernorP. Sathasivam
Arif Mohammad Khan
Preceded byV. S. Achuthanandan
Succeeded byV. D. Satheesan
Minister of Home Affairs, Government of Kerala
In office
1 January 2014 – 20 May 2016
Chief MinisterOommen Chandy
Preceded byThiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan
Succeeded byPinarayi Vijayan
Minister for Rural Development, Government of Kerala
In office
5 June 1986 – 25 March 1987
Chief MinisterK. Karunakaran
Preceded byN/A
Succeeded byT. Sivadasa Menon
President of the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee
In office
2005–2014
Preceded byK. Muraleedharan
Succeeded byV. M. Sudheeran
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
1999–2004
Preceded byP. J. Kurien
Succeeded byC. S. Sujatha
ConstituencyMavelikara
In office
1989–1998
Preceded byK. Suresh Kurup
Succeeded byK. Suresh Kurup
ConstituencyKottayam
AICC incharge for Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee
Assumed office
24 December 2023
Preceded byH. K. Patil
Personal details
Born (1956-05-25) 25 May 1956 (age 68)
Mavelikkara, Travancore–Cochin (present day Kerala), India
Political partyIndian National Congress
Spouse
Anita Ramesh
(m. 1986)
[1]
Parent(s)V. Ramakrishnan Nair
Devaki Amma
Alma mater

Ramesh Chennithala, [ɾɐmeːʃ t͡ʃen̺ːit̪ːɐlɐ], (born 25 May 1956), is an Indian politician, and a permanent invitee to Working Committee of the Indian National Congress. He was the Leader of the Opposition in the 14th Kerala Legislative Assembly.[2] He also served as the state Home Minister in the Government of Kerala for two years. He holds the record of the youngest minister in Kerala at the age of 28.[3]

Chennithala has served as a Member of Parliament for four terms from Kottayam and Mavelikkara Parliament Constituencies and as a member of the Legislative assembly (MLA) for five terms including the current term from Haripad assembly constituency. He is the only leader from South India to hold the position of President of both State Students Union (KSU) and National Students Union (NSUI). He is also the only Malayali to hold the position of Indian Youth Congress (IYC) President during the time of Rajiv Gandhi. He has represented the highest body of the Indian National Congress, the Congress Working Committee (CWC) in 2004.

  1. ^ "Parlement of India". parliamentofindia.nic.in. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Ramesh Chennithala elected as new opposition leader". Times of India. 29 May 2016. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
  3. ^ "Congress Elects Ramesh Chennithala As Leader Of Opposition In Kerala Assembly". NDTV.com. Retrieved 14 February 2022.