Thomas Unniyadan

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Adv. Thomas Unniyadan
Member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
In office 2001 – 2 June 2016
Preceded by	Lonappan Nambadan
Succeeded by	K. U. Arunan
Constituency	Irinjalakuda
Chief Whip
Personal details
Born	19 June 1958 Vaikom, Kottayam
Nationality	Indian
Political party	Kerala Congress
Other political affiliations	Kerala Congress (M) Kerala Congress (Joseph)
Spouse	Smt.Sherly
Relations	Sri.Mathew Joseph (father) Smt.Mary Joseph (mother) Smt.Sherly (spouse)
Children	2 daughters
Parents	Sri.Mathew Joseph (father) Smt.Mary Joseph (mother)
Residence(s)	Irinjalakuda, Kerala
Education	B.A. (Devaswom Board College, Thalayolaparambu), LL.B. (Kerala Law Academy Law College, Thiruvananthapuram)

Thomas Unniyadan is a politician, former MLA and former Government Chief Whip of the Govt. of Kerala. He is at present the Deputy Chairman of Kerala Congress. He was a member of Kerala legislative assembly from Irinjalakuda from 2001 to 2016. He was born in Vaikom, the famous temple town in Kottayam district, as the son of Sri. Mathew Joseph and Smt. Mary Joseph. He is an advocate by profession. He was awarded the best MLA multiple times and has achieved several recognitions and awards in the national and international level. He was credited with achieving complete electrification of his constituency and was the first constituency in India to achieve this feat. He was also instrumental in familiarizing computers among school children. He is married to Smt. Sherly, and has two daughters. He is settled in Irinjalakuda.