Vakkom Purushothaman

Vakkom Purushothaman
Purushothaman (center) in 2012
9th Governor of Mizoram
In office
2 September 2011 (2011-09-02)[1] – 6 July 2014 (2014-07-06)
Chief MinisterLal Thanhawla
Preceded byMadan Mohan Lakhera
Succeeded byKamla Beniwal
14th Governor of Tripura
In office
30 June 2014 (2014-06-30) – 14 July 2014 (2014-07-14)
Chief MinisterManik Sarkar
Preceded byDevanand Konwar
Succeeded byPadmanabha Acharya
6th Lieutenant Governor of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands
In office
19 March 1993 (1993-03-19) – 18 March 1996 (1996-03-18)
Preceded bySurjit Singh Barnala
Succeeded byIshwari Prasad Gupta
Speaker of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
In office
2001–2004
Chief MinisterA. K. Antony
Preceded byM. Vijayakumar
Succeeded byTherambil Ramakrishnan
In office
1982–1984
Chief MinisterK. Karunakaran
Preceded byA. C. Jose
Succeeded byV. M. Sudheeran
Minister of Finance and Excise, Government of Kerala
In office
2004–2006
Chief MinisterOommen Chandy
Preceded byK. Sankaranarayanan
Succeeded byT. M. Thomas Isaac
Minister of Health and Tourism, Government of Kerala
In office
1980–1981
Chief MinisterE. K. Nayanar
Preceded byK.P. Prabhakaran (Health)
Succeeded byR. Sundaresan Nair
Minister of Agriculture and Labour, Government of Kerala
In office
1971–1977
Chief MinisterC. Achutha Menon
Preceded byBaby John (Labour)
N.K. Balakrishnan (Agriculture)
Succeeded byOommen Chandy (Labour)
K. Sankaranarayanan (Agriculture)
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
1984–1991
Preceded bySusheela Gopalan
Succeeded byT. J. Anjalose
ConstituencyAlappuzha
Member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
In office
2001–2006
Preceded byAnathalavattom Anandan
Succeeded byAnathalavattom Anandan
ConstituencyAttingal
In office
1970–1984
Preceded byK. P. K. Das
Succeeded byP. Vijayadas
ConstituencyAttingal
Personal details
Born(1928-04-12)12 April 1928
Vakkom, Kingdom of Travancore, British India
(present-day Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India)
Died31 July 2023(2023-07-31) (aged 95)
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
Political partyIndian National Congress
SpouseDr. Lily Purushothaman
Children3

Vakkom B. Purushothaman (12 April 1928 – 31 July 2023) was an Indian politician who served as the Governor of Mizoram from 2011 to 2014, Speaker of the Kerala Legislative Assembly, state minister and Lieutenant Governor of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.


Vakkom B. Purushothaman was born at Vakkom near Trivandrum, the capital of the erstwhile Kingdom of Travancore, on 12 April 1928, as the eldest son of Bhanu Panicker and Bhavani Amma. He was also the grandson of Pappu Tharakan, a notable businessman in Travancore.[2]

He started his political life as an active worker of the Students' Congress (now called Kerala Students Union) in 1946, he became a member of Vakkom Panchayat in 1953. Later, he served as President of the District Congress Committee, Thiruvananthapuram and the General Secretary and Vice–President of the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee. He has been a member of All India Congress Committee for over 35 years.[3]

  1. ^ "Vakkom B Purusothaman new governor of Mizoram". The Economic Times. 2 September 2011. Retrieved 8 September 2011.
  2. ^ "Members - Kerala Legislature". www.niyamasabha.org. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  3. ^ "VakkomPurushothaman". stateofkerala.in. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 6 September 2011.