MINISTER FOR FINANCE AND EXCISE

 

 

Shri Vakkom Purushothaman






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P R O F I L E

       

 

 
Son of Late Shri.Bhanu Panicker and Smt.Bhavani
Qualification:  MA, LLB
Date of Birth:
12th April, 1928
Profession    : Lawyer, Political and Social Worker
 
   
     
  Office Held:
  • Former President of the District Congress Committee, Trivandrum

  • Former General Secretary of Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee

  • Former Vice President of the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee

  • Was Member of AICC for 25 years

  • Cabinet Minister of Kerala State from September 1971 to March 1977 and from January 1980 to October 1981

  • Speaker of the Kerala Legislative Assembly from June 1982 to December 1984

  • Elected to the Kerala Legislative Assembly 5 times

  • Member of the 8th & 9th Lok Sabha

  • Member of the Panel of Chairmen in the 8th & 9th Lok Sabha

  • Chairman of the Committee on Public Undertakings of the Parliament

  • Chairman of the Committee on Subordinate Legislation of the Parliament

  • Chairman of the Consultative Committee of Experts to the CIDP of Inter Parliamentary Union, Geneva, for five years

  • Member of the University Syndicate of Kerala University

  • Member of the Vakkom Panchayat while a student

  • Delegate to the Common Wealth Parliamentary Conferences held in Bahamas, Nairobi, Isle of Man and Canberra

  • Lieutenant Governor of Andaman & Nicobar Islands from 19th March 1993 to March 1996


 
     
 
Elected to K.L.A. in 1970, 1977, 1980, 1982, 2001
Constituency :    Attingal
Party: Indian National Congress
 
     
 
 
 

P E R  S O N A L    I N F O

 
       

  Languages known : Malayalam and English  
  Wife : Dr. Lily Purushothaman  
  Children : 2 sons and 1 daughter  
  Travels Abroad : Switzerland, U.S.A., Netherlands, France, United Kingdom, Italy, U.S.S.R., Bahamas, Japan, Singapore, Maldives, Sri Lanka, Greece, Isle of Man, Thailand, Hong Kong, Kuwait, U.A.E, U.A.R., Columbia, Poland, Belgium, Austria, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Hungary, Mauritius, Sultanate of Oman, Barbados, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Kenya, New Zealand, Australia, Malaysia, Indonesia, Bangladesh and Nepal  
  Hobbies : Reading, Traveling and Gardening  
  Recreation : Watching Movies, Dramas and Playing Cards  
  Official Address :

Room No. 118, 1st Floor, North Block, Secretariat

Phone Numbers :

Direct: 2333849, 2333772 
EPABX: 8193, 8082
PBX: 221

 
  Permanent Address :

Bindu, Kumarapuram, Thiruvananthapuram - 11

 
  Residential Address  

Cliff House, Nanthencode,

Thiruvananthapuram-695003

Phone Numbers :
Mobile : 9847060066
Residence: 2317051, 2314853

Email: vakkompurushothaman@niyamasabha.org

 
     
 
 
 

P O R T F O L I O S

 
       

         
 

Finance, Excise, National Savings, Stores Purchase, Commercial Taxes, Agricultural Income Tax, Treasuries, Lotteries, Local Fund Audit, Financial Enterprises, State Insurance, Stamps and Stamp Duties

 
     
  

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