Vayalar Ravi, an Indian politician is presently serving as the cabinet minister in Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs. He is a member of
Rajya Sabha. He was born on 1937 to father Shri M.K. Krishnan and mother Shrimati Devaky Krishnan at Vayalar, Distt. Alappuzha (Kerala). He studied at S.D. College, Alappuzha, Maharajas College, Ernakulam and Law College, Ernakulam and gained B.A., M.A., and B.L degrees.
Positions Held by Vayalar Ravi
Vayalar Ravi is a member of Indian National Congress. The positions that he held throughout his political life are:
1971-77 Member, Fifth Lok Sabha
1977-79 Member, Sixth Lok Sabha
1982 Home Minister,
Kerala
1982-91 Member, Kerala Legislative Assembly
July 1994 Elected to Rajya Sabha
April 2003 Elected to Rajya Sabha
Since June 2003 members of (Committee on Petitions, Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture)
He has also been served as former President, Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (I); prominent trade union leader; President, (i) Cochin Port Staff Association, (ii) Cochin Thuramukha Thozhilali Union and (iii) Cochin Port Wharf Staff Association (C.P.W.S.A.); Founder Leader, Kerala Students` Union, the pioneer student movement in 1957; was in charge, Students Wing of All India Congress Committee (A.I.C.C.) and organized National Students` Union of India (N.S.U.I.); was Convener, State Youth Congress in 1965; was General Secretary, Indian Youth Congress; Member, (i) A.I.C.C. since 1967, (ii) Congress Working Committee in 1972 and (iii) Indian delegations to U.N.; General Secretary, A.I.C.C.
He was appointed as the Union Cabinet Minister for Overseas Affairs on January 30, 2006. He was given the responsibility of Ministry of Civil Aviation on January 19, 2011. Now he has resigned from the post as Ajit Singh Chaudhary has been appointed as the new Aviation Minister.
Personal Life of Vayalar Ravi
He was married on 9th June 1969 to Shrimati Mercy Ravi. The couple has two daughters and one son. Mercy Ravi died on September 5, 2009 as she was suffering from a kidney failure.
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(Last Updated on : 21/12/2011)
