Vayalar Ravi

Vayalar Ravi

Vayalar Ravi is an eminent Indian Politician and former Union Cabinet Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs. He belongs to the Indian National Congress Party.

Vayalar Ravi is an eminent Indian Politician and former Union Cabinet Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs. He is a member of Rajya Sabha. He represents the Indian National Congress.

Early life of Vayalar Ravi
Vayalar Ravi was born on 1937 to Shri M.K. Krishnan and Shrimati Devaky Krishnan at Vayalar, Distt. Alappuzha (Kerala) in a middle class family. His father was a veteran freedom fighter, a social activist who fought against untouchability and served as Secretary of SNDP Taluka Committee for a long period. His mother was a prominent political congress leader of Kerala. She was the President of Kerala State Mahila Congress. She contested elections in the citadel of communists since 1960. Vayalar Ravi studied at S.D. College, Alappuzha, Maharajas College, Ernakulam and Law College, Ernakulam and gained B.A., M.A., and B.L degrees.

Political Career of Vayalar Ravi
Vayalar Ravi is a member of Indian National Congress. The positions that he held throughout his political career 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

June 2003-Feb. 2004 Member, Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture

June 2003-July 2004 Member, Committee on Petitions

Aug. 2003 - June 2006 Member, Rubber Board

Aug. 2004 - Jan. 2006 Chairman, Parliamentary Standing Committee on Human Resource Development

Oct. 2004 - Jan. 2006 Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Civil Aviation Member, General Purposes Committee

29 Jan. 2006 onwards Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs

6 April 2008-22 May 2009 Minister of Parliamentary Affairs

April 2009 Re-elected to Rajya Sabha

He has also 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. He resigned from the post after Ajit Singh Chaudhary succeeded him.

Personal Life of Vayalar Ravi
Vayalar Ravi married Shrimati Mercy Ravi on 9th June 1969. 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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