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WHO IS THE PRESENT HEALTH MINISTER OF KERALA?

Adoor Prakash is the present  Minister for Health in Kerala. He is also in charge of Family Welfare, Medical Education, Indigenous Medicines, Drugs Control, Pollution Control, Homoeopathy, and Naturopathy and Coir.

Profile and Biography of Adoor Prakash

Personal Life

 Adoor Prakash has become MLA for four times and two times Minister.

Adoor Prakash born as a son of Adoor N Kunhiraman and V.M Vilasini on 1955 May 24. His father Adoor N Kunhiraman was SNDP vice president and member of Thiruvithankoor Devayam board. Adoor Prakash has completed his college life in S.N College Kollam where he started his political life. He is a degree holder in law. His wife name is Jayasree and have two son and a daughter.

Political life

Minister Adoor Prakash came to politics through congress students wing Kerala Students Union (KSU). He was youth congress state secretary from 1988 onwards. Adoor Prakash also served as Kerala cooperative bank director, KPCC member (from 1992 onwards) and KPCC secretary (for 4 years). Prakash was the member of public undertaking committee, local fund accountancy committee, official language committee and environment committee. He also give leadership to many trade unions.

Adoor Prakash came in Kerala legislative assembly for the first time in 1996 from Konni constituency. Then the people of Konni have only one MLA and that is Adoor Prakash. He became MLA of Konni for four times in 1996, 2001, 2006 and 2011. He was food and civil supplies minister in Oommen Chandy ministry- 2004.

In Kerala assembly election 2011 Adoor Prakash defeated M.S Rajendran of CPIM with 7774 votes. At present Adoor is Health minister of Kerala. Adoor become the member of Oommen Chandy ministry for two times.


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