In this Indian name, the toponymic surname is Chennithala. It is not a family name, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Ramesh.
Ramesh Chennithala
Member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 June 2011 (2011-06-01)
Preceded by
Adv. B. Babuprasad
Constituency
Haripad
Leader of the Opposition, Kerala Legislative Assembly
In office 29 May 2016 – 20 May 2021
Governor
P. Sathasivam Arif Mohammad Khan
Preceded by
V. S. Achuthanandan
Succeeded by
V. D. Satheesan
Minister of Home Affairs, Government of Kerala
In office 1 January 2014 – 20 May 2016
Preceded by
Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan
Succeeded by
Pinarayi Vijayan
AICC incharge for Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee
Incumbent
Assumed office 24 December 2023
Preceded by
H. K. Patil
President of the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee
In office 2005–2014
Preceded by
K. Muraleedharan
Succeeded by
V. M. Sudheeran
In office 1982–1989
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 1989–1998
Preceded by
K. Suresh Kurup
Succeeded by
K. Suresh Kurup
Constituency
Kottayam
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 1999 (1999)–2004 (2004)
Preceded by
P. J. Kurien
Succeeded by
C. S. Sujatha
Constituency
Mavelikara
Member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
In office 1982 (1982)–1989 (1989)
Preceded by
C. B. C. Warrier
Succeeded by
K. K. Sreenivasan
Constituency
Haripad
Personal details
Born
(1956-05-25) 25 May 1956 (age 68) Mavelikkara, State of Travancore–Cochin (present day Kerala), India
Political party
Indian National Congress
Spouse
Anita Ramesh
(m. 1986)
[1]
Parent(s)
V. Ramakrishnan Nair Devaki Amma
Alma mater
NSS Hindu College, Changanassery
Government Law College, Thiruvananthapuram
Ramesh Chennithala, [ɾɐmeːʃt͡ʃen̺ːit̪ːɐlɐ], (born 25 May 1956), is an Indian politician, and a permanent invitee to Working Committee of the Indian National Congress. He was the Leader of the Opposition in the 14th Kerala Legislative Assembly.[2] He also served as the state Home Minister in the Government of Kerala for two years. He holds the record of the youngest minister in Kerala at the age of 28.[3]
Chennithala has served as a Member of Parliament for four terms from Kottayam and Mavelikkara Parliament Constituencies and as a member of the Legislative assembly (MLA) for five terms including the current term from Haripad assembly constituency. He is the only leader from South India to hold the position of President of both State Students Union (KSU) and National Students Union (NSUI). He is also the only Malayali to hold the position of Indian Youth Congress (IYC) President during the time of Rajiv Gandhi. He has represented the highest body of the Indian National Congress, the Congress Working Committee (CWC) in 2004.
^"Parlement of India". parliamentofindia.nic.in. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
^"Ramesh Chennithala elected as new opposition leader". Times of India. 29 May 2016. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
^"Congress Elects Ramesh Chennithala As Leader Of Opposition In Kerala Assembly". NDTV.com. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
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