Joseph M. Puthussery (born at Kalloppara on 28 April 1959) is an Indian politician. He serves as senior leader of the Kerala Congress.
Joseph M. Puthussery | |
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| Member of Kerala Legislative Assembly (MLA) | |
| In office 1991–1996 | |
| Constituency | Kallooppara Constituency |
| In office 2001–2011 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 April 1959 Kallooppara, Pathanamthitta district, Kerala |
| Political party | Kerala Congress |
| Spouse | Lylee |
| Children | 3 |
| Residence(s) | Thiruvalla, Pathanamthitta district, Kerala |
| Source: [[1]] | |
Early life
editJoseph M. Puthussery was born on April 28, 1959 in Kallooppara, Pathanamthitta district of Kerala as the son of Mamman and Mariamma.[1] He entered politics as a student through Kerala Students Congress (K.S.C), the students' wing of Kerala Congress. He served as school unit secretary, vice president, All Kerala Balajana Sakhyam, State General Secretary and President, KSC; General Secretary, Kerala Youth Front and KTUC State Committee. He was a member, KSRTC Director Board, KSEB Consultative Committee, MG University Senate.
Career
editFollowing university, he was on Southern Railway Consultative Committee, District Sports Council, Pathanamthitta, Malankara Orthodox Church Managing Committee, MOC's Colleges Governing Body; Was Office Bearer, Transport Driver's Union; Electricity Board Executive Employees Union, Assistant Engineers Association, Coconut Development Corporation Staff Union.
He serves as General Secretary and Official Spokesman of Kerala Congress (M);[2] Chairman, Mallappally Public Stadium Society. Was Secretary and Chief Whip of Kerala Congress (M) Parliamentary Party; Member, UDF State Co-ordination Committee.
Since 2017 a column entitled 'Veenduvicharam' is being written in a Malayalam Daily.Five books 'Veenduvicharam', 'Vimarsam', 'Kalam Kannadi Nokkunnu', 'Paksham Janapaksham' and 'Vox Populi' have been published.
He was the General Secretary of the Kerala Congress (M) and after the death of K. M. Mani, he left the party and joined the Joseph faction of the Kerala Congress in protest against the decision of Jose faction of Kerala Congress (M) to join the Left Democratic Front.[3][4]
Electoral politics
editPuthussery was elected as Member of Kerala Legislative Assembly from the old Kallooppara constituency in 1991, 2001 and 2006, but did not get a seat after the constituency was abolished in 2011.[5] He later contested the 2016 assembly elections from Tiruvalla constituency but lost to Mathew T. Thomas.[5]
During his Tenure as MLA, Puthussery served as a member of the Privileges Committee, Public Undertaking Committee, Official Language Committee, Environment Committee, Rules Committee, Petitions Committee and Committee for the Welfare of Women and Children.
Puthusserry was a participant in the seven Annual General Assembly Sessions of the Inter Parliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy (IAO) held at Greek Parliament (2013), Russian Parliament (2014), Vienna (2015), Thessaloniki (2016), Italian Parliament (2017) Greek Parliament (2018)and Georgian Parliament(2019). IAO combines the efforts of European countries, with headquarters in the Greek Parliament. During his visit to the 2017 IAO General Assembly, he met with Pope Francis. He also met Prokopios Pavlopoulos, Greek President during the IAO 25th Annual General Assembly.
References
edit- ^ a b "Members - Kerala Legislature". Retrieved 23 July 2023.
- ^ "States/Kerala: Action sought against lottery". The Hindu. 16 August 2010. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
- ^ mediaone (24 September 2020). "ജോസഫ് എം പുതുശേരി കേരള കോൺഗ്രസ് വിട്ടു" (in Malayalam). Retrieved 23 July 2023.
- ^ "'Can't be part of LDF': Senior leader of Kerala Congress (M) quits Jose Mani faction". 24 September 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
- ^ a b "ഇത്രയും കാലം ഉയർത്തിപ്പിടിച്ച രാഷ്ട്രീയത്തെ തള്ളിപ്പറയാനാകില്ല, എൽഡിഎഫിലേക്കില്ല: പുതുശ്ശേരി". Mathrubhumi (in Malayalam). 24 September 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
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