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P. P. Thankachan

President of the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee
In office 2004
Preceded by	K. Muraleedharan
Succeeded by	Thennala Balakrishna Pillai
Minister for Agriculture, Government of Kerala
In office 03 May 1995 – 09 May 1996
Chief Minister	A. K. Antony
Preceded by	P. P. George
Succeeded by	V. K. Rajan
Speaker of Kerala Legislative Assembly
In office 01 July 1991 – 02 May 1995
Chief Minister	K. Karunakaran
Preceded by	Varkala Radhakrishnan
Succeeded by	Therambil Ramakrishnan
Member of Kerala Legislative Assembly
In office 1982–2001
Preceded by	P.R. Sivan
Succeeded by	Saju Paul
Constituency	Perumbavoor

Personal details
Born	(1939-07-29) 29 July 1939 (age 85) Angamali, (present day Ernakulam, Kerala, India)
Political party	Indian National Congress

P. Paulose Thankachan (born 29 July 1939, at Angamali in Ernakulam District) is an Indian politician who belongs to the Indian National Congress party. He was elected to the Kerala Legislative Assembly in 1982 and also in the subsequent Assemblies of 1987, 1991 and 1996, all from Perumbavoor.

Personal life

P. P. Thankachan was born on July 29, 1939, at Angamali in the Ernakulam district, as the son of the Rev. Father Paulose.

Political positions held

Opposition Chief Whip (1987–91)
Minister for Agriculture from 3 May 1995 to 9 May 1996.
President, KPCC (2004)
Chair of Speaker of Assembly in the 9th Kerala Legislative Assembly from 1 July 1991 to 3 May 1995

References

"Members - Kerala Legislature". www.niyamasabha.org.
"I am competent to continue as UDF convenor, says P P Thankachan". Mathrubhumi.
"Congress divided over K Babu issue". Deccan Chronicle. 7 September 2016.

United Democratic Front (Kerala)

Members

National party	Indian National Congress
State parties	Indian Union Muslim League Kerala Congress Revolutionary Socialist Party
Registered unrecognised parties	All India Forward Bloc Bharatiya National Janata Dal Communist Marxist Party (John) Kerala Congress (Jacob) Nationalist Congress Kerala

Conveners

P. J. Joseph (1980-82)
Oommen Chandy (1982-85, 2001-04)
K. Sankaranarayanan (1985-2001)
P. P. Thankachan (2004-18)
Benny Behanan (2018-20)
M. M. Hassan (2020-Incumbent)

Leaders

Congress (various)	K. Karunakaran A. K. Antony Oommen Chandy K. Sudhakaran V. D. Satheesan Ramesh Chennithala Shashi Tharoor K. Muraleedharan K. R. Narayanan Mullappally Ramachandran P. J. Kurien K. Sankaranarayanan P. P. Thankachan V. M. Sudheeran M. M. Hassan Vayalar Ravi K. C. Venugopal
Indian Union Muslim League	C. H. Mohammed Koya K. Avukader Kutty Naha E. Ahamed P. K. Kunhalikutty E. T. Mohammed Basheer
Kerala Congress (various)	K. M. Mani P. J. Joseph T. M. Jacob R. Balakrishna Pillai
Left-parties	M. V. Raghavan K. R. Gouri Amma N. K. Premachandran Shibu Baby John A. A. Aziz C. P. John Mani C. Kappan

In government

1981–87 (K. Karunakaran)
1991–96 (K. Karunakaran and A. K. Antony)
2001–2006 (A. K. Antony and Oommen Chandy)
2011–16 (Oommen Chandy)

Kerala chief ministers

K. Karunakaran (1981–82, 1982–1987, 1991–95)
A. K. Antony (1995–96, 2001–04)
Oommen Chandy (2004–06, 2011–16)

Kerala deputy chief ministers	C. H. Mohammed Koya (1981–83) K. Avukader Kutty Naha (1983-87)

Ministries

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