K. P. Mohanan is and Indian politician. He served as

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Minister for

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in UDF Cabinet from 18 May 2011 to 20 May 2016. He was the General Secretary of SJD based in

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. SJD was part of Congress-led UDF until it dissolved in 2014. He is a member of

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. As a minister, Mohanan handled portfolios of Agriculture, Soil Conservation, Soil Survey, Warehousing Corporation, Agricultural University, Animal Husbandry, Veterinary University, Printing and Stationery. https://www.niyamasabha.nic.in/index.php/content/member_homepage/2459

Early life

He was born at Puthoor near

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district of

on 3 March 1950. He is the son of Kerala's former Minister Late Shri. P. R. Kurup and Late Smt. K.P. Leelavathy Amma. His father had been elected from Peringalam constituency in the third, fifth, eighth, and 10th elections to the Assembly. Before that, he was elected from the Koothupramba constituency in 1957, the first Assembly elections in reorganised Kerala, and again in 1960. He served as Minister for Irrigation and Cooperation from 1967 to 1969 in the

E. M. S. Namboodiripad Elamkulam Manakkal Sankaran Namboodiripad (13 June 1909 – 19 March 1998), popularly known as E.M.S. Namboodiripad or simply by his initials E. M. S., was an Indian communist politician and theorist, who served as the first Chief Minister of ...

Ministry and as Forest and Transport Minister from 1996 to 1999 in the E. K. Nayanar Ministry. C.V. Narayanan Gurukkal of the CVN Kalari was his grandfather's younger brother. Mohanan completed his Pre-degree and A.M.A.E.S.I. (Aeronautical Engineering Diploma) at Nehru College, Coimbatore, and then worked as

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for ''Padayani Daily'', a National Socialist evening

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published from

Thalassery Thalassery () (also called Tellicherry) is a city and municipality on the Malabar Coast in Kannur district in the state of Kerala, India, bordered by the districts of Mahe and Kozhikode. Thalassery municipality has a population of just under ...

. Mohanan worked in

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for a short time in photography, film processing, and sales in the colour Labs of Vegas and Salam Studio & Stores.

Career

Mohanan started his political career as a member of ISO, the Student's Organization of socialist party. He held the post of state treasurer of ISO, and participated in many student movements and agitations. He became the member of Janatha party when it formed. He was elected as the

district secretary of Yuva Janatha. He became a member of the National working committee of Janatha Dal and the Janatha Dal State committee. He served on the Kunnothu Paramba Gram Panchayat executive committee for 7 years. He was the president of Perigalam Mandalam state fencing association and member of the

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association and sports council. Mohanan represented Peringalam constituency in the 2001 and 2006 Legislative assembly. In the 2011 assembly elections he won from

Kuthuparamba Kuthuparamba or Koothuparamba is a municipality in Kannur district of Kerala, India. It is about 24 km southeast of Kannur and 14 km east of Thalassery. Administration Kuthuparamba Municipality is a part of Kuthuparamba Assembly con ...

constituency. He is the Parliamentary Board Chairman of Socialist Janatha (Democratic).

Achievements

Mohanan won the first award instituted by Kerala NRI centre state committee for "People's MLA".

Personal life

Mohanan's wife, Smt. Hemaja Mohanan, is from

Perambra Perambra is a major town in Koyilandy taluk of Kozhikode district in North Malabar region of Kerala state, India. Perambra is the anglicized form of the original name 'Payyormala' from the British rule. It is one of the 140 assembly constituen ...

Kozhikode Kozhikode (), also known as Calicut, is a city along the Malabar Coast in the state of Kerala in India. Known as the City of Spices, Kozhikode is listed among the City of Literature, UNESCO's Cities of Literature. It is the nineteenth large ...

district. He has three children, including son Ram Mohan, and daughters Rajila Mohan and Ramila Mohan.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mohanan, K. P. Loktantrik Janata Dal politicians 1950 births Living people Kerala MLAs 2001–2006 Kerala MLAs 2006–2011 Kerala MLAs 2011–2016 Malayali politicians Kerala politicians Janata Dal (United) politicians Socialist Janata (Democratic) politicians Janata Dal (Secular) politicians Agriculture ministers of Kerala