K. Suresh Kurup (born 25 May 1956) is an Indian politician and a member of the

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. He was a

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of the

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representing Ettumanoor constituency from 1 June 2011 to 24 May 2021. He was a member of the

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, 12th,

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and

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from Kottayam constituency of

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Personal life

K. Suresh Kurup was born on 25 May 1956 as the son of Kunjan Pillai and Bharathy Amma at

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in the erstwhile State of Travancore–Cochin. He was educated at

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in Kottayam,

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and The Kerala Law Academy Law College, Thiruvananthapuram. He has

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and

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degrees and has practised as a lawyer. He is married to Savithry Nampoothiri and has two sons. His younger son is Upcoming Auteur Director cum Singer Gopikrishnan S Kurup.

Political career

Kurup was chairman of the Kerala University Students Union in 1978-1979 and president of the state branch of the

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between 1982 and 1985. In 1984, Kurup was elected to the 8th Lok Sabha. He was elected to the 12th Lok Sabha in 1998 and to the 13th Lok Sabha in 1999, as well as to the 14th Lok Sabha in 2004. Kurup won the Ettumanoor constituency in the elections for the Legislative Assembly of Kerala in 2011 and 2016.

References

Communist Party of India (Marxist) politicians from Kerala Living people 1956 births India MPs 1984–1989 India MPs 1998–1999 India MPs 1999–2004 India MPs 2004–2009 Lok Sabha members from Kerala Politicians from Kottayam Kerala MLAs 2011–2016 Kerala MLAs 2016–2021 {{Kerala-CPIndiaMarxist-politician-stub