Thomas Chazhikadan | |
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Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
In office 2019–2024 | |
Preceded by | Jose K. Mani |
Constituency | Kottayam |
Member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
In office 1991 –2011 | |
Succeeded by | K. Suresh Kurup |
Constituency | Ettumanoor |
Personal details | |
Born | Ettumanoor,State of Travancore–Cochin (present day Kottayam,Kerala),India | 25 September 1952
Political party | Kerala Congress (M) |
Residence(s) | SH Mount,Kumaranalloor,Kottayam,Kerala,686016 |
Alma mater | Institute of Chartered Accountants of India |
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Thomas Chazhikadan (born 25 September 1952) is an Indian politician and Chartered Accountant and former Member of Parliament from Kottayam Lok Sabha constituency from 2019 to 2024 and a former MLA of Kerala for Ettumanoor constituency from 1991 to 2011. [1] He is a member of the Kerala Congress (M) and successfully contested as the party's candidate from Kottayam for the 2019 Lok Sabha election. [2]
His elder brother,politician Babu Chazhikadan,was the original candidate from Ettumanoor,but killed by a lightning strike during the election campaign of 1991. [3]
He is now a partner at Thomas Chazhikadan &Associates,a Chartered Accountancy firm in Kottayam,Kerala.[ citation needed ]
Thomas Chazhikadan was born on 25 September 1952 at Veliyannoor,Kottayam to Cyriac and Aleyamma Chazhikadan. He was a member of several social service clubs such as YMCA;Y's Men International and Lions Club International. He has served as the President of the Kottayam District Co-operative Society and the Vice-President of the New Bank of India Officers Association. He had also been the Secretary of the Bankers Club,Kottayam and a member of the Mahatma Gandhi University Senate.