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'''P. K. Hormis Tharakan''', an [[Indian Police Service]] (IPS) officer of the [[Kerala]] cadre (1968 batch), was chief of the [[Research and Analysis Wing]] (R&AW), [[India]]'s external intelligence agency, from February 1, 2005 to January 31, 2007. He is the former Director General of the Kerala Police.<ref>Rediff Article http://in.rediff.com/news/2005/feb/02spec3.htm</ref><br />
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Tharakan succeeded [[C. D. Sahay]] - a 1967 batch officer of the IPS's [[Karnataka]] cadre - on January 31, 2005.<br />
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He was one of the advisors to the governor of Karnataka, when the state was brought under the President's rule prior to Assembly elections in the state in 2008. He was a member of the [[National Security Council (India)|National Security Council]] and was also the Chief Advisor of Strategic Affairs.<br />
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Tharakan comes from the Parayil family<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://cs.nyu.edu/kandathi/parayil.html|title=Parayil Tharakan - Family History|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120531102430/http://cs.nyu.edu/kandathi/parayil.html|archive-date=2012-05-31|url-status=}}</ref> in Olavipe, Kerala.<br />
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{{s-ttl|title=[[R&AW#Secretaries of R.26AW|Director of R&AW]]<br />
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{{s-aft|after=[[Ashok Chaturvedi]]}}<br />
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