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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = V.M. Sudheeran<br />
| image = V. M. Sudheeran INC.JPG<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1948|05|26}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Anthikad]], [[Cochin State]], [[Dominion of India|India]]<br />
| residence = [[Anthikad]], [[Thrissur]], [[Kerala]]<br />
| death_date = <br />
| death_place = <br />
| nationality = [[India]]n<br />
| office = President of the [[Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee]]<br />
| predecessor = [[Ramesh Chennithala]]<br />
| successor = [[M.M. Hassan]]<br />
| term_start = 10 February 2014<br />
| term_end = 10 March 2017<br />
| office3 = Minister for Health, [[Government of Kerala]]<br />
| term_start3 = April 1995<br />
| term_end3 = May 1996<br />
| predecessor3 = <br />
| successor3 = <br />
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]<br />
| spouse = Latha<br />
| profession = [[Politician]] <br /> [[Social Worker]]<br />
| footnotes = <br />
| signature = <br />
| office1 = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]<br />
| term_start1 = 1996<br />
| term_end1 = 2004<br />
| constituency1 = [[Alappuzha (Lok Sabha constituency)|Alappuzha]]<br />
| predecessor1 = T. J. Anjalose<br />
| successor1 = [[K. S. Manoj]]<br />
| term_start2 = 1977<br />
| term_end2 = 1980<br />
| constituency2 = [[Alappuzha (Lok Sabha constituency)|Alappuzha]]<br />
| predecessor2 = [[P. K. Vasudevan Nair]]<br />
| successor2 = [[Susheela Gopalan]]<br />
| office4 = [[Kerala Legislative Assembly|Speaker of Kerala Legislative Assembly]]<br />
| term_start4 = 8 March 1985<br />
| term_end4 = 27 March 1987<br />
| predecessor4 = K. M. Hamza Kunju<br />
| successor4 = [[Varkala Radhakrishnan]]<br />
| office5 = [[Kerala Legislative Assembly|Member of Kerala Legislative Assembly]]<br />
| term_start5 = 1980<br />
| term_end5 = 1996<br />
| constituency5 = [[Manalur (State Assembly constituency)|Manalur]]<br />
| predecessor5 = N. I. Devassykutty<br />
| successor5 = [[Rosamma Chacko]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''V.M. Sudheeran''' (born 26 May 1948) is an Indian politician, who was a former President of the [[Kerala]] [[Pradesh Congress Committee]] (KPCC), former Speaker of [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]], Health Minister of Kerala, and a prominent political leader in [[Kerala]].<ref>{{cite news|author=Special Correspondent |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/vmsudheeran-is-kpcc-president/article5672947.ece |title=V.M.Sudheeran is KPCC president |work=The Hindu |date=2014-02-02 |access-date=2014-02-10}}</ref> He was a member of the [[6th Lok Sabha|6th]], [[11th Lok Sabha|11th]], [[12th Lok Sabha|12th]] and [[13th Lok Sabha|13th]] [[Lok Sabha]] representing [[Alappuzha (Lok Sabha constituency)|Alappuzha]] each time and a member of Kerala Legislative Assembly from 1980 to 1996 representing [[Manalur (State Assembly constituency)|Manalur]].<br />
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==Political career==<br />
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Sudheeran started his political career through the [[Kerala Students Union]] (KSU), which he served as President from 1971 to 1973. He was elected President of the State Youth Congress in 1975 and continued in the position till 1977. He was elected to the [[6th Lok Sabha]] in 1977 from [[Alapuzha]]. In 1980, he contested in the Niyamasabha elections from Manalur and won. He remained the MLA from the constituency until 1996.<br />
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He served as the Speaker of Kerala Legislative Assembly from 1985 to 1987. In 1995, he was appointed Health Minister under Chief Minister [[A. K. Antony]]. In 1996, he sought election to the [[11th Lok Sabha]] from [[Alappuzha]] and won again. He was re-elected from the same constituency again in 1998 and 1999. In 1999 he defeated the renowned [[Malayalam]] film Actor [[Murali (Malayalam actor)|Murali]] with a considerable majority.<ref>[http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lok13/biodata/13KL15.htm Biodata of V. M. Sudheeran] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070809082752/http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lok13/biodata/13KL15.htm |date=9 August 2007 }}</ref> <br />
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In 2004 he lost to [[K. S. Manoj]] of the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]. In 2009, he refused to contest in the elections despite persuasions from party leadership and various social circles, stating that younger politicians need to be given opportunities. He is a true Gandhiyan<br />
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On 10 February 2014, he was selected KPCC President by the High Command of Indian National Congress. He resigned from the post on 10 March 2017, owing to health reasons although it is widely speculated that his resignation is part of a massive organization revamp of the KPCC.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.news18.com/news/politics/kerala-congress-chief-vm-sudheeran-quits-as-faction-fight-rages-on-1358485.html|title = Kerala Congress Chief VM Sudheeran Quits as Faction Fight Rages on|date = 10 March 2017}}</ref><br />
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==Political highs==<br />
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*1971-73 President, Kerala Students’ Union<br />
*1975-77 President, Kerala Pradesh Youth Congress<br />
*1977-78 General Secretary, Indian Youth Congress<br />
*1977 Elected to 6th Lok Sabha<br />
*1980-82 Member, Kerala Legislative Assembly INC(U) E. K. Nayanar ministry<br />
*1982-86 Re-Elected Kerala Legislative Assembly INC(A)<br />
*1985-March 1987 Speaker, Kerala Legislative Assembly (K.Karunakaran Ministry)<br />
*1990-91 Vice-President, P.C.C., Kerala<br />
*April 1995- May 1996 Minister of Health, Kerala (A.K.Antony Ministry)<br />
*1996 Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (2nd term)<br />
*1996-97 Member, Committee on Railways<br />
*1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (3rd term)<br />
*1998-99 Member, Committee of Privileges, Committee on Human Resource Development and Convenor of its Sub-Committee-II on Medical Education, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Railways<br />
*1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (4th term)<br />
*1999-2000 Member, Committee on Human Resource Development<br />
*2000-2001 Member, Committee on Ethics<br />
*2014-2017 KPCC President.<br />
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== Personal life ==<br />
He was born to Vylopally Sankaran Mama and Girija at a small village named [[Padiyam]] in [[Anthikad]] Panchayat of [[Thrissur district]] in Kerala on 26 May 1948. His wife is Latha Sudheeran. He has a son Sarin Sudheeran and a daughter.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Members - Kerala Legislature|url=http://www.niyamasabha.org/codes/members/m661.htm|access-date=2021-04-24|website=www.niyamasabha.org}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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