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{{Infobox officeholder
| name =
| office = Speaker at Kerala Legislative Assembly
| termend = 10 September 1964
| termstart = 13 December 1961
| party = [[Indian National Congress]], Syndicate
| birth_date = February 1900
| death_date = 10 June 1989
}}

'''Alexander Parambithara''' was the speaker of [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]] from 13 December 1961 to 10 September 1964.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Alexander Parambithara|url=http://www.niyamasabha.org/codes/members/m029.htm|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-06-12|website=www.niyamasabha.org}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite book|last=Pulparampil|first=John|title=Nation Building and Local Leadership: A Study from South India|publisher=Educreation Publishing|year=2018|isbn=978-1-5457-1831-5|location=New Delhi|pages=305}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Chander|first=N. Jose|title=Dynamics of state politics, Kerala|publisher=Sterling Publishers|year=1986|isbn=|location=|pages=}}</ref>

He was born on February 1900.<ref name=":0" /> He did his education from [[Maharaja's College, Ernakulam|Maharaja’s College, Ernakulam]], [[St Joseph's College, Tiruchirappalli|St. Josephs’ College, Thiruchirappally]] and Law College, Trivandrum.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book|last=|first=|title=Speakers and Deputy Speakers of Kerala Legislative Assembly|publisher=Secretariat of Kerala Legislature|year=2007|isbn=|location=Thiruvananthapuram|pages=25–26}}</ref> After successfully completing the training course at [[Saidapet Teachers' College]], Parambithara started his career as the Headmaster of St. Peters High School, Kumbalangi.<ref name=":2" /> He then stepped into politics. He died on 10-06-1989.<ref name=":0" />

== Political life ==
Alexander Parambithara entered politics by getting elected to the '''Kochi Legislative Assembly'''. He was elected for two terms, from 1935–38 and 1948-49.<ref name=":0" /> He then became the member of '''Travancore Cochin Legislative Assembly''' from 1949-56. From 1947-1957 he was also a member of Ernakulam Municipal Council.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite book|last=|first=|title=Socialist India, Volume 2|publisher=Indian National Congress.|year=1971|isbn=|location=|pages=}}</ref> He was the chairman of the Municipal Council from 1947-51.<ref name=":2" /> After the formation of Kerala State, he was elected to Kerala Legislative Assembly from [[Palluruthy]] Assembly constituency. Both in [[1957 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|first Kerala Legislative Assembly]] (1957–59) and in [[1960 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|Second Kerala Legislative Assembly]] (1960–64) he represented [[Palluruthy]] Assembly constituency.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=First Kerala Legislature (1957- 1959) Members|url=http://www.niyamasabha.org/codes/mem_1_1.htm|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-06-12|website=www.niyamasabha.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Second Kerala Legislature(1960 - 1964) Members|url=http://www.niyamasabha.org/codes/mem_1_2.htm|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-06-12|website=www.niyamasabha.org}}</ref> It was in his second tenure in Kerala Legislative Assembly he was made the speaker of the house.<ref name=":0" /> In the fourth Kerala Legislative Assembly election (1965–67) he again got elected but now from Eranamkulam Assembly Constituency.<ref name=":0" /> During this tenure, he made contributions the house as the chairman of Assurances Committee (1967–68) and Library Advisory Committee (1969–70) respectively.<ref name=":2" /> He openly contested the imposition of Emergency by Indira Gandhi in 1975 and joined hands with the communist leader [[A. K. Gopalan|AK Gopalan]] for agitational politics during this time.<ref name=":2" /> He was even courted arrested in this period.<ref name=":2" /> Opposing the politics of Indira Gandhi in Congress, he joined syndicate and contested against the Congress Candidate [[Henry Austin (Indian politician)|Henry Austin]] and CPI(M) candidate V Vishwanathan Menon in Parliament election.<ref name=":3" /> This attempt became unsuccessful as Henry Austin won by 50.23% vote share.<ref name=":3" />

In his memory, Alexander Parambithara Bridge was commissioned which connects Thevara-Willingdon Island road to the BOT Bridge at Thoppumpady.<ref>{{Cite web|title=A Dream Walk|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/kochi/2017/jul/31/a-dream-walk-1636347.html|access-date=2020-06-12|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:Kerala Legislative Assembly]]
[[Category:Kerala politicians]]
[[Category:History of the Indian National Congress]]

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