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'''John Matthai''' is a former [[Chief Secretary (India)|chief secretary]] of Kerala, India. He belongs to the 1971 batch of [[Indian Administrative Service]] (IAS).<br />
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== Career ==<br />
Matthai began his career as sub-collector of [[Thalassery]]. He was appointed Collector of [[Kottayam]] in 1978. He held various positions such as managing director of [[State Cooperative Marketing Federation]], director of public instruction, and secretary for industries, power and forests and wildlife departments before becoming the principal secretary of industries in 1996.<br />
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Subsequently, he was posted as commissioner of commercial taxes and commissioner of excise. He was promoted as [[Additional Chief Secretary (India)|additional chief secretary]] in 2005. Later in 2006, he was appointed as the chief secretary to [[V. S. Achuthanandan]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2006-09-15/india/27826005_1_judicial-probe-cabinet-meeting-chief-secretary |title=John Mathai is new Kerala chief secretary |website=The Times of India |access-date=2 February 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130629121642/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2006-09-15/india/27826005_1_judicial-probe-cabinet-meeting-chief-secretary |archive-date=29 June 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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== Personal life ==<br />
He is a graduate from the [[Regional Engineering College Calicut]].<ref>{{cite news |title=John Mathai appointed Chief Secretary |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/john-mathai-appointed-chief-secretary/article3076239.ece |work=The Hindu |date=2006-09-16 |accessdate=2008-09-21}}</ref> He is the youngest brother of Moran [[Cyril Baselios|Cyril Mar Baselios]], [[Catholicos]] of the [[Syro-Malankara Catholic Church]].<br />
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