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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2021}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = V. C. Kabeer
| image = VC kabeer.jpg
| caption =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1943|05|10|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Palakkad district]], [[Kerala]], India
| office1 = [[Third Nayanar ministry|Minister for Health and Sports]], [[Kerala]]
| term_start1 = 19 January 2000
| term_end1 = 13 May 2001
| predecessor1 = [[A. C. Shanmughadas]]
| successor1 = [[P Sankaran]]
| office2 = [[Kerala Legislative Assembly|Member of Kerala Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start2 = 1991
| term_end2 = 2005
| constituency2 = [[Ottapalam (State Assembly constituency)|Ottappalam]]
| predecessor2 = [[K. Sankaranarayanan]]
| successor2 = [[M. Hamsa]]
| term_start3 = 1980
| term_end3 = 1987
| predecessor3 = P. Balan
| successor3 = [[K. Sankaranarayanan]]
| constituency3 = [[Ottapalam]]
| party = [[Indian National Congress]] ''(before 1980, 2005 - present)''
| other_party = {{Unbulleted_list|[[Nationalist Congress Party|NCP]] ''(till 2005)'' [[Indian Congress (Socialist)]] [[Indian National Congress (U)]]}}
| spouse = A. A. Beepathu
| children = 2 sons, 1 daughter.
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'''V. C. Kabeer'''<ref>{{Cite web|last=V.C.KABEER|first=KERALA NIYAMASABHA|title=KERALA NIYAMASABHA V.C.KABEER|url=http://www.stateofkerala.in/niyamasabha/v_c_kabeer.php|access-date=14 May 2021|website=stateofkerala.in}}</ref> is an Indian politician, Gandhian<ref>{{Cite news|last=Kabeer|first=Stop coveting wealth of others|date=9 December 2020|title=Stop coveting wealth of others: Kabeer|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/stop-coveting-wealth-of-others-kabeer/article33292694.ece|access-date=14 May 2021}}</ref> and current president of Gandhi Darshan Samithi.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Frontal Organisations|first=Presidents|title=Presidents of Frontal Organisations|url=https://www.kpcc.org.in/uploads/file/President_of_Frontal_Organizations%20and_Cells.pdf|access-date=22 May 2021|website=kpcc.org.in}}</ref> He served as a minister in [[Third Nayanar ministry]] from 2000-2001. He is a member of Kerala Legislative Assembly<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kabeer|first=V. C.|title=V. C. Kabeer|url=http://www.niyamasabha.org/codes/members/m267.htm|access-date=14 May 2021|website=niyamasabha.org}}</ref> for several years representing [[Ottapalam (State Assembly constituency)|Ottappalam constituency]].

==Early life==
V. C. Kabeer was born as the son of Shri. Cheku Haji and Smt. Sulekha Umma on 10 May 1943. A teacher by profession, he came to active politics through the students' wing of the Congress and Youth Congress. He had also been jailed for twenty days, in connection with the [[Vimochana Samaram]].

==Political career==
V. C. Kabeer became elected to the [[1980 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|6th]] [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]], from [[Ottappalam]] constituency, as an [[Indian National Congress (U)|INC(U)]] Member. He represented the same constituency subsequently as [[Congress (Secular)|Congress(S)]] Member in the [[1982 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|7th]], [[1991 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|9th]] and [[1996 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|10th]] [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]]. He continued to represent [[Ottapalam (State Assembly constituency)|Ottappalam constituency]] in the [[2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|11th]] [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]], as a Member of [[Nationalist Congress Party|NCP]]. But he resigned his membership in the 11th [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]] on 11 August 2005 to rejoin [[Indian National Congress|Congress]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehinduimages.com/details-page.php?id=5416496|title=V.C Kabeer Resigned his position as MLA|date=11 August 2005|work=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref> In the Ministry headed by Shri. [[E. K. Nayanar]], Shri V.C. Kabeer was the Minister for Health and Sports from 19 January 2000 to 13 May 2001.<ref>{{Cite web|title=COUNCIL OF MINISTERS SINCE 1957 - TENTH KLA|url=http://www.niyamasabha.org/codes/ginfo_6_10.htm|access-date=14 May 2021|website=niyamasabha.org}}</ref> He contested in the subsequent [[2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|Kerala Legislative Assembly election]] as an [[Indian National Congress|INC]] candidate from his long-term fortress Ottapalam constituency.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Profile|first=V.C. KABEER MASTER|title=V.C. KABEER MASTER|url=https://myneta.info/ker2006/candidate.php?candidate_id=98|access-date=14 May 2021|website=myneta.info}}</ref> However, he failed to gain the upper hand and eventually lost.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020 |title=Kerala Assembly Election Results in 2006|url=https://www.elections.in/kerala/assembly-constituencies/2006-election-results.html|access-date=14 May 2021|website=elections.in}}</ref>

==Positions held==
* President Gandhi Darshan Samithi
* Member KPCC
* Secretary, District Youth Congress (1964–68)
* President, District Youth Congress Committee (1970–78)
* Secretary, Palakkad DCC (1977–80)
* President, DCC (S) (1982–92)
* Secretary KPCC(S) (1992-2000)

==See also==
* [[A. C. Shanmughadas]]
* [[A. K. Saseendran]]
* [[A. A. Rahim]]

==References==
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[[Category:Malayali politicians]]
[[Category:Politicians from Kerala]]
[[Category:1943 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]

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