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	'''Veena George''' is an Indian politician and current '''Minister for Health and Family Welfare''' in the [[Government of Kerala]].<ref>https://kerala.gov.in/documents/10180/10f1c4c2-f98b-4600-9b2a-749f33bdb791</ref><ref>{{cite web \| url=https://www.timesnownews.com/india/kerala/article/veena-george-to-replace-kk-shailja-as-kerala-health-minister-heres-list-of-cpim-ministers-and-portfolios/758956 \| title=Veena George to replace KK Shailaja as Kerala health minister; here's list of new ministers and portfolios \| publisher=Times Now \| date=19 May 2021 \| accessdate=19 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|title=Notifications - Government of Kerala, India\|url=https://kerala.gov.in/notifications\|access-date=2021-05-21\|website=kerala.gov.in}}</ref> She is elected from [[Aranmula (State Assembly constituency)\|Aranmula constituency]] to the [[Kerala State Assembly\|Kerala Legislative Assembly]] representing [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]. Prior to joining politics, she has worked with major Malayalam news channels for over 16 years. She is also the first female executive editor among Malayalam news channels.<ref>{{cite web \| url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/meet-11-women-mlas-who-will-join-kerala-assembly-148266 \| title=Meet the 11 women MLAs who will join the Kerala Assembly \| publisher=The NewsMinute \| work=Haritha John \| date=4 May 2021 \| accessdate=7 May 2021}}</ref>		'''Veena George''' is an Indian politician and current '''Minister for Health and Family Welfare''' in the [[Government of Kerala]].<ref>https://kerala.gov.in/documents/10180/10f1c4c2-f98b-4600-9b2a-749f33bdb791</ref><ref>{{cite web \| url=https://www.timesnownews.com/india/kerala/article/veena-george-to-replace-kk-shailja-as-kerala-health-minister-heres-list-of-cpim-ministers-and-portfolios/758956 \| title=Veena George to replace KK Shailaja as Kerala health minister; here's list of new ministers and portfolios \| publisher=Times Now \| date=19 May 2021 \| accessdate=19 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|title=Notifications - Government of Kerala, India\|url=https://kerala.gov.in/notifications\|access-date=2021-05-21\|website=kerala.gov.in}}</ref> She is elected from [[Aranmula (State Assembly constituency)\|Aranmula constituency]] to the [[Kerala State Assembly\|Kerala Legislative Assembly]] representing [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]. Prior to joining politics, she has worked with major Malayalam news channels for over 16 years. She is also the first female executive editor among Malayalam news channels.<ref>{{cite web \| url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/meet-11-women-mlas-who-will-join-kerala-assembly-148266 \| title=Meet the 11 women MLAs who will join the Kerala Assembly \| publisher=The NewsMinute \| work=Haritha John \| date=4 May 2021 \| accessdate=7 May 2021}}</ref>
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	==Personal life==		==Personal life==
	Born in [[Thiruvananthapuram]] on 3 August 1976 to Rosamma Kuriakose and Adv. P. E. Kuriakose, she did her basic schooling from Mount Bethany High School [[Mylapra]] in [[Pathanamthitta district\|Pathanamthitta]] district. She pursued [[Physics]] for graduation and postgraduation from [[Government College for Women, Thiruvananthapuram]] and completed her [[Bachelor of Education\|B.Ed.]] as a [[University of Kerala]] rank holder. She had taught [[Physics]] at [[Catholicate College Pathanamthitta]] for one year before taking up journalism as her career choice. She joined [[Kairali TV]] as a journalist trainee and had a 16 year old successful career with prominent Malayalam news channels. In 2015, she took charge as the executive editor of the Malayalam news channel [[TV New]] and become the first woman to do so.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Veena George, the first woman Executive Editor in the history of Malayalam TV news\|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/veena-george-first-woman-executive-editor-history-malayalam-tv-news%3famp\|access-date=2021-05-22\|website=The News Minute}}</ref>		Born in [[Thiruvananthapuram]] on 3 August 1976 to Rosamma Kuriakose and Adv. P. E. Kuriakose, she did her basic schooling from Mount Bethany High School [[Mylapra]] in [[Pathanamthitta district\|Pathanamthitta]] district. She pursued [[Physics]] for graduation and postgraduation from [[Government College for Women, Thiruvananthapuram]] and completed her [[Bachelor of Education\|B.Ed.]] as a [[University of Kerala]] rank holder. She had taught [[Physics]] at [[Catholicate College Pathanamthitta]] for one year before taking up journalism as her career choice. She joined [[Kairali TV]] as a journalist trainee and had a 16 year old successful career with prominent Malayalam news channels. In 2015, she took charge as the executive editor of the Malayalam news channel [[TV New]] and become the first woman to do so.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Veena George, the first woman Executive Editor in the history of Malayalam TV news\|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/veena-george-first-woman-executive-editor-history-malayalam-tv-news%3famp\|access-date=2021-05-22\|website=The News Minute}}</ref>
	She is married to Dr. George Joseph, a higher secondary school teacher ~~and former secretary of the [[Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church]]~~.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Veena George likely to replace KK Shailaja as health minister in new Kerala cabinet: Who is she\|url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/amp/news/india/veena-george-who-is-she-kerala-health-minister-kk-shailaja-pinarayi-vijayan-cabinet-list-latest-updates-705647\|access-date=2021-05-22\|website=India TV\|date=19 May 2021}}</ref>		She is married to Dr. George Joseph, a higher secondary school teacher.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Veena George likely to replace KK Shailaja as health minister in new Kerala cabinet: Who is she\|url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/amp/news/india/veena-george-who-is-she-kerala-health-minister-kk-shailaja-pinarayi-vijayan-cabinet-list-latest-updates-705647\|access-date=2021-05-22\|website=India TV\|date=19 May 2021}}</ref>

	==Career==		==Career==
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'''Veena George''' is an Indian politician of the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] and represents [[Aranmula (State Assembly constituency)|Aranmula constituency]] in the [[Kerala State Assembly|Kerala Legislative Assembly]]. Prior to joining politics, she has worked with major Malayalam news channels for over 16 years. She is also the first female executive editor among Malayalam news channels.

==Education==
Veena George has a Post Graduate degree in Physics from [[Kerala University]].

==Personal life==
Veena George is married to Dr. George Joseph who was the Association Secretary of [[Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church]]

==Career==
===Television career===
Veena George began her career at [[Kairali TV]] as a journalist trainee. She left [[Kairali TV]] and joined [[Manorama News]] as a news anchor. At [[Manorama News]] she was also in charge of programmes named Pularvela and Ee lokham etc. Later she was associated with Malayalam news channels [[Indiavision]] and [[TV New]]. At [[Indiavision]] she was the chief news editor. She joined [[TV New]] in February 2015 as the Executive Editor.<ref>[http://www.thenewsminute.com/article/veena-george-first-woman-executive-editor-history-malayalam-tv-news Veena George, the first woman Executive Editor in the history of Malayalam TV news]</ref>

===Politics===
Veena George was nominated as the candidate for [[Aranmula (State Assembly constituency)|Aranmula constituency]] by [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] state secretariat for [[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2016 Kerala Assembly Elections]],<ref>[http://www.kaumudi.com/innerpage1.php?newsid=7642 CPM approves candidatures of Mukesh, Veena George]</ref> and was elected to [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]] by defeating congress veteran K Sivadasan Nair of [[Indian National Congress]] by a margin of 7646 votes.<ref>[http://www.newindianexpress.com/assembly-elections-2016/kerala-polls/Red-wave-in-Pathanamthitta/2016/05/20/article3441803.ece Red wave in Pathanamthitta ]</ref>

In [[2019 Indian general election]], she contested from [[Pathanamthitta (Lok Sabha constituency)]] as Left front candidate ([[Left Democratic Front (Kerala)|LDF]]). However she lost the election by a margin of 44,243 votes to [[Anto Antony]] of [[Indian National Congress]].

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