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{{short description|Indian politician}} | {{short description|Indian politician}} | ||
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| caption = Prakash Karat | | caption = Prakash Karat | ||
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1948|02|07}} | | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1948|02|07}} | ||
| birth_place = [[Letpandan]], [[Kachin State]], Burma | | birth_place = [[Letpandan]], [[Kachin State]], [[Post-independence Burma (1948–1962)|Burma]] | ||
| nationality = [[India]]n | | nationality = [[India]]n | ||
| residence = [[New Delhi]], India | | residence = [[New Delhi]], India | ||
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| successor = [[Sitaram Yechury]] | | successor = [[Sitaram Yechury]] | ||
| party = [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] | | party = [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] | ||
| spouse = {{Marriage|[[Brinda Karat]]|1975}} | | spouse = {{Marriage|[[Brinda Karat]]|1975}} | ||
| relatives = [[Radhika Roy]] (sister-in-law) | |||
| website = | | website = | ||
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He is married to activist-politician [[Brinda Karat]]. | He is married to activist-politician [[Brinda Karat]]. | ||
==Communist Party== | ==Communist Party of India (Marxist)== | ||
After returning to India in 1970, Karat joined the Jawaharlal Nehru University and thereafter Communist Party of India (Marxist). He began working as an aide to the party leader [[A. K. Gopalan]]. He was the Secretary of the Delhi State Committee of the CPI(M) from 1982 to 1985. Prakash Karat was elected to the Central Committee of the CPI (M) in 1985 and became a member of the ‘Politburo’ in 1992. He took over as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) in 2005 at the 18th Congress of the Party held in Delhi. | After returning to India in 1970, Karat joined the Jawaharlal Nehru University and thereafter Communist Party of India (Marxist). He began working as an aide to the party leader [[A. K. Gopalan]]. He was the Secretary of the Delhi State Committee of the CPI(M) from 1982 to 1985. Prakash Karat was elected to the Central Committee of the CPI (M) in 1985 and became a member of the ‘Politburo’ in 1992. He took over as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) in 2005 at the 18th Congress of the Party held in Delhi. | ||