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| office              = [[Kerala Legislative Assembly|Member of Kerala Legislative Assembly]]
| office              = [[Kerala Legislative Assembly|Member of Kerala Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start          = 1 June 2011
| term_start          = 2011
| term_end            = 24 May 2021
| term_end            = 2021
| predecessor        = ''constituency created''
| predecessor        = ''constituency created''
| successor          = [[Antony Raju]]  
| successor          = [[Antony Raju]]  
| constituency        = [[Thiruvananthapuram (State Assembly constituency)|Thiruvananthapuram]]
| constituency        = [[Thiruvananthapuram (State Assembly constituency)|Thiruvananthapuram]]


| office1            = [[Second Chandy ministry|Minister for Health, Family Welfare and Devaswom]],<br> [[Government of Kerala]]
| office1            = [[Second Chandy ministry|Minister for Health]], [[Kerala]]
| term_start1        = {{Start date|2012|04|12|df=yes}}
| term_start1        = {{Start date|2012|04|12|df=yes}}
| term_end1          = {{End date|2016|05|25|df=yes}}
| term_end1          = {{End date|2016|05|20|df=yes}}
| predecessor1        = [[Adoor Prakash]]
| predecessor1        = [[Adoor Prakash]]
| successor1          = {{Unbulleted_list|[[K. K. Shailaja]]
| successor1          = [[K. K. Shailaja]]
<br>(as Minister of Health)|[[Kadakampally Surendran]]<br>(as Minister of Devaswom)}}
|office2=[[Second Chandy ministry|Minister for Devaswom]], [[Kerala]]
 
|term_start2=23 May 2011
| office2             = [[Second Chandy ministry|Minister for Transport]],<br> [[Government of Kerala]]
|term_end2=20 May 2016
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|predecessor2=[[Kadannappalli Ramachandran]]
| term_end2           = {{End date|2012|04|12|df=yes}}
|successor2=[[Kadakampally Surendran]]
| predecessor2        = [[Jose Thettayil]]
| office3             = [[Second Chandy ministry|Minister for Transport]], [[Kerala]]
| successor2         = [[Aryadan Muhammed]]
| term_start3        = {{Start date|2011|05|23|df=yes}}
| constituency2      =
| term_end3           = {{End date|2012|04|12|df=yes}}
 
| predecessor3      = [[Jose Thettayil]]
| office3            = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]
| successor3         = [[Aryadan Muhammed]]
| term_start3        = {{Start date|1999||}}
| office4            = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]
| term_end3          = {{End date|2004||}}
| term_start4        = {{Start date|1999||}}
| predecessor3        = [[K. Karunakaran]]
| term_end4          = {{End date|2004||}}
| successor3          = [[P. K. Vasudevan Nair]]
| predecessor4      = [[K. Karunakaran]]
| constituency3      = [[Thiruvananthapuram (Lok Sabha constituency)|Thiruvananthapuram]]
| successor4        = [[P. K. Vasudevan Nair]]
| constituency4      = [[Thiruvananthapuram (Lok Sabha constituency)|Thiruvananthapuram]]


| party              = [[Indian National Congress]]
| party              = [[Indian National Congress]]
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Sivakumar was sworn in as a minister in Kerala for the first time in 2011. He was sworn is as the Minister for Transport and Devaswom on 18 May 2011 in the [[Oommen Chandy Ministry Term 2|Oommen Chandy Ministry 2011-2016]]. Later in the first cabinet reshuffle, he was made the Minister for Health, Family Welfare and Devaswom. His portfolio includes Health, Family Welfare, Medical Education, Medical University, Indigenous Medicines, Drug Control, Homoeopathy, Naturopathy and Devaswoms.
Sivakumar was sworn in as a minister in Kerala for the first time in 2011. He was sworn is as the Minister for Transport and Devaswom on 18 May 2011 in the [[Oommen Chandy Ministry Term 2|Oommen Chandy Ministry 2011-2016]]. Later in the first cabinet reshuffle, he was made the Minister for Health, Family Welfare and Devaswom. His portfolio includes Health, Family Welfare, Medical Education, Medical University, Indigenous Medicines, Drug Control, Homoeopathy, Naturopathy and Devaswoms.


He was booked by Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (VACB) of Kerala on 27 February 2020 for illegally acquiring money via his close associates between 2011–16.<ref>https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/vigilance-raids-house-of-former-kerala-health-minister-vs-sivakumar/article30868778.ece/amp/</ref>
He was booked by Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (VACB) of Kerala on 27 February 2020 for illegally acquiring money via his close associates between 2011–16.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/vigilance-raids-house-of-former-kerala-health-minister-vs-sivakumar/article30868778.ece/amp/|title=Vigilance raids house of former Kerala Health Minister V.S. Sivakumar|newspaper=The Hindu|date=20 February 2020|last1=Anand|first1=G.}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==

Latest revision as of 18:31, 26 September 2021


V. S. Sivakumar
V. S. Sivakumar portrait.jpg
Member of Kerala Legislative Assembly
In office
2011–2021
Preceded byconstituency created
Succeeded byAntony Raju
ConstituencyThiruvananthapuram
Minister for Health, Kerala
In office
12 April 2012 (2012-04-12) – 20 May 2016 (2016-05-20)
Preceded byAdoor Prakash
Succeeded byK. K. Shailaja
Minister for Devaswom, Kerala
In office
23 May 2011 – 20 May 2016
Preceded byKadannappalli Ramachandran
Succeeded byKadakampally Surendran
Minister for Transport, Kerala
In office
23 May 2011 (2011-05-23) – 12 April 2012 (2012-04-12)
Preceded byJose Thettayil
Succeeded byAryadan Muhammed
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
1999 (1999) – 2004 (2004)
Preceded byK. Karunakaran
Succeeded byP. K. Vasudevan Nair
ConstituencyThiruvananthapuram
Personal details
Born (1960-05-30) 30 May 1960 (age 64)
Amaravila, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
NationalityIndian
Political partyIndian National Congress
Spouse(s)Sindhu Salooja C. R.
Children2
ResidenceSasthamangalam , Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
As of 26 October, 2012
Source: kerala.gov.in

V. S. Sivakumar (born 30 May 1960) is an Indian politician who is a member of Indian National Congress and a former Minister for Health, Family Welfare and Devaswom, Government of Kerala in the Second Oommen Chandy ministry.[1] He has represented the Thiruvananthapuram Assembly constituency in Kerala from 2011 Assembly election in Kerala to 2021. He was a member of the 13th Lok Sabha representing Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha constituency.

Early life[edit]

V. S. Sivakumar was born to K. V. Sadasivan Nair and B. Subhadra Amma at Amaravila near Neyyattinkara on 30 May 1960. He has completed BSc from Velu Thampi Memorial Nair Service Society College, Dhanuvachapuram, Thiruvananthapuram and LLB from Kerala Law Academy Law College, Thiruvananthapuram.[2] He married Sindhu Salooja C.R, have two daughters and lives near Sasthamangalam, Thiruvananthapuram.

Political life[edit]

V. S. Sivakumar started his political career through the Kerala Students Union (KSU) in 1978 and rose through the Youth Congress.[3] He was elected the Chairman, Students' Union, V.T.M.N.S.S. College, Dhanuvachapuram, Trivandrum in 1979–80. He served as Indian National Congress DCC President, AICC Member, KPCC Member and general secretary. He was the elected Member of Parliament in the 13th Lok Sabha representing Thiruvananthapuram Parliamentary Constituency.

Positions held

  • 1978-1979 University Union Councillor (Kerala University)
  • 1980-1982 General Secretary, Block Congress Committee
  • 1982-1987 President, Block Youth Congress, Parasala Block, District Trivandrum
  • 1987-1993 Vice-President, District Youth Congress Committee, Trivandrum
  • 1993-2000 President, District Youth Congress, Trivandrum
  • 1999-2004 Elected to 13th Lok Sabha
  • 1999-2000 Member, Committee on Science and Technology, Environment and Forests

V. S. Sivakumar was elected as the Member of Parliament to the 13th Lok Sabha for the first time in 1999 by defeating Kaniyapuram Ramachandran of CPI with a margin of 14,385 votes from Thiruvananthapuram (Lok Sabha constituency). He represented the constituency till 2004 in the Lok Sabha. But in the 14th Lok Sabha elections in 2004 and by-election in 2005, he tasted defeat against P. K. Vasudevan Nair and Pannyan Raveendran of CPI, respectively, from the Thiruvananthapuram Constituency.[4]

Sivakumar was fielded in for the first time into 2011 State Assembly election from Thiruvananthapuram constituency. He emerged victorious against the former Minister V. Surendran Pillai of Kerala Congress (Anti-merger Group) by a margin of 5352 votes.

Sivakumar was sworn in as a minister in Kerala for the first time in 2011. He was sworn is as the Minister for Transport and Devaswom on 18 May 2011 in the Oommen Chandy Ministry 2011-2016. Later in the first cabinet reshuffle, he was made the Minister for Health, Family Welfare and Devaswom. His portfolio includes Health, Family Welfare, Medical Education, Medical University, Indigenous Medicines, Drug Control, Homoeopathy, Naturopathy and Devaswoms.

He was booked by Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (VACB) of Kerala on 27 February 2020 for illegally acquiring money via his close associates between 2011–16.[5]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ http://kerala.gov.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3892&Itemid=3069
  2. ↑ http://www.parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lok13/biodata/13KL20.htm
  3. ↑ "Kerala Assembly election database: Biodata of V. S. Sivakumar". keralaassembly.org. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  4. ↑ [1]
  5. ↑ Anand, G. (20 February 2020). "Vigilance raids house of former Kerala Health Minister V.S. Sivakumar". The Hindu.
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