S. Sharma: Difference between revisions

| office2 = [[Third Nayanar ministry|Minister for Electricity and Co-operation]], [[Kerala]]

| office3 = [[Kerala Legislative Assembly|Member of Kerala Assembly]]

| term_start3 =2011

| term_end3 =2021

| constituency3 = [[Vypen (State Assembly constituency)|Vypen]]  

| predecessor3 = Constituency established

| successor3 = [[K. N. Unnikrishnan]]

|term_start4=2006

|term_end4=2011

|constituency4=[[Vadakkekara]]

|constituency5=[[Vadakkekara]]

| successor5= [[M A Chndrasekharan]]

'''S. Sharma''' (born 24 October 1954) is an [[India]]n politician who belongs to the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]. He is a former minister for fisheries, registration and harbour engineering, and electricity and co-operation in the [[Government of Kerala]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.niyamasabha.org/codes/cmin.htm|title=Council of Ministers - Kerala|publisher=[[Kerala Legislative Assembly]]|accessdate=16 January 2010}}</ref> and a member of [[Kerala]] State Committee of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]. He represents the [[Vypeen]] constituency in the [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kerala.gov.in/government/mla.htm|title=Members of Legislative Assempbly|publisher=[[Government of Kerala]]|accessdate=15 January 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110123055910/http://www.kerala.gov.in/government/mla.htm|archivedate=23 January 2011}}</ref> He has served as the chairman of Kochi Smart City and has been on the board of [[Cochin International Airport]].

Sarma was born on 24 October 1954 in [[Ernakulam district]]. He is named after an unknown communist leader from North India; he does not belong to a community that typically uses the surname ''[[Sharma]]''. He entered politics through [[Students' Federation of India]] and [[Democratic Youth Federation of India]]. During his political career, he has served at different times as a member of Ernakulam district committee of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI (M)]] (1985), Ernakulam district secretary of DYFI, State President of DYFI (1986), and Central Committee Member of DYFI, He is currently a member of the State Committee of CPI(M).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kerala.gov.in/government/sharma.htm|title=S. Sharma|publisher=Government of Kerala|accessdate=16 January 2010}}</ref>

Sharma was elected to [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]] in 1987, 1991 and 1996, 2006, 2011 and 2016 and served as minister for electricity and co-operation in the [[Third E. K. Nayanar ministry]] from 1998 October to May 2001.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/2001/03/04/stories/0404211f.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040926151427/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2001/03/04/stories/0404211f.htm|url-status=usurped|archive-date=26 September 2004|title=Sarma denounces Electricity Bill|date=4 March 2001|work=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=16 January 2010}}</ref> He was the minister for fisheries and harbour engineering and registration in the [[V. S. Achuthanandan ministry]] throughout its period. In 2016, he acted as the [[Pro tem Speaker|Protem Speaker]] of the 14th Kerala Assembly. He also Chaired the Public Undertakings Committee from 1996 to 1998.

== References ==

[[Category:Kerala MLAs 2016–2021]]

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