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| image = A.C. Jose DS.jpg | |||
| name = A. C. Jose<br>എ.സി. ജോസ് | |||
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1937|2|5|df=y}}<ref name=LEGIS>{{Cite web |url=http://www.niyamasabha.org/codes/members/m248.htm |title=Website Niyamasabha |access-date=10 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304073258/http://www.niyamasabha.org/codes/members/m248.htm |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | |||
| birth_place = [[Edapally]], [[Ernakulam District|Ernakulam]], [[Kerala]], India | |||
| residence = Edapally, Ernakulam, Kerala | |||
| death_date = {{death date and age|2016|1|23|1937|2|5|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kochi/Veteran-Congress-leader-AC-Jose-passes-away/articleshow/50703046.cms | title=Veteran Congress leader AC Jose passes away | work=[[The Times of India]] | date=24 January 2016 | access-date=23 May 2018}}</ref> | |||
| death_place = Kochi | |||
| office = [[Member of Parliament]], [[Lok Sabha]]<ref name=LEGIS /> | |||
| constituency = [[Thrissur Lok Sabha constituency|Thrissur]] | |||
| term = 1996-2004 | |||
| predecessor = [[V. V. Raghavan]] | |||
| successor = [[C. K. Chandrappan]] | |||
| office2 = [[Speaker (politics)|Speaker]] of [[Kerala Legislature]] | |||
| term_start2 = 3 February 1982 | |||
| term_end2 = 23 June 1982 | |||
| predecessor2 = A. P. Kurian | |||
| successor2 = [[Vakkom Purushothaman]] | |||
| constituency2 = [[Paravur]] | |||
| party = [[Indian National Congress]] | |||
| spouse = Prof. Leelamma Jose | |||
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| alma_mater = [[St. Albert's College]] , [[Government Law College, Ernakulam]] | |||
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| source = http://164.100.47.194/Loksabha/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=171&lastls=13 | |||
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'''Ambat Chacko Jose''' ({{lang-ml|അമ്പാട്ട് ചാക്കോ ജോസ്}}; 5 February 1937 – 23 January 2016) was an Indian politician. He was [[Speaker (politics)|Speaker]] of the [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]] and a [[Member of Parliament]] from [[Thrissur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Thrissur]] and [[Idukki (Lok Sabha constituency)|Idukki]] constituencies in [[Kerala]]. [[The Times of India]] calls him ''The Always Casting Jose of Kerala'' as he saved the [[Second K. Karunakaran ministry|K. Karunakaran government]] by exercising his [[casting vote]] a record eight times in around 80 days as the ruling United Democratic Front and the opposition Left Democratic Front faced a 70–70 tie in the Kerala assembly.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thiruvananthapuram/the-always-casting-jose-of-kerala/articleshow/64233842.cms | title=The Always Casting Jose of Kerala | publisher=[[The Times of India]] | work=B Sreejan | date=22 May 2018 | access-date=23 May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/former-kerala-assembly-speaker-a-c-jose-dies-at-79/ | title=Former Kerala Assembly Speaker A C Jose dies at 79 | publisher=The Indian Express | work=Shaju Philip | date=24 January 2016 | access-date=23 May 2018}}</ref> | |||
== Biography == | |||
A. C. Jose was born on 5 February 1937 in [[Edapally]], [[Ernakulam]]. He belonged to the well known Ambat family. He studied at [[St. Alberts College]], and Government Law College and took his BSc and LLM degrees. He played a dominant role in the formation of [[Kerala Students Union]]. From 1969 to 1979 he was a councillor in the Cochin City Corporation and in 1972 he was elected as mayor of the Corporation. He was elected member to the [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]] from [[Paravur (State Assembly constituency)|Paravur]] constituency in 1980. He served as Speaker of Kerala Legislative Assembly in 1982. | |||
He was elected as MP in the 1996, 1998, 1999 general elections, serving in the 11th, 12th and 13th [[Lok Sabha]]. He was the [[chief editor]] of ''Veekshanam Daily'', a mouthpiece of the [[Indian National Congress]] party in [[Kerala]]. He died suddenly on 23 January 2016 aged 79 after suffering from a massive heart attack. He was buried with full state honours at Ernakulam, his hometown. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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==External links== | |||
*[http://164.100.47.194/Loksabha/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=171&lastls=13 Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website] | |||
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