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4 JUN 1937 VAYALAR RAVI

Vayalar Ravi

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Vayalar Ravi
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Vayalar Ravi
ConstituencyKerala
Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs
In office
30 January 2006 – 26 May 2014
Prime MinisterManmohan Singh
Minister of Science and Technology
In office
14 August 2012 – 28 October 2012
Prime MinisterManmohan Singh
Preceded byVilasrao Deshmukh
Succeeded byJaipal Reddy
Minister of Earth Sciences
In office
14 August 2012 – 28 October 2012
Prime MinisterManmohan Singh
Preceded byVilasrao Deshmukh
Succeeded byJaipal Reddy
Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
In office
14 August 2012 – 28 October 2012
Prime MinisterManmohan Singh
Preceded byVilasrao Deshmukh
Succeeded byK. H. Muniyappa
Minister of Civil Aviation
In office
19 January 2011 – 18 December 2011
Prime MinisterManmohan Singh
Preceded byPraful Patel
Succeeded byChaudhary Ajit Singh
Member of Rajya Sabha for Kerala
In office
22 April 2015 – 21 April 2021
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Personal details
Born4 June 1937 (age 79)
Alappuzha, Kerala, India
Political partyIndian National Congress
Spouse(s)Mercy Ravi
ChildrenRavi Krishna
Liza Rohan
Lakshmi Ravi
ResidenceKerala
ReligionHinduism
Vayalar Ravi (born 4 June 1937[1]) is a prominent Indian politician, former Union Cabinet Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs. He is a member of the Rajya Sabha.

Political Life[edit]

Ravi was born in Vayalar, Cherthala, Alappuzha District, Kerala.He was the Founder President of the Kerala Students Union (KSU), the students' wing of Indian National Congress in Kerala.[1][2][3] Ravi was elected to the 5th Lok Sabha in 1971[1][3] from Chirayinkil in Thiruvananthapuram district;[3] he was re-elected to the 6th Lok Sabha in 1977,[1][3] serving until 1979.[1] He was elected to the Kerala Legislative Assembly in 1982,[1][3] and he served as Home Minister of Kerala from 1982 to 1986[2][3] before resigning from that position due to a disagreement with Chief Minister K. Karunakaran.[2] He was re-elected to the Kerala Legislative Assembly in 1987,[3] serving until 1991.[1] He was elected to the Rajya Sabha in July 1994 and again in April 2003.[1] He became Union Cabinet Minister for Overseas Affairs on 30 January 2006.[3]
After the Congress reelection in 2009, Ravi was re-inducted to the Cabinet for the second UPA government and retained the portfolio of Overseas Indian Affairs. He was given the additional responsibility of Ministry of Civil Aviation on 19 January 2011. He resigned from the office after Rashtriya Lok Dal leader Ajit Singh succeeded him.

Personal life[edit]

Ravi met his wife Mercy, while they were both active in the Kerala Students Union and he married her after a brief courtship. Mercy Ravi died on 5 September 2009 following a kidney failure, aged 64.[4]
In February 2010, Vayalar Ravi along with Indian Ambassador Shamma Jain were injured in a car accident in Monrovia, Liberia, while on an official visit to African countries.[5]
















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Vayalar Ravi is a prominent Indian politician, former Union Cabinet Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs. He is a member of the Rajya Sabha.Wikipedia
Born: June 4, 1937 (age 79), Alappuzha
Spouse: Mercy Ravi
Party: Indian National Congress
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