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|name = Suresh Kurup<br />
|image = Suresh Kurup.jpg<br />
|caption = <br />
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1956|05|25|df=yes}}<br />
|birth_place = [[Kottayam district|Kottayam]], [[Travancore–Cochin|State of Travancore–Cochin]]<br>(present day [[Kerala]]), India<br />
|nationality = [[Indian people|Indian]]<br />
|alma_mater = {{Unbulleted_list|[[CMS College Kottayam|CMS College, Kottayam]]|[[NSS Hindu College, Changanassery]]|[[Kerala Law Academy|The Kerala Law Academy Law College, Thiruvananthapuram]]}}<br />
|residence = [[Kottayam]]<br />
|death_date =<br />
|death_place =<br />
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|office1 = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member]] of the [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]]<br />
|term_start1 = {{Start date|2011|06|01|df=yes}}<br />
|term_end1 = {{End date|2021|05|24|df=yes}}<br />
|constituency1 = [[Ettumanoor (State Assembly constituency)|Ettumanoor]]<br />
|predecessor1 = [[Thomas Chazhikadan]]<br />
|successor1 = [[V. N. Vasavan]]<br />
|office2 = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]<br />
|term_start2 = {{Start date|1998||}}<br />
|term_end2 = {{End date|2009||}}<br />
|predecessor2 = [[Ramesh Chennithala]]<br />
|successor2 = [[Jose K. Mani]] <br />
|constituency2 = [[Kottayam (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kottayam]] <br />
| term_start3 = {{Start date|1984||}}<br />
|term_end3 = {{End date|1989||}}<br />
|predecessor3 = [[Skariah Thomas]]<br />
|successor3 = [[Ramesh Chennithala]] <br />
|constituency3 = [[Kottayam (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kottayam]]<br />
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|party = [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]<br />
|spouse = Savithry Nampoothiri<br />
|children = 2<br />
|parents = {{Unbulleted_list|Kunjan Pillai|Bharathy Amma}}<br />
|website = <br />
|footnotes = <br />
|date = 3 August |<br />
|year = 2009 |<br />
|source = http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/biodata.asp?mpsno=213<br />
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'''K. Suresh Kurup''' (born 25 May 1956) is an Indian politician and a member of the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]. He was a [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|member]] of the [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]] representing [[Ettumanoor (State Assembly constituency)|Ettumanoor constituency]] from 1 June 2011 to 24 May 2021.<br />
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He was a member of the [[8th Lok Sabha|8th]], [[12th Lok Sabha|12th]], [[13th Lok Sabha|13th]] and [[14th Lok Sabha|14th]] [[Lok Sabha]] from [[Kottayam (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kottayam constituency]] of [[Kerala]].<br />
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==Personal life==<br />
K. Suresh Kurup was born on 25 May 1956 as the son of Kunjan Pillai and Bharathy Amma at [[Kottayam district|Kottayam]] in the erstwhile [[Travancore–Cochin|State of Travancore–Cochin]].<br />
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He was educated at [[CMS College]] in Kottayam, [[NSS Hindu College, Changanassery]] and [[Kerala Law Academy|The Kerala Law Academy Law College, Thiruvananthapuram]]. He has [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A]] and [[Bachelor of Laws|LL.B]] degrees and has practised as a lawyer.<br />
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He is married to Savithry Nampoothiri <br />
and has two sons.<ref name="biodata">{{cite web |title=Biodata of Mr. K. Suresh Kurup (CPIM) |url=http://keralaassembly.org/lok/sabha/biodata.php4?no=6&name=K.%20Suresh%20Kurup |publisher=Legislative Assembly of Kerala |date=April 2009 |accessdate=2018-02-25}}</ref><br />
His younger son is Upcoming Auteur Director cum Singer Gopikrishnan S Kurup.<br />
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== Political career ==<br />
Kurup was chairman of the Kerala University Students Union in 1978-1979 and president of the state branch of the [[Students Federation of India]] between 1982 and 1985.<br />
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In 1984, Kurup was elected to the 8th Lok Sabha. He was elected to the 12th Lok Sabha in 1998 and to the 13th Lok Sabha in 1999, as well as to the 14th Lok Sabha in 2004.<ref name="biodata"/><br />
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Kurup won the Ettumanoor constituency in the elections for the Legislative Assembly of Kerala in [[2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2011]] and [[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2016]].<br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:Politicians from Kottayam]]<br />
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