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{{short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Kadannappalli Ramachandran
| image = Kadannappally Ramachandran.jpg
| caption =
| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|1 July 1944}}
| birth_place = [[Kannur]], [[Madras Presidency]], [[British India]]
| residence =
| death_date =
| death_place =
|office=[[Member of the Legislative Assembly|Member]] of [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]]
|term_start=2016
|predecessor=[[A. P. Abdullakutty]]
|constituency=[[Kannur (State Assembly constituency)|Kannur]]
|term_start1=2006
|term_end1=2011
|predecessor1=[[M. V. Jayarajan]]
|successor1=''constituency abolished''
|constituency1=[[Edakkad (State Assembly constituency)|Edakkad]]
| office2 = [[First Vijayan ministry|Minister of Archaeology and Port]],<br>[[Government of Kerala]]
| term_start2 = 25 May 2016
| term_end2 = 3 May 2021
| predecessor2 = [[Oommen Chandy]]
| successor2 = [[Ahamed Devarkovil]]
| constituency_MP3 = [[Kasaragod (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kasaragod]]
| majority1 =
| parliament3 = Indian
| term_start3 = 1971
| term_end3 = 1980
| predecessor3 = [[A.K. Gopalan]]
| successor3 = [[Ramanna Rai]]
| office4 = [[Achuthanandan ministry|Minister for Devaswom]],<br>[[Government of Kerala]]
| term_start4 = 2009
| term_end4 = 2011
| predecessor4 = [[G. Sudhakaran]]
| successor4 = [[V. S. Sivakumar]]
| party = [[Congress (Secular)]]
| spouse = T. M. Saraswathi
| children = 1
| mother = T. K. Parvathy Amma
| father = Krishnan Gurukkal
| nationality = [[India]]n
| footnotes =
| date =
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}}

'''Kadannappalli Ramachandran''' (born 1 July 1944) is an [[Indian people|Indian]] politician and President of [[Congress (Secular)|Congress (S)]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kerala.gov.in/government/ramachandran.htm|title=Ramachandran Kadannapally|publisher=[[Government of Kerala]]|access-date=9 January 2010}}</ref> and the current [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] of [[Congress (Secular)|Congress (S)]] representing the Kannur constituency in [[Kannur]], [[Kerala]].

==Career==
Ramachandran was the Minister for Devaswom, Printing and Stationery (17thAugust 2009 to 14 May 2011) and Minister for Ports, Museums and Archaeology (25 May 2016 to 3 May 2021) in the [[Government of Kerala]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/neck-and-neck-race-in-kerala/article13888807.ece|title=Neck and neck race in Kerala|date=2011-05-13|work=The Hindu|access-date=2020-03-25|others=Special Correspondent|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://niyamasabha.org/codes/cmin.htm|title=Committees - Kerala Legislature|website=niyamasabha.org|access-date=2020-03-25}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.niyamasabha.org/codes/cmin.htm|title=Council of Ministers - Kerala|publisher=[[Kerala Legislative Assembly]]|access-date=9 January 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title=Pinarayi ministry|date=2021-05-06|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pinarayi_ministry&oldid=1021706645|work=Wikipedia|language=en|access-date=2021-05-06}}</ref> He became MLA in 1980, 2006, 2016, 2021.He represented the [[Irikkur (State Assembly constituency)|Irikkur]] constituency, [[Edakkad]] constituency and [[Kannur (State Assembly constituency)|Kannur]] constituency in [[Kannur district]] in the [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]]. He started his political career as I.S.U. Unit President in school life. He Was the President of K.S.U. Cannanore Taluk Committee and General Secretary of K.S.U. State Committee. He became Kannur District Convenor of Youth Congress. He was the State Vice President, K.S.U. (1969–71). Ramachandran contested and won the Indian General Elections in 1971 as INC candidate from Kasargod Lokasabha Constituency, his first opponent was the veteran leader Shri. [[E. K. Nayanar|E.K. Nayanar]]. At that time he was a student in Law Academy. He was re-elected from the same constituency in 1977 also. He became Member of Public Accounts Committee of Lok Sabha and Consultative Committee of Ministry of Railways and Communication., Kannur Assembly constituency in 1980.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kerala.gov.in/government/mla.htm |title=Members of Legislative Assempbly |publisher=Government of Kerala |access-date=20 December 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100130012529/http://www.kerala.gov.in/government/mla.htm |archive-date=30 January 2010 }}</ref> He became General Secretary of Congress(S) State Committee in1989 and State President of Congress(S) since 1990

==Personal life==

Son of Shri P.V. Krishnan Gurukkal and Smt. T. K. Parvathi Amma. Ramachandran is married to T.R. Saraswathi, a teacher. They have a son, Mithun Puthanveettil, a musician in the band [[Avial (band)|Avial]]. He has got a unique style of dressing.

== See also ==

* [[Kerala Council of Ministers]]

==References==

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==External links==
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