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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Kadavoor Sivadasan
| image = KADAVOOR SIVADASAN.jpg
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1932|03|11|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Thrikkadavoor|Kadavoor]], [[Kollam]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|2019|5|17|1932|03|11|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Thiruvananthapuram]],Kerala, India
| residence = [[Kollam]], [[Kerala]]
| office =
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
| religion =
| alma_mater =
| occupation = [[Politician]]
| profession = Advocate, political worker, trade unionist
| signature =
}}
'''Kadavoor Sivadasan''' (also known as '''K. Sivadasan''') (11 March 1932 – 17 May 2019) was a Minister in the Indian state of Kerala, Political leader, a noted [[advocate]], and [[trade unionist]] from [[Kerala]], [[India]].

==Political career==
Entering politics through students movements, he became the president of Progressive Students Union (PSU) in 1958. Later he enrolled as an advocate in Kollam Bar and was in active practice.

Sivadasan got elected to the [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]] for first time in 1980 contesting as an RSP candidate.<ref>{{cite book |title=Regional political parties and state politics |last=Kumar |first=G. Gopa |page=98 |year=1986 |publisher=Deep & Deep Publications |oclc=14362838 }}</ref> He became elected in 1982 too as an RSP member. In 1991, 1996 and 2001 he got elected again, contesting as a candidate of the [[Indian National Congress]].{{Citation needed|date=August 2011}}

Sivadasan was the minister for labour from 28 December 1981 to 17 March 1982 and minister for labour and excise during 1982–87 in the ministries headed by [[K. Karunakaran]].<ref>{{cite journal |year=1982 |journal=Asian Recorder |volume=28 |pages=lxii |issn=0004-4644 }}</ref>

He served as Minister for Forests and Wildlife from 20 April 1995 to 9 May 1996 in the Ministry headed by [[A. K. Antony]]; again he was the Minister for Electricity from 26 May 2001 to 11 February 2004 and held the portfolios of health and family welfare from 11 February 2004 to 29 August 2004 in the ministry, also headed by A. K. Antony.<ref>{{cite book |title=Birds of Kerala |authorlink=Sálim Ali |last=Ali |first=Sálim |author2=R. Sugathan |page=x |year=1999 |publisher=Kerala Forests and Wildlife Department |isbn=978-81-900978-0-2 |author2-link=R. Sugathan }}</ref> Sivadasan was a senior congress leader and also{{When|date=August 2011}} served as DCC president of [[Kollam district]], Kerala. {{Citation needed|date=August 2011}}

An active trade unionist, Sivadasan served as Secretary of Kerala Provisional United Trade Union Congress in 1977,{{Citation needed|date=August 2011}} and participated in the [[International Labour Organization]] (ILO) conference in [[Geneva]] representing [[Indian Government|Central Government]] in 1985.{{Citation needed|date=August 2011}} He also visited [[Italy]], [[Switzerland]], [[France]], [[Germany]] and [[United Arab Emirates]] in various capacities.{{Citation needed|date=August 2011}}

==Assembly election candidature history==
{| width="70%" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: 2px #000000 solid"
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Year
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Constituency
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Opponent
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Result
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Margin
|----
|1980
|[[Kollam (Assembly constituency)#History|Quilon]]
|[[C. V. Padmarajan]] ([[Indian National Congress|INC]])
|style="background: #98FB98;" |Won
|style="background: #98FB98;" |2,414<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.elections.in/kerala/assembly-constituencies/1980-election-results.html |title=Kerala Assembly Election - 1980 |publisher=Elections.in |accessdate=2019-05-17}}</ref>
|----
|1982
|[[Kollam (Assembly constituency)#History|Quilon]]
|S. Thyagarajan ([[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|RSP]])
|style="background: #98FB98;" |Won
|style="background: #98FB98;" |5,802<ref>{{cite web |url=http://keralaassembly.org/1982/1982124.html |title=1982 - Kerala Election Results |publisher=Kerala Assembly |accessdate=2019-05-17}}</ref>
|----
|1991
|[[Kollam (Assembly constituency)#History|Quilon]]
|[[Babu Divakaran]] ([[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|RSP]])
|style="background: #98FB98;" |Won
|style="background: #98FB98;" |4,476<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.elections.in/kerala/assembly-constituencies/1991-election-results.html |title=Kerala Assembly Election - 1991 |publisher=Elections.in |accessdate=2019-05-17}}</ref>
|----
|1996
|[[Kollam (Assembly constituency)#History|Quilon]]
|[[Babu Divakaran]] ([[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|RSP]])
|style="background: #FFA07A;" |Lost
|style="background: #FFA07A;" |6,298<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.elections.in/kerala/assembly-constituencies/1996-election-results.html |title=Kerala Assembly Election - 1996 |publisher=Elections.in |accessdate=2019-05-17}}</ref>
|----
|2001
|[[Kundara (Assembly constituency)|Kundara]]
|[[J. Mercykutty Amma]] ([[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]])
|style="background: #98FB98;" |Won
|style="background: #98FB98;" |4,467<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.elections.in/kerala/assembly-constituencies/2001-election-results.html |title=Kerala Assembly Election - 2001 |publisher=Elections.in |accessdate=2019-05-17}}</ref>
|}

==Death==
He died on 17 May 2019 due to age-related illness.<ref>[https://tv.mathrubhumi.com/en/news/kerala/former-minister-kadavur-sivadasan-passed-away-1.19033]</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.niyamasabha.org/codes/members/m62.htm Niyamasabha]

{{Elected members from Kollam assembly constituency}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sivadasan, Kadavoor}}
[[Category:Trade unionists from Kerala]]
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Kerala]]
[[Category:2019 deaths]]
[[Category:1932 births]]
[[Category:People from Ernakulam district]]
[[Category:Members of the Kerala Legislative Assembly]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian politicians]]

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