Vayalar Ravi

Infobox_Indian_politician
name = Vayalar Ravi


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birth_date = June 4 1937
birth_place =Alappuzha, Kerala
residence = Kerala
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office = Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs.
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party =Indian National Congress
religion = Hinduism
spouse = mercy ravi
children = Ravi Krishna (Unni),liza rohan(kunchie),lakshmi ravi(chuckky)
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date = March 8
year = 2006 |
source = http://www.keral.com/topstories/vayalar_ravi_minister.htm

Vayalar Ravi (born June 4 1937 [http://rajyasabha.gov.in/kiosk/rsfinal3/whoswho/alpha_vy9.htm Biographical sketch at Rajya Sabha website] .] ) is an Indian politician, currently the Union Cabinet Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs and a member of the Rajya Sabha.

Ravi was born in Vayalar, Alappuzha District, Kerala. He was the Founder President of the Kerala Students' Union (KSU), the students' wing of Indian National Congress in Kerala. [http://www.nriol.com/content/snippets/snippet1016.asp "New Minister for NRI affairs"] , nriol.com.] [http://www.vayalarravi.org/php/showContent.php?linkid=4 Profile at Ravi website] .] Ravi was elected to the 5th Lok Sabha in 1971 from Chirayinkil in Thiruvanathapuram district; he was re-elected to the 6th Lok Sabha in 1977, serving until 1979. He was elected to the Kerala Legislative Assembly in 1982, and he served as Home Minister of Kerala from 1982 to 1986 before resigning from that position due to a disagreement with Chief Minister K. Karunakaran. He was re-elected to the Kerala Legislative Assembly in 1987, serving until 1991. He was elected to the Rajya Sabha in July 1994 and again in April 2003. He became Union Cabinet Minister for Overseas Affairs on January 30 2006.

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External links

* [http://www.ambedkar.org/News/hl/VayalarRavi.htm ambedkar.org]
* [http://www.rediff.com/news/2000/oct/25rajeev.htm Rediff News]