Thomas Chazhikadan

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Thomas Chazhikadan
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Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
2019–2024
Preceded byJose K. Mani
ConstituencyKottayam
Member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
In office
1991 (1991) – 2011 (2011)
Succeeded byK. Suresh Kurup
ConstituencyEttumanoor
Personal details
Born (1952-09-25) 25 September 1952 (age 73)
PartyKerala Congress (M)
Residence(s)SH Mount, Kumaranalloor, Kottayam, Kerala, 686016
Alma materInstitute of Chartered Accountants of India
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Thomas Chazhikadan (born 25 September 1952) is an Indian politician and Chartered Accountant and former Member of Parliament from Kottayam Lok Sabha constituency from 2019 to 2024 and a former MLA of Kerala for Ettumanoor constituency from 1991 to 2011.[1] He is a member of the Kerala Congress (M) and successfully contested as the party's candidate from Kottayam for the 2019 Lok Sabha election.[2]

His elder brother, politician Babu Chazhikadan, was the original candidate from Ettumanoor, but killed by a lightning strike during the election campaign of 1991.[3]

He is now a partner at Thomas Chazhikadan & Associates, a Chartered Accountancy firm in Kottayam, Kerala.[citation needed]

Early life

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Thomas Chazhikadan was born on 25 September 1952 at Veliyannoor, Kottayam to Cyriac and Aleyamma Chazhikadan. He was a member of several social service clubs such as YMCA; Y's Men International and Lions Club International. He has served as the President of the Kottayam District Co-operative Society and the Vice-President of the New Bank of India Officers Association. He had also been the Secretary of the Bankers Club, Kottayam and a member of the Mahatma Gandhi University Senate.

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