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词条 Vayalar Ravi
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  1. Political Life

  2. Personal life

  3. References

  4. External links

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| name = Vayalar Ravi
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| caption = Vayalar Ravi
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1937|6|4}}
| birth_place = Alappuzha, Travancore, British India
| residence = Kerala
| death_date =
| death_place =
| constituency = Kerala
| office6 = MP of Rajya Sabha for Kerala
| term_start6 = 22 April 2015
| term_end6 =
| office1 = Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs
| primeminister1 = Manmohan Singh
| term_start1 = 30 January 2006
| term_end1 = 26 May 2014
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| successor1 =
| order2 = Minister of Science and Technology
| President2 =
| primeminister2 = Manmohan Singh
| term_start2 = 14 August 2012
| term_end2 = 28 October 2012
| predecessor2 = Vilasrao Deshmukh
| successor2 = Jaipal Reddy
| order3 = Minister of Earth Sciences
| President3 =
| primeminister3 = Manmohan Singh
| term_start3 = 14 August 2012
| term_end3 = 28 October 2012
| predecessor3 = Vilasrao Deshmukh
| successor3 = Jaipal Reddy
| order4 = Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
| President4 =
| primeminister4 = Manmohan Singh
| term_start4 = 14 August 2012
| term_end4 = 28 October 2012
| predecessor4 = Vilasrao Deshmukh
| successor4 = K. H. Muniyappa
| office5 = Minister of Civil Aviation
| primeminister5 = Manmohan Singh
| term_start5 = 19 January 2011
| term_end5 = 18 December 2011
| predecessor5 = Praful Patel
| successor5 = Chaudhary Ajit Singh
| party = Indian National Congress
| religion = Hinduism
| spouse = Mercy Ravi
| children = Ravi Krishna
Liza Rohan
Lakshmi Ravi
| source = http://www.keral.com/topstories/vayalar_ravi_minister.htm
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Vayalar Ravi (born 4 June 1937[1]) is an Indian politician, who served as the Union Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs from 2006 to 2014. He is a member of the Rajya Sabha.

Political Life

Ravi was born in Vayallar, Cherthala, Alappuzha District, Kerala.He was the Founder general secretary of the Kerala Students Union (KSU), the students' wing of Indian National Congress in Kerala.[1][2][3] Ravi was elected to the 5th Lok Sabha in 1971[1][3] from Chirayinkil in Thiruvananthapuram district;[3] he was re-elected to the 6th Lok Sabha in 1977,[1][3] serving until 1979.[1] He was elected to the Kerala Legislative Assembly in 1982,[1][3] and he served as Home Minister of Kerala from 1982 to 1986[2][3] before resigning from that position due to a disagreement with Chief Minister K. Karunakaran.[2] He was re-elected to the Kerala Legislative Assembly in 1987,[3] serving until 1991.[1] He was elected to the Rajya Sabha in July 1994 and again in April 2003.[1] He became Union Cabinet Minister for Overseas Affairs on 30 January 2006.[3]

After the Congress reelection in 2009, Ravi was re-inducted to the Cabinet for the second UPA government and retained the portfolio of Overseas Indian Affairs. He was given the additional responsibility of Ministry of Civil Aviation on 19 January 2011. He resigned from the office after Rashtriya Lok Dal leader Ajit Singh succeeded him.

Ravi was successful in getting to key official posts in Kerala and in center. He is a Rajya Sabha member from kerala for long time.

Personal life

Ravi met his wife Mercy, while they were both active in the Kerala Students Union and he married her after a brief courtship. Mercy Ravi died on 5 September 2009 following a kidney failure, aged 64.[4]

In February 2010, Vayalar Ravi along with Indian Ambassador Shamma Jain were injured in a car accident in Monrovia, Liberia, while on an official visit to African countries.[5]

References

1. ^Biographical sketch at Rajya Sabha website.
2. ^"New Minister for NRI affairs", nriol.com.
3. ^Profile at Ravi website.
4. ^{{cite news|title=Vayalar Ravi's wife passes away|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-09-05/chennai/28107410_1_vayalar-ravi-kottayam-general-secretary|accessdate=21 October 2012|newspaper=Times of India|date=5 September 2009}}
5. ^{{cite news|author=|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-02-05/india/28136295_1_nigeria-mahesh-sachdev-monrovia |title=Vyalar Ravi out of danger after accident in Liberia|publisher=Times of India|accessdate=2010-03-11|date=5 February 2010}}

External links

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  • ambedkar.org
  • Deshmukh's portfolios given to Vayalar Ravi
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