Oommen Chandy

Oommen Chandy ( Malayalam: ഉമ്മന് ചാണ്ടി [ to ː ən tʃɑ ɳɖi ː ]; born October 31, 1943 in Kumarakom ) is an Indian politician ( Indian National Congress ) and since May 18, 2011 Office of the Chief Minister ( head of government) of Kerala state. Previously, he had held the office from 2004 to 2006.

Oommen Chandy was born on 31 October 1943 in Kumarakom in Kottayam district of the present-day state of Kerala in a family of Thomas Christians. He has a bachelor's degree in law. His political career began over the Kerala Students Union ( KSU), the higher organization of the Congress Party in Kerala. In 1970 he made ​​his first successful in the parliamentary elections in Kerala as a candidate in the constituency Puthuppally in Kottayam District on. Since then, he successfully defended his constituency in every election ( ten times ). In the Congress -led governments of Kerala Oommen Chandy held at the Chief Ministers K. Karunakaran and AK Antony repeatedly several ministerial posts for shorter periods: From 1977 to 1978 he was Minister of Labour, Minister of the Interior from 1981 to 1982 and from 1991 to 1994 Minister of Finance. Following the resignation of the incumbent Chief Minister AK Antony Oommen Chandy took over in 2004 whose term of office. After the 2006 parliamentary elections were lost to the Communist Party of India ( Marxist), Chandy lost the office again, however, and became the leader of the opposition. The 2011 election again won the Congress Party, so Oommen Chandy 2011 again returned to the Office of the Chief Minister.