T. M. Jacob | |
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Minister for Food and Civil Supplies, Government of Kerala | |
In office 18 May 2011 – 30 October 2011 | |
Preceded by | C. Divakaran |
Succeeded by | Anoop Jacob |
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Born | Oliyappuram, Muvattupuzha Taluk, State oTravancore–Cochin (present day Ernakulam, Kerala), India | 16 September 1950
Died | 30 October 2011 | (aged 61)
Political party | Kerala Congress (Jacob) |
Spouse | Annie Jacob (Daisy) |
Children | 2 (incl. Anoop Jacob) |
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Website | [1] |
Thanikunnel Mathew Jacob (16 September 1950 – 30 October 2011) was an Indian politician and the leader of the Kerala Congress (Jacob). Jacob was the Food & Civil Supplies Minister[1] in the UDF government, which was elected into power in Kerala in 2011.[2]
T. M. Jacob was first elected to the Kerala Legislative Assembly as an MLA from Piravom constituency in Ernakulam district in 1977, and remained a member for a period of over thirty years, representing Piravom and Kothamangalam constituencies.[3] Jacob has served as the Education Minister in the Government of Kerala under K. Karunakaran in the 1980s,[4] and as the Irrigation and Water Supply Minister in the UDF Government under A. K. Antony which was elected into power in 2001.[5] He first became a minister in the K. Karunakaran cabinet which held office from 1982 to 1987[6] and then subsequently from 1991 to 1995.[7]
His party Kerala Congress (Jacob) faced a split in 2020 after the sitting Chairman Johnny Nellore and his son Anoop Jacob failed to come into a political agreement.[8]
Jacob was born into the Thanikunnel family, on 16 September 1950, to T. S. Mathew and Annamma Mathew, as their second son.[9][10] He was married to Daisy who works as AGM in Federal Bank, Trivandrum. The couple have a son Anoop Jacob and a daughter Ambili.[11] He was admitted to Lakeshore Hospital, Kochi on 17 October[10] and died there on 30 October 2011, following liver failure.[12] He had also been under treatment for pulmonary hypertension.[13] He was interred at the Kakkoor St. Mary's Jacobite church, Piravom.[14] Anoop was elected from Piravom State Assembly Constituency following his father's death, and served as the minister of food & civil supplies in Oommen Chandy ministry. Ambili is working in Technopark Trivandrum.
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