K. C. Venugopal (Indian Politician) Biography

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Profession	Politician
Nationality	Indian
Date of Birth	04/02/1963
Age	63 years
Birthplace	Kandonthar, Payyanur in the Kannur District of Kerala, India

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School	Name not known
College/University	Payyannur College, Kannur district Calicut University, Calicut, Kerala
Educational Qualification	Master's degree of Science in Mathematics at Calicut University, Calicut, Kerala in 1986
LLB degree	LLB Course completed

Religion	Hinduism
Address	Rajeevam, Pazhaveedu P.O., Alappuzha, District Kerala, Pin Code- 695004
Hobbies	Reading Writing Listening to music
Controversies	Accused of sexually exploiting a woman

Marital Status	Married

Father	Kunji Krishnan Nambi
Mother	Janaki Amma
Siblings	He has one sister
Spouse	Asha Venugopal (Assistant Professor and Head of the English Department at VTM NSS College, Dhanuvachapuram, Thiruvananthapuram)
Children	Gokul Venugopal Parvati Venugopal

Political Party	Indian National Congress (INC)
Political Journey	Joined the Indian National Congress in late 1990s Served as a Member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly from 1996 to 2009 Served as the Minister of State for Power from 20 January 2011 to 28 October 2012 under Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Held the position of Minister of State for Civil Aviation from 28 October 2012 to 26 May 2014 under Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Was a Member of Parliament in Lok Sabha, representing the constituency of Alappuzha, from 31 May 2009 to 23 May 2019 Was the General Secretary of the All India Congress Committee for Karnataka from 22 June 2018 to 11 September 2020 Became the General Secretary (Organisation) of the All India Congress Committee in 2019 Became a Member of Parliament in Rajya Sabha on 19 June 2020 representing the constituency of Rajasthan Won the 2024 Lok Sabha elections from the Alappuzha seat in Kerala

Political Party

Indian National Congress (INC)

Political Journey

Joined the Indian National Congress in late 1990s
Served as a Member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly from 1996 to 2009
Served as the Minister of State for Power from 20 January 2011 to 28 October 2012 under Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
Held the position of Minister of State for Civil Aviation from 28 October 2012 to 26 May 2014 under Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
Was a Member of Parliament in Lok Sabha, representing the constituency of Alappuzha, from 31 May 2009 to 23 May 2019
Was the General Secretary of the All India Congress Committee for Karnataka from 22 June 2018 to 11 September 2020
Became the General Secretary (Organisation) of the All India Congress Committee in 2019
Became a Member of Parliament in Rajya Sabha on 19 June 2020 representing the constituency of Rajasthan
Won the 2024 Lok Sabha elections from the Alappuzha seat in Kerala

Car Collection	Toyota Innova Toyota Etios

1. He played volleyball during college, representing Payyanur College and Calicut University in matches.
2. His political journey started with the Indian National Congress Student Movement.
3. Venugopal became KSU State President in 1988, holding the position for five years.
4. In 1991, he gained fame getting a Lok Sabha ticket from Kasaragod through K. Karunakaran.
5. A public disagreement with Karunakaran in 1995 was over Arjun Singh's suspension.
6. He won his first Kerala Legislative Assembly election in 1996 and became an MP in the Lok Sabha in 2009.
7. On 29 April 2017, he became the General Secretary of AICC.
8. He showed strong leadership managing Congress War Rooms during elections.
9. Elected as a Rajya Sabha MP from Rajasthan on 19 June 2020.
10. His income was about Rs. 9 lakhs, and net worth around Rs. 2.7 crores in 2018-19.