14 Facts About Alphons Kannanthanam

Alphons Joseph Kannanthanam or K J Alphons was born on 8 August 1953 and is an Indian civil servant, advocate, and politician from Kerala.

Alphons Kannanthanam was Union Minister of State for Culture, and Tourism during first Modi ministry under Government of Narendra Modi.

Alphons Kannanthanam served as Commissioner of the Delhi Development Authority.

Alphons Kannanthanam's father was a World War II veteran who became a school teacher after the war.

Alphons Kannanthanam's parents had nine children; they adopted two more from the orphanage.

Alphons Kannanthanam completed his Master's in Economics and was one of the toppers of the Civil Services Examination in the year 1979.

Alphons Kannanthanam completed his LLB while he was the Commissioner for Delhi Development Authority DDA.

Alphons Kannanthanam was recruited to the Indian Administrative Service in 1979 and served a civil servant for 27 years.

Alphons Kannanthanam was elected a Member of the Legislative Assembly, from Kanjirappally in Kottayam District, Kerala as an independent candidate with the support of Left Democratic Front and served from 2006 to 2011.

On 24 March 2011, Alphons Kannanthanam joined the BJP in the presence of erstwhile party president Nitin Gadkari, after having resigned from his assembly seat a couple of hours prior.

Alphons Kannanthanam was appointed a Member of Committee constituted by Government of India on 26 June 2017 to prepare the final draft of National Education Policy.

On 9 November 2017, Alphons Kannanthanam was elected unopposed as Rajya Sabha member from Rajasthan.

Alphons Kannanthanam is the second BJP Central Minister from Kerala after O Rajagopal.

Alphons Kannanthanam contested as NDA candidate from Ernakulam constituency for 2019 Indian general election and came third.