Vayalar Ravi was born on 4 June 1937 and is an Indian politician, who served as the Union Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs from 2006 to 2014.
11 Facts About Vayalar Ravi
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Vayalar Ravi is a former member of the Rajya Sabha.
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Vayalar Ravi was the first General Secretary of the Kerala Students Union, the students' wing of Indian National Congress in Kerala.
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Vayalar Ravi was elected to the Kerala Legislative Assembly in 1982, and he served as Home Minister of Kerala from 1982 to 1986 before resigning from that position due to a disagreement with Chief Minister K Karunakaran.
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Vayalar Ravi was re-elected to the Kerala Legislative Assembly in 1987, serving until 1991.
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Vayalar Ravi was elected to the Rajya Sabha in July 1994 and again in April 2003.
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Vayalar Ravi became Union Cabinet Minister for Overseas Affairs on 30 January 2006.
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Vayalar Ravi was given the additional responsibility of Ministry of Civil Aviation on 19 January 2011.
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Vayalar Ravi resigned from the office after Rashtriya Lok Dal leader Ajit Singh succeeded him.
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Vayalar Ravi met his wife Mercy, while they were both active in the Kerala Students Union and he married her after a brief courtship.
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Mercy Vayalar Ravi died on 5 September 2009 following a kidney failure, aged 64.