Veena George

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Veena George
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Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Government of Kerala
Assumed office
20 May 2021 (2021-05-20)
Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan
Preceded byK. K. Shailaja
Member of Kerala Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
2 June 2016 (2016-06-02)
Preceded byK. Sivadasan Nair
ConstituencyAranmula
Personal details
Born (1976-08-03) 3 August 1976 (age 47)
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
NationalityIndian
Political partyCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
Spouse(s)George Joseph
Children2
Alma materGovernment College for Women, Thiruvananthapuram, University of Kerala
(B.Sc., M.Sc., B.Ed.)

Veena George is an Indian politician and current Minister for Health and Family Welfare in the Government of Kerala.[1][2][3] She is elected from Aranmula constituency to the Kerala Legislative Assembly representing Communist Party of India (Marxist). Prior to joining politics, she has worked with major Malayalam news channels for over 16 years. She is also the first female executive editor among Malayalam news channels.[4]

Personal life[edit]

Born in Thiruvananthapuram on 3 August 1976 to Rosamma Kuriakose and Adv. P. E. Kuriakose, she did her basic schooling from Mount Bethany High School Mylapra in Pathanamthitta district. She pursued Physics for graduation and postgraduation from Government College for Women, Thiruvananthapuram and completed her B.Ed. as a University of Kerala rank holder. She had taught Physics at Catholicate College Pathanamthitta for one year before taking up journalism as her career choice. She joined Kairali TV as a journalist trainee and had a 16 year old successful career with prominent Malayalam news channels. In 2015, she took charge as the executive editor of the Malayalam news channel TV New and become the first woman to do so.[5] She is married to Dr. George Joseph, a higher secondary school teacher.[6]

Career[edit]

Television career[edit]

Veena George began her career at Kairali TV as a journalist trainee, later she joined Manorama News as a news anchor and also presented morning shows and special international news programmes. Later she was associated with Malayalam news channels Indiavision, Reporter TV in prominent roles and joined TV New the roll of executive editor in 2015.[7]

Political career[edit]

She was a Students' Federation of India (SFI) activist in her college days. She contested elections for the first time when the CPI (M) fielded her from an INC held Aranmula seat in 2016 assembly polls. She defeated senior INC leader, K. Sivadasan Nair with a margin of 7646 votes. In 2019 Indian general election, Veena contested from Pathanamthitta Lok Sabha constituency and came second in a fierce tri-cornered battle with the BJP and INC.[8] She retained her seat in 2021 assembly elections with an increased margin of 19,003 votes. On 20th May 2021, she sworn in as a cabinet minister in the first Left Democratic Front government to retain power and the first government to be re-elected since 1977.[9] On 21st, she took charge as the Minister of Health and Family Welfare as the successor of renowned CPI (M) leader, K. K. Shailaja.[10]

Election candidature history[edit]

Assembly election candidature history[edit]

Year Constituency Opponent Result Margin
2016 Aranmula Adv. K. Sivadasan Nair (INC) Won 7646[11]
2021 Aranmula Adv. K. Sivadasan Nair (INC) Won 19003[12]

Parliament election candidature history[edit]

Year Constituency Opponent Result Margin
2019 Pathanamthitta Anto Antony (INC) Lost 44243[13]

References[edit]

  1. https://kerala.gov.in/documents/10180/10f1c4c2-f98b-4600-9b2a-749f33bdb791
  2. "Veena George to replace KK Shailaja as Kerala health minister; here's list of new ministers and portfolios". Times Now. 19 May 2021. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  3. "Notifications - Government of Kerala, India". kerala.gov.in. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  4. "Meet the 11 women MLAs who will join the Kerala Assembly". Haritha John. The NewsMinute. 4 May 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  5. "Veena George, the first woman Executive Editor in the history of Malayalam TV news". The News Minute. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
  6. "Veena George likely to replace KK Shailaja as health minister in new Kerala cabinet: Who is she". India TV. 19 May 2021. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
  7. Veena George, the first woman Executive Editor in the history of Malayalam TV news
  8. Kuttoor, Radhakrishnan (April 2019). "Sabarimala could hold the key". The Hindu. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
  9. Sethuraman, Sundar (2 May 2021). "Kerala Assembly elections: Welfare thrust helps left rewrite history". Business Standard India. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  10. "Former journalist Veena George replaces KK Shailaja as Kerala Health Minister in Covid era". Business Standard. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  11. "Aranmula Assembly Election 2016 Latest News & Results". India.com. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  12. "Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  13. "Election Commission of India".