Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan

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Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan (born 1949) is an Indian politician.

Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan was born as the son of K. P. Parameswaran Pillai and M. G. Gourikutty on 27th December 1949 at Thiruvanchoor, Kottayam, Kerala, India. He entered politics as a student activist and served as the Chairman of Kerala University Union in 1973 and State President of KSU in 1974. He also served as State General Secretary and President of Youth Congress before becoming the General Secretary of Kerala PCC in 1984. He served as a member of AICC and was associated with several trade unions.

He was elected to Kerala Legislative Assembly in 1991, 1996, 2001 and 2006 and represents Adoor Constituency. He was the Water Resoursces, Forest, Health and Parliamentary affairs minister in the ommen Chandy government. He also served as the Secretary of the Congress Party. He is married to Lalithambika Radhakrishnan and has 2 sons - Anupam Radhakrishnan, Arjun Radhakrishnan and a daughter - Athira Radhakrishnan.