Francis George (politician)

K. Francis George
K. Francis George
	Francis George at Arakuzha
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
	In office; 1999–2009
Preceded by	P. C. Chacko
Succeeded by	P. T. Thomas
Constituency	Idukki
Personal details
Born	29 May 1955 (age 69); Muvattupuzha, Kottayam district, Travancore-Cochin
Political party	Kerala Congress
Other political; affiliations	Janadhipathya Kerala Congress (formerly); Kerala Congress (M) (formerly)
Spouse	Shiny Francis George
Children	3
Residence	Muvattupuzha
Website	http://www.francisgeorge.in
	Source: [1]

K. Francis George is an Indian politician who is a leader of Kerala Congress which is one among several factions of the Kerala Congress. He was a member of the 13th and the 14th Lok Sabha, representing Idukki constituency of Kerala. He was formerly a leader of the Kerala Congress (M) and that of his former party Janadhipathya Kerala Congress.

Political career

Prior to the 2014 Indian general election, he left Kerala Congress (M) and created a new party — Janadhipathya Kerala Congress. The party joined the Left Democratic Front (LDF) and he contested in the 2016 Kerala assembly election from Idukki, however he lost the election to the sitting MLA Roshy Augustine. In 2020, he left the Janadhipathya Kerala Congress and rejoined Kerala Congress (M) and he is currently part of the P. J. Joseph faction of the party. In 2021 elections he contested as UDF candidate from idukki. But he lost yet again to Roshy Augustine from KCM in a rematch of sorts with both contestants switching sides from 2016.^{[citation needed]}

Francis George has been on Parliamentary Committees on External Affairs, Defence, Industry, and Commerce. He has been nominated as the UDF candidate for the Parliament Constituency of Kottayam for the upcoming Parliament election 2024.

Personal life

Francis graduated from Christ College in Bangalore and has been graduated in law by the Law Academy at Trivandrum. He was formerly a banker.

He is the son of K. M. George, the founder of Kerala Congress. Francis George is married to Shiny Chettisseril. They have three children namely K. F. George, K. F. Jose and K. F. Jacob.

References

^ "ഫ്രാന്‍സിസ് ജോര്‍ജിന്റെ പാര്‍ട്ടി കേരള കോണ്‍ഗ്രസ് -ഡെമോക്രാറ്റിക് നിലവില്‍ വന്നു |".

External links

Francis George's Virtual Office Archived 17 February 2017 at the Wayback Machine

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[1] "ഫ്രാന്‍സിസ് ജോര്‍ജിന്റെ പാര്‍ട്ടി കേരള കോണ്‍ഗ്രസ് -ഡെമോക്രാറ്റിക് നിലവില്‍ വന്നു |".

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v t e Members of the 13th Lok Sabha from Kerala State
GE 1999	T. Govindan A. P. Abdullakutty A. K. Premajam K. Muraleedharan E. Ahamed G. M. Banatwala N. N. Krishnadas S. Ajaya Kumar A. C. Jose K. Karunakaran George Eden P. C. Thomas K. Suresh Kurup K. Francis George V. M. Sudheeran Ramesh Chennithala Kodikunnil Suresh P. Rajendran Varkala Radhakrishnan V. S. Sivakumar
12th LS members 14th LS members Members of the 13th Lok Sabha from States AP AR AS BR CT GA GJ HR HP JH KA KL MP MH ML MN MZ NL OR PB RJ SK TG TN TR UP UT WB Union territories AN CH DH DL JK LA LD PY

v t e Members of the 14th Lok Sabha from Kerala State
GE 2004	P. Karunakaran A. P. Abdullakutty P. Satheedevi M. P. Veerendra Kumar T. K. Hamza E. Ahammed N. N. Krishnadas S. Ajaya Kumar C. K. Chandrappan Lonappan Nambadan Sebastian Paul P. C. Thomas K. Suresh Kurup K. Francis George K. S. Manoj C. S. Sujatha Chengara Surendran P. Rajendran Varkala Radhakrishnan P. K. Vasudevan Nair
Bye-elections 2005	Pannyan Raveendran Pre-bye poll: P. K. Vasudevan Nair - death
13th LS members 15th LS members Members of the 14th Lok Sabha from States AP AR AS BR CT GA GJ HR HP JH KA KL MP MH ML MN MZ NL OR PB RJ SK TG TN TR UP UT WB Union territories AN CH DH DL JK LA LD PY