Alphons Kannanthanam
| Alphons Kannanthanam | |
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| Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology | |
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Assumed office 3 September 2017 |
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| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Preceded by | P. P. Chaudhury |
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Minister of State (Independent Charge) Tourism |
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Assumed office 3 September 2017 |
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| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Preceded by | Mahesh Sharma |
| Member of Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
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In office 2006–2011 |
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| Constituency | Kanjirappally |
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8 August 1953 Kottayam, Kerala, India |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Spouse(s) | Sheela |
| Children | 2 sons |
| Website | www |
Alphons Joseph Kannanthanam (born 8 August 1953) is an Indian civil servant, advocate, and politician. He is currently serving as the Union Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology, Culture, and Tourism, in office since 3 September 2017 under the B.J.P. Government of Narendra Modi. He is the second B.J.P. Central Minister from Kerala after O. Rajagopal. Kannanthanam belongs to the 1979 batch of the Indian Administrative Service (I.A.S.), Kerala cadre. He was in Time Magazine's list of 100 Young Global Leaders. He pioneered the literacy movement in India by making Kottayam the first 100% literate town of India in 1989. He served as Commissioner of the Delhi Development Authority (D.D.A).
Alphons was born in Manimala, Kottayam district, Kerala, India, and was a Left Front independent Member of the Legislative Assembly (M.L.A.) for Kanjirappally in Kottayam district, Kerala from 2006 to 2011. He joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in 2011 and is a member of the BJP.
Alphons Kannanthanam was born in Manimala, Kottayam District, to K.V.Joseph and Brijith Joseph. His father was a World War II veteran who became a school teacher after the war. His parents had nine children; they adopted two more from the orphanage.
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