Veena George
Veena George (born 3 August 1976) is an Indian politician and former journalist who Served as the Minister for Health and Woman and Child Development in the Government of Kerala.[1] She represents Aranmula Assembly constituency in the Kerala Legislative Assembly since 2016. A member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), Veena worked with major Malayalam news channels for over 16 years prior to joining politics. She was also the first female executive editor among Regional Malayalam news channels.[2] Early life and careerVeena George was born in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, on 3 August 1976 to Adv. P. E. Kuriakose and Rosamma Kuriakose in a Malankara Orthodox Christian family. She completed her schooling at Mount Bethany High School in Pathanamthitta. She pursued a B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Physics from the Government College for Women, Thiruvananthapuram, and completed her B.Ed. as a University of Kerala rank holder. Veena taught Physics as a lecturer 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-long successful career with prominent Malayalam news channels. In 2015, she took charge as the executive editor of the Malayalam news channel TV New and became the first woman to do so.[3] She is married to Dr. George Joseph, a higher secondary school teacher.[4] CareerTelevision careerVeena 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 in the role of executive editor in 2015.[5]  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 the 2016 assembly polls. She defeated senior INC leader K. Sivadasan Nair with a margin of 7,646 votes. In the 2019 Indian general election, Veena contested from the Pathanamthitta Lok Sabha constituency and came second in a fierce tri-cornered battle with the BJP and INC.[6] She retained her seat in the 2021 assembly elections with an increased margin of 19,003 votes. On 20 May 2021, she was sworn in as a cabinet minister in the Left Democratic Front government, which became the first administration in Kerala to be re-elected since the 1977 election.[7] On 21 May 2021, she took charge as the Minister for Health and Family Welfare, succeeding renowned CPI (M) leader K. K. Shailaja.[8] Election candidature historyParliament election candidature history
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