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Mullappally Ramachandran
President, Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee
In office 19 September 2018 (2018-09-19) – 16 June 2021 (2021-06-16)
Preceded by	M. M. Hassan
Succeeded by	K. Sudhakaran
Minister of State for Home Affairs
In office 28 May 2009 – 26 May 2014 Served along with R. P. N. Singh (2012-14)
Prime Minister	Manmohan Singh
Minister	P. Chidambaram (2009-12) Sushilkumar Shinde (2012-14)
Preceded by	Sriprakash Jaiswal
Succeeded by	Kiren Rijiju
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 2009 (2009)–2019 (2019)
Preceded by	P. Satheedevi
Succeeded by	K. Muraleedharan
Constituency	Vatakara
In office 1984 (1984)–1999 (1999)
Preceded by	K. Kunhambu
Succeeded by	A. P. Abdullakutty
Constituency	Kannur
Personal details
Born	(1944-11-07) 7 November 1944 (age 80) Kozhikode, Madras Province, British India (present day Kerala, India)
Political party	Indian National Congress
Spouse	Usha Ramachandran
Alma mater	Government Law College, Kozhikode (Bachelor of Laws) Kerala University (Master of Arts)
Website	mullappallyramachandran.com

Mullappally Ramachandran (born 7 November 1944) is an Indian politician and former president of the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC). He is a member of the Indian National Congress, and the son of Congress leader Mullappally Gopalan.

Mullappally Ramachandran has returned five times consecutively to the 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th Lok Sabha from Kannur constituency, a strong fortress of rival party CPI(M). From 2009 to 2019, he was the Member of Parliament for Vatakara constituency. In the 15th Lok Sabha, he was Minister of State for Home Affairs, Govt. of India.

Positions held

• 1969-70: Chairman, Congress Forum for Socialist Action
• 1970-71: President, Youth Congress, Calicut district
• 1977-82: President, Kerala Pradesh Youth Congress
• 1984-89: Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Human Resource Development
• 1984-: General-Secretary, Pradesh Congress Committee
• 1987-88: Member, Committee on Subordinate Legislation
• 1987-89: Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of External Affairs
• 1987-90 :Member, Rules Committee
• 1988-95: Joint-Secretary, All India Congress Committee (Indira)
• 1990-91: Member, Committee on Estimates
• Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Commerce; and Ministry of Tourism
• 1991-93: Union Minister of State, Agriculture and Cooperation
• 1993-96: Member, Committee on Industry
• Member, Central Advisory Committee on Light Houses
• Member, Select Committee on Transplantation of Human Organs Bill, 1993
• Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
• 1996-97: Member, Committee on Commerce
• Member, Joint Committee on Salaries and Allowances Of Members of Parliament
• Member, Sub-Committee on Agricultural Exports
• Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Railways
• 1998-99: Member, Committee on Urban and Rural Development and Convenor of its Sub-Committee-I on Ministry of Urban Affairs and Employment; and Sub-Committee on Action Taken
• Member, Committee to review the rate of dividend payable by the Railway Undertakings
• Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Civil Aviation
• Member, Railway Convention Committee
• Member, South Zone Railway Advisory Committee
• 2000: General Secretary, KPCC
• 2005: Vice President, KPCC
• 2009-2014: Minister of State (Home)
• 2015: Chairman, Indian National Congress Central Election Authority
• 2018-2021: President, KPCC

Controversy

In June 2020, he made some controversial comments against the health minister K.K Shailaja, calling her Covid Rani (Covid Queen). In November 2020, he entered into controversy again as he stated "women with self respect will die if she is raped, or else try not to be sexually assaulted again". Later, he claimed that his remarks on rape survivors are being 'portrayed as anti-women by others.

References

1. "Member of Parliament (16th Lok Sabha) Mullappally Ramachandran". Member of Parliament (16th Lok Sabha) Mullappally Ramachandran. Retrieved 24 October 2014.
2. "Mullappally defends himself, but Chennithala asks him to stop tirade". The New Indian Express. 21 June 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
3. "'Woman with self-respect will die if raped': Congress leader Mullappally at it again". The News Minute. 1 November 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
4. P. S. Gopikrishnan Unnithan (1 November 2020). "Shocker: Self-respecting women will die if raped, says Kerala Congress chief, later clarifies". India Today. Retrieved 10 March 2021.

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v t e Members of the 16th Lok Sabha from Kerala State
GE 2014	K. C. Venugopal P. K. Biju A. Sampath Innocent K. V. Thomas Joice George P. K. Sreemathy P. Karunakaran N. K. Premachandran Jose K. Mani M. K. Raghavan E. Ahamed Kodikunnil Suresh M. B. Rajesh Anto Antony E. T. Mohammed Basheer Shashi Tharoor C. N. Jayadevan Mullappally Ramachandran M. I. Shanavas
Bye-elections 2017	PK Kunhalikutty Pre-bye poll: E. Ahamed - death
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v t e Members of the 15th Lok Sabha from Kerala State
GE 2009	P. Karunakaran K. Sudhakaran Mullappally Ramachandran M. I. Shanavas M. K. Raghavan E. Ahammed E. T. Muhammed Basheer M. B. Rajesh P. K. Biju P. C. Chacko K. P. Dhanapalan K. V. Thomas P. T. Thomas Jose K Mani K. C. Venugopal Kodikunnil Suresh Anto Antony N. Peethambara Kurup A. Sampath Shashi Tharoor
14th LS members 16th LS membersMembers of the 15th 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 12th Lok Sabha from Kerala State
GE 1998	T. Govindan Mullappally Ramachandran A. K. Premajam P. Sankaran E. Ahamed G. M. Banatwala N. N. Krishnadas S. Ajaya Kumar V. V. Raghavan A. C. Jose George Eden P. C. Thomas K. Suresh Kurup P. C. Chacko V. M. Sudheeran P. J. Kurien Chengara Surendran N. K. Premachandran Varkala Radhakrishnan K. Karunakaran
11th LS members 13th LS membersMembers of the 12th 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 11th Lok Sabha from Kerala State
GE 1996	T. Govindan Mullappally Ramachandran O. Bharathan M. P. Veerendra Kumar E. Ahamed G. M. Banatwala N. N. Krishnadas S. Ajaya Kumar V. V. Raghavan P. C. Chacko Xavier Arackal P. C. Thomas Ramesh Chennithala A. C. Jose V. M. Sudheeran P. J. Kurien Kodikunnil Suresh N. K. Premachandran A. Sampath K. V. Surendranath
10th LS members 12th LS membersMembers of the 11th 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 10th Lok Sabha from Kerala State
GE 1991	Ramanna Rai Mullappally Ramachandran K. P. Unnikrishnan K. Muraleedharan E. Ahamed Ebrahim Sulaiman Sait V. S. Vijayaraghavan K. R. Narayanan P. C. Chacko Savithri Lakshmanan K. V. Thomas P. C. Thomas Ramesh Chennithala K. M. Mathew T. J. Anjalose P. J. Kurien Kodikunnil Suresh S. Krishna Kumar Susheela Gopalan A. Charles
9th LS members 11th LS membersMembers of the 10th 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

• Malayali politicians
• India MPs 2009–2014
• Politicians from Kozhikode
• 1944 births
• Living people
• Indian National Congress politicians from Kerala
• India MPs 1984–1989
• India MPs 1989–1991
• India MPs 1991–1996
• India MPs 1996–1997
• India MPs 1998–1999
• Lok Sabha members from Kerala
• India MPs 2014–2019
• Government Law College, Thiruvananthapuram alumni