C. F. Thomas

{{Short description|Indian politician (1939–2020)}}

{{Use Indian English|date=October 2015}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2015}}

{{more citations needed|date = September 2020}}{{Infobox officeholder

| name = C. F. Thomas

| successor1 = Job Michael

| constituency1 = Changanassery

| image =

| term_end1 = {{End date|2020|09|27|df=yes}}

| term_start1 = {{Start date|1980||}}

| office1 = Member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly

| alma_mater =

| office2 = Minister for Registration, Rural Development, Khadi and Village Industries, Government of Kerala

| termstart2 = {{Start date|2001|05|17|df=yes}}

| termend2 = {{End date|2006|05|12|df=yes}}

| predecessor1 = Joseph Chacko

| governor2 = {{Unbulleted_list|Sukhdev Singh Kang|Sikander Bakht|T. N. Chaturvedi
{{small|(Additional Charge)}}|R. L. Bhatia}}

| 1blankname2 = Chief Minister

| 1namedata2 = {{Unbulleted_list|A. K. Antony|Oommen Chandy}}

| party = Kerala Congress

| nationality = Indian

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1939|07|30|df=yes}}

| birth_name = Chennikkara Francis Thomas

| birth_place = Changanassery, Kingdom of Travancore, British India
(present day Kottayam, Kerala, India)

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2020|09|27|1939|07|30|df=yes}}

| death_place = Thiruvalla, Pathanamthitta, Kerala, India

| spouse = Kunjamma

| children = 1 Son, 2 Daughters

| parents = Francis and Annamma

}}

{{Indian name|Thomas|Chennikkara Francis}}Chennikkara Francis Thomas (30 July 1939 – 27 September 2020) was an Indian politician from Changanassery and member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly. He was Minister for Rural Development in the third A. K. Antony ministry and the subsequent first Oommen Chandy ministry. He was also the Chairman of the Kerala Congress and later became its Deputy Chairman.

Before entering politics, he was a teacher at St. Berchmans Higher Secondary School in Changanassery from 1962 to 1980.{{cite news |url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/2001/05/06/stories/1506211s.htm |title=Tight fight in Kottayam district |publisher=Hinduonnet.com |date=2001-05-06 |accessdate=2010-01-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606103601/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2001/05/06/stories/1506211s.htm |archive-date=6 June 2011 |url-status=usurped }}{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/01/14/stories/2007011411290300.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071127015606/http://www.hindu.com/2007/01/14/stories/2007011411290300.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2007-11-27 |title=Installation of Corepiscopoi held |date=2007-01-14 |work=The Hindu |accessdate=2010-01-24}}