Kadavoor Sivadasan
{{Short description|Indian politician (1932–2019)}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1932|03|11|df=y}}
| birth_place = Kadavoor, Kollam
| death_date = {{death date and age|2019|5|17|1932|03|11|df=y}}
| death_place = Thiruvananthapuram,Kerala, India
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| party = Indian National Congress
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| occupation = Politician
| profession = Advocate, political worker, trade unionist
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{{family name hatnote|Kadavoor|Sivadasan|Indian name|lang=Toponymic}}Kadavoor Sivadasan (also known as K. Sivadasan) (11 March 1932 – 17 May 2019) was a Minister in the Indian state of Kerala, Political leader, a noted advocate, and trade unionist from Kerala, India.
Political career
Entering politics through students movements, he became the president of Progressive Students Union (PSU) in 1958. Later he enrolled as an advocate in Kollam Bar and was in active practice.
Sivadasan got elected to the Kerala Legislative Assembly for first time in 1980 contesting as an RSP candidate.{{cite book |title=Regional political parties and state politics |last=Kumar |first=G. Gopa |page=98 |year=1986 |publisher=Deep & Deep Publications |oclc=14362838 }} He became elected in 1982 too as an RSP member. In 1991, 1996 and 2001 he got elected again, contesting as a candidate of the Indian National Congress.{{Citation needed|date=August 2011}}
Sivadasan was the minister for labour from 28 December 1981 to 17 March 1982 and minister for labour and excise during 1982–87 in the ministries headed by K. Karunakaran.{{cite journal |year=1982 |journal=Asian Recorder |volume=28 |pages=lxii |issn=0004-4644 }}
He served as Minister for Forests and Wildlife from 20 April 1995 to 9 May 1996 in the Ministry headed by A. K. Antony; again he was the Minister for Electricity from 26 May 2001 to 11 February 2004 and held the portfolios of health and family welfare from 11 February 2004 to 29 August 2004 in the ministry, also headed by A. K. Antony.{{cite book |title=Birds of Kerala |authorlink=Sálim Ali |last=Ali |first=Sálim |author2=R. Sugathan |page=x |year=1999 |publisher=Kerala Forests and Wildlife Department |isbn=978-81-900978-0-2 |author2-link=R. Sugathan }} Sivadasan was a senior congress leader and also{{When|date=August 2011}} served as DCC president of Kollam district, Kerala. {{Citation needed|date=August 2011}}
An active trade unionist, Sivadasan served as Secretary of Kerala Provisional United Trade Union Congress in 1977,{{Citation needed|date=August 2011}} and participated in the International Labour Organization (ILO) conference in Geneva representing Central Government in 1985.{{Citation needed|date=August 2011}} He also visited Italy, Switzerland, France, Germany and United Arab Emirates in various capacities.{{Citation needed|date=August 2011}}
Assembly election candidature history
Death
He died on 17 May 2019 due to age-related illness.{{Cite web|url=https://tv.mathrubhumi.com/en/news/kerala/former-minister-kadavur-sivadasan-passed-away-1.19033|title = Kerala}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.niyamasabha.org/codes/members/m62.htm Niyamasabha]
{{Elected members from Kollam assembly constituency}}
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Category:Trade unionists from Kerala
Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Kerala
Category:People from Ernakulam district
Category:Kerala MLAs 1980–1982
Category:20th-century Indian politicians
Category:Kerala MLAs 1982–1987