Jose K. Mani
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Jose K Mani is a politician from Kerala
Kerala
or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....

. He belongs to the Kerala Congress (Mani) party. He is the son of K. M. Mani
K. M. Mani
Karingozhakkal Mani Mani is a veteran Indian politician and the leader of Kerala Congress , one of the factions of the Kerala Congress. He holds the records of having presented the maximum number of eight budgets in the Kerala Legislative Assembly as Finance Minister and also as the...

. He unsuccessfully contested in the parliament election in 2004.

He lost to P C Thomas in Muvattupuzha
Muvattupuzha
Muvattupuzha is a municipality in Ernakulam district in the Indian state of Kerala. It is a junction of three districts namely Ernakulam, Kottayam and Idukki. The town is bordered by Kottayam district on southern side and Idukki district on eastern side approximately 20 km from the town...

 constituency.

In 2007, he was elected general secretary of the Kerala Congress. He won the 2009 Lok Sabha election
Indian general election, 2009
India held general elections to the 15th Lok Sabha in five phases between 16 April 2009 and 13 May 2009. With an electorate of 714 million , it was the largest democratic election in the world to date.By constitutional requirement, elections to the Lok Sabha must be...

 from the Kottayam
Kottayam (Lok Sabha constituency)
-Assembly segments:Kottayam Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:piravom/-/pala#Kottayam#Ettumanoor#Puthuppally#Kaduthuruthy#Vaikom #Palai#Piravom-Members of Parliament:*1952: C. P. Matthew, Indian National Congress...

 constituency, by a margin of more than 70000 votes over Suresh Kurup of Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Communist Party of India (Marxist)
The Communist Party of India is a political party in India. It has a strong presence in the states of Kerala, West Bengal and Tripura. As of 2011, CPI is leading the state government in Tripura. It leads the Left Front coalition of leftist parties in various states and the national parliament of...

(CPI(M)).

Jose K Mani was elected to the Lok Sabha for the first time in 2009 from the Kottayam Constituency. Among the country's younger parliamentarians, he is a native of Pala in Kottayam District, Kerala.

Known for his tireless work at the grassroots level and for spearheading the improvement of his home constituency, Jose's hands-on, informal style has led to him being regarded as the most approachable MP.

As a representative of Kottayam district he gives top priority to working among his constituents and on the all-round development of his district.

His other main area of focus is youth empowerment. He is commited to inculcating a sense of social and political responsibility among the youth in rural and semi urban Kerala.

Jose is a Member of the Lok Sabha Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture.

He is the Chairman of Centre for Reform and Research- a youth empowerment society. He is also the President of Vikasana Sena- a youth association associated with Prateeksha Rotary Centre for Mentally Challenged Children.

Born in 1965 in Pala, Jose did his schooling in Montfort School, Yercaud. He graduated from Loyola College, Chennai and is an MBA from PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore.

Before dedicating himself to public service, Jose worked with private and public sector companies in and outside Kerala. Taking inspiration from his illustrious father KM Mani, he entered public service in 2001.

Prior to his election as Member of Parliament, Jose was the President of the Kerala Youth Front for several years.

In 2003, Jose as the President of the Kerala Youth Front, mobilised one of the largest youth gatherings in the history of Kerala under the banner of 'Vikasana Sandesha Yatra', to channelise their energies towards productive purposes.
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