Joseph M. Puthussery

Joseph M. Puthussery (born 28 April 1959) is a senior leader of the Kerala Congress (Mani), a splinter faction of Kerala Congress.

Puthussery entered politics while a student through K.S.C, and served as school unit Secretary. Was the Vice President, All Kerala Balajana Sakhyam, State General Secretary and President, KSC; General Secretary, Kerala Youth Front and KTUC State Committee. Was Member, KSRTC Director Board, KSEB Consultative Committee, MG University Senate, Southern Railway Consultative Committee, District Sports Council, Pathanamthitta, Malankara Orthodox Church Managing Committee, MOC's Colleges Governing Body; Was Office Bearer, Transport Driver's Union; Electricity Board Executive Employees Union, Assistant Engineers Association, Coconut Development Corporation Staff Union.

Now, General Secretary and Official Spokesman of Kerala Congress (M);^[1]Chairman, Mallappally Public Stadium Society. Was Secretary and Chief Whip of Kerala Congress (M) Parliamentary Party; Member, UDF State Co-ordination Committee.

He was elected to Kerala Legislative Assembly in 1991, 2001 and 2006 from Kallooppara constituency.He contested in the 2016 elections from Tiruvalla constituency but lost to Mathew T. Thomas. During his Tenure as MLA, he served as the member of the Privileges Committee, Public Undertaking Committee, Official Language Committee, Environment Committee, Rules Committee, Petitions Committee and Committee for the Welfare of Women and Children. Puthusserry was a participant in the six Annual General Assembly Sessions of the Inter Parliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy (IAO) held at Greek Parliament (2013), Russian Parliament (2014), Vienna (2015), Thessaloniki (2016), Italian Parliament (2017)and Greek Parliament(2018). IAO is an organization running with the combined efforts of European countries, its headquarters being the Greek Parliament. During his visit to the IAO General Assembly held in the Italian Parliament(2017), he had a meeting with Pope Francis at Vatican.He also met Mr.Prokopios Pavlopoulos, Greek President during the IAO 25th Annual General Assembly held in Athens(2018).

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