Joseph Vazhackan is an Indian politician. He is currently serving as 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...

 MLA, Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee

Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee

Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee is the unit of the Indian National Congress - the world's largest political organization -working in the state of Kerala. Its head office is situated at Trivandrum ....

 (KPCC) General Secretary and All India Congress Committee

All India Congress Committee

The All India Congress Committee is the Presidium or central decision-making assembly of the Indian National Congress Party. It is composed of members elected from State-level Pradesh Congress Committees and can have as many as a thousand members...

(AICC) Member.

Early life

Joseph Vazhackan was born in Ramapuram, Kottayam

Ramapuram, Kottayam

Ramapuram is a town in the Kottayam district of the Indian state of Kerala.-General information:The word "Ramapuram" means "the abode of Lord Rama", the village's chief deity. Ramapuram is unique in the sense that it houses the temple of Rama as well as his three brothers in a radius of just...

 district, 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....

, India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

. He was very active in the student’s movements in his school days.

Political life

Joseph Vazhackan came to public platform by leading the student’s movements in his school days and became Kerala Students Union

Kerala Students Union

Kerala Students Union is the Kerala branch of the National Students Union of India, the student wing of the Indian National Congress. KSU was founded on May 30, 1957 in Alappuzha.-About KSU:...

 (KSU) State President. He is a trade unionist and heads several INTUC affiliated unions. He is a person with a strong commitment to the values of democracy, Secularism and fraternity.



He had served as, including but not limited to:

1970 - KSU Unit President, St.Augustine HSS Ramapuram

1977 - KSU Meenachil Taluk President

1979 - KSU Kottayam Dist.Secretary

1980 - Kalashala Editor

1981 - KSU State Gen. Secretary

1982 - KSU State President

1986 - Indian Youth Congress State Gen.Secretary

1994 - Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee Secretary

1998 - All India Congress Committee Member

1995 - Kottayam District Panchayath opposition leader

2002 - Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee Gen. Secretary

2002 - Indian Rubber Board Member

2011 - M.L.A from Muvattupuzha