*VAYALAR RAVI* *Honorable Union Cabinet Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs (Indian Government)* *Prominent Personality from Largest Community AryaEdiga/Billava/Ezhava/Nadar/Goud/Jaiswal* Plz, like this Page, https://m.facebook/profile.php?id=198892070306044&refid=13&ref=bookmark Plz, Join this Group, https://m.facebook/groups/538744766240063?ref=bookmark&refid=13 Plz, Join this Group, https://m.facebook/groups/586443548115571?refid=13&ref=bookmark Plz, Join this Group, https://m.facebook/groups/563458973746558?refid=13&ref=bookmark Vayalar Ravi (born June 4, 1937) is a prominent Indian politician, currently the Union Cabinet Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs. He is a member of the Rajya Sabha. *Political Life* Ravi was born in Vayalar, Cherthala, Alappuzha District, Kerala. An Ezhava, he was the Founder President of the Kerala Students Union (KSU), the students wing of Indian National Congress in Kerala. Ravi was elected to the 5th Lok Sabhain 1971 from Chirayinkil in Thiruvananthapuram district; he was re-elected to the 6th Lok Sabhain 1977, serving until 1979. He was elected to the Kerala Legislative Assembly in 1982, and he served as Home Minister of Kerala from 1982 to 1986 before resigning from that position due to a disagreement with Chief Minister K. Karunakaran. He was re-elected to the Kerala Legislative Assembly in 1987, serving until 1991. He was elected to the Rajya Sabha in July 1994 and again in April 2003. He became Union Cabinet Minister for Overseas Affairs on January 30, 2006. After the Congress reelection in 2009, Ravi was re-inducted to the Cabinet for the second UPA government and retained the portfolio of Overseas Indian Affairs. He was given the additional responsibility of Ministry of Civil Aviation on January 19, 2011. He resigned from the office after Rashtriya Lok Dalleader Ajit Singh succeeded him.
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