Joseph M. Puthussery

Joseph M. Puthussery (born at Kalloppara on 28 April 1959) is an Indian politician. He serves as senior leader of the Kerala Congress.

Early life Joseph M. Puthussery was born on April 28, 1959, in Kallooppara, Pathanamthitta district of Kerala as the son of Mamman and Mariamma. Chairman, Mallappally Public Stadium Society. Was Secretary and Chief Whip of Kerala Congress (M) Parliamentary Party; Member, UDF State Co-ordination Committee.

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He was the General Secretary of the Kerala Congress (M) and after the death of K. M. Mani, he left the party and joined the Joseph faction of the Kerala Congress in protest against the decision of Jose faction of Kerala Congress (M) to join the Left Democratic Front.

Electoral politics

Puthussery was elected as Member of Kerala Legislative Assembly from the old Kallooppara constituency in 1991, 2001 and 2006, but did not get a seat after the constituency was abolished in 2011. He later contested the 2016 assembly elections from Tiruvalla constituency but lost to Mathew T. Thomas.

During his Tenure as MLA, Puthussery served as a 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 seven 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) Greek Parliament (2018)and Georgian Parliament(2019). IAO combines the efforts of European countries, with headquarters in the Greek Parliament. During his visit to the 2017 IAO General Assembly, he met with Pope Francis. He also met Prokopios Pavlopoulos, Greek President during the IAO 25th Annual General Assembly.