Veena George is an Indian politician and former journalist. She is a member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and became the Minister of Health and Family Welfare of Kerala in 2021.
Wiki/Biography
Veena George was born on Tuesday, August 3, 1976 in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala (46 years old as of 2022). She completed her schooling from Mount Bethany High School Mylapra in Pathanamthitta district of Kerala. She completed her graduation and postgraduate studies in Physics from Government College for Women, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. She completed her B.Ed. from Kerala University. While in college, she was a member of the communist student union Students Federation of India (SFI). She worked as a teacher at Pathanamthitta Catholic College for a year before switching to journalism. After 16 years as a journalist and presenter, she entered politics. In 2016, Veena was appointed as the CPIM candidate for the Arammulla state parliamentary constituency and won the first election. In 2021, she succeeded KK Shailaja as the health and family welfare minister in the second LDF government led by Pinarayi Vijayan.
appearance
Hair color: black
Eye color: black
family
Veena George’s family hails from Mylapra in Pathanamthitta, Kerala.
Parents and siblings
Veena George’s father PE Kuriakose is an advocate. Her mother Rosamma Kuriakose is a former Pathanamthitta Corporation MP. She has two siblings: lawyers Vidya K Joseph and Vijay Kuriakose.
husband and children
Veena George is married to Dr. George Joseph, a high school teacher. They have two children, a son and a daughter.
Veena George and her family
address
Velasserri Palamuttathu House, Mylapra PO Pathanamthitta- 689 671
Profession
Veena George briefly worked as a teacher before becoming a journalist. She went on to become one of the best journalists in Kerala and won numerous awards during her 16-year career as a reporter and anchor. Veena George was appointed as the candidate of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and won the 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly elections. During her second term as MLA, Veena was appointed as a minister in the second Pinarayi Vijayan government.
Journalism
Veena George started her journalism career in 2000 when she joined Kairali TV as a trainee reporter. Later, she joined Manorama News and rose to the ranks of popular anchors in Kerala. Veena presents morning shows and special international performances. Veena then joined Indiavision and worked with the channel for a while before joining Reporter TV. In 2015, she joined TV New and made history by becoming the first female executive editor of a Malayalam news channel. Veena George has published various news-related articles.
Veena George interviews the Dalai Lama
politics
While in college, she was a member of the Students Federation of India (SFI), the student wing of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). Veena made an unexpected entry into mainstream politics in 2016, when she was announced as the CPI(M) candidate from Aranmula state assembly constituency in Pathanamthitta district. She defeated senior Indian National Congress (INC) leader K. Sivadasan Nair in the first election by a margin of 7,646 votes. She contested the 2019 Indian General Elections from the Pathanamthitta Lok Sabha seat and finished second, defeating candidates from the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party in a tight election. Veena retained her seat in the 2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly elections and increased her vote margin to 19,003 votes.
Veena George during the campaign
In 2021, she was nominated as Minister of Health and Family Welfare by the CPM Politburo; her consecutive victories in the Legislative Assembly elections in Congress strongholds, and her outstanding leadership during the Pathanamthitta flood relief in 2018 and 2019 and organizational skills were the main factors that convinced the party leadership that Veena was best qualified to replace the Congress party. Former minister KK Shailaja. Veena and the Kerala Council of Ministers were inaugurated on May 20, 2021. Veena created history when she became a minister; the first female journalist-turned-politician to be appointed as a minister of Kerala.
People’s representatives of the party are leading rescue efforts at the scene. Aranmula MLA Veena George in the relief camp.#keralaflood pic.twitter.com/GUISFSWBps
— CPI(M) West Bengal (@CPIM_WESTBENGAL) August 18, 2018
net worth
Her net worth in 2021 is estimated to be Rs. 1,58,15,272.77.
Assets and property
movable property
- Deposits with banks, financial institutions and non-banking financial companies: Rs. 58,589.59
- Motor Vehicles: Rs. 15,23,201
real estate
- Agricultural land: Rs. 58,64,940
- Residential Building: Rs. 1,00,00,000
Note: The movable and immovable property estimates given are based on 2021. Chattels do not include assets owned by her husband and his dependents. Real estate includes assets owned by her husband.
Facts/Trivia
- In 2012, she won the Kerala Television Award for Best Malayalam News Reader.
- Veena George is the first woman executive editor to lead a media organization in Kerala. In 2015, she became the executive editor of Malayalam news channel TV New.
- In her free time, she enjoys reading and traveling.
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