Sunday, October 30, 2011
TM Jacob , Food Minister of Kerala passes away
Kerala Food and Civil Supplies Minister T M Jacob died at a private hospital in Kochi late on Sunday Oct 30 2011 .
He was 61 and is survived by wife, a son and a daughter. The Kerala Congress (Jacob) leader was under treatment for pulmonary hypertension and was hospitalised a few days ago. Hospital Sources said the end came after the liver failure at 10.30 p.m. He was admitted to the hospital on October 17, was in the cardiac ICU when the end came. His wife, son, and sister were there at his bedside.
Jacob, born on September 16, 1950 as the son of T.S. Mathew and Annama, entered politics via the student movement. He had been associated with the Kerala Congress since its inception. He had been the general secretary and president of the Kerala Students Congress, the student wing of the Kerala Congress, from 1971 to 1975.
He was first elected in 1977 from Piravom constituency, and was re-elected from the same constituency in 2011 assembly elections Mr Jacob had left a mark on all the ministerial portfolios he had handled.
The body will be kept at Ernakulam Town Hall from Monday morning for the public to pay their last respects.
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