Former Kerala speaker Vakkom Purushothaman passes away in Thiruvananthapuram

Former Kerala speaker Vakkom Purushothaman passes away in Thiruvananthapuram: Vakkom Purushothaman, a former Kerala speaker and prominent Congress leader, died at the age of 95 at his residence in Thiruvananthapuram. He was elected to the Kerala Assembly five times from the Attingal Assembly constituency and became a minister thrice. From 1982 to 1984 and again from 2001 to 2004, he was the longest-serving Speaker of the Kerala Assembly.

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He was also elected to the Lok Sabha twice from the Alappuzha seat, served from 1984 to 1991. Purushothaman worked as the 6th Lieutenant Governor of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands from 1993 to 1996, the Governor of Mizoram from 2011 to 2014, and the Governor of Tripura for two months in 2014.