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Place of Birth: Kottayam, Kerala, India
About Alphons Kannanthanam
- Alphons Joseph Kannanthanam or K.
- J.
- Alphons (born 8 August 1953) is an Indian civil servant, advocate, and politician.
- He is the former Union Minister of State for Culture, and Tourism, in office since 3 September 2017 to May 2019 under the B.J.P.
- Government of Narendra Modi.He is a BJP Rajyasabha MP from Rajasthan He is the second BJP Central Minister from Kerala after O.
- Rajagopal.
- Alphons Kannanthanam belongs to the 1979 batch of the Indian Administrative Service (I.A.S.), Kerala cadre.
- He served as Commissioner of the Delhi Development Authority.
- Alphons was born in Manimala, Kottayam district, Kerala, India, and was a Left Democratic Front supported independent Member of the Legislative Assembly for Kanjirappally constituency in Kottayam district, Kerala from 2006 to 2011.
- He joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in 2011.He is also the first ever BJP Central Minister from Pathanamthitta (Lok Sabha constituency).
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