T. M. Jacob was the leader of Kerala Congress (Jacob)

Kerala Congress (Jacob)

Kerala Congress is a registered-unrecognized political party in the Indian state of Kerala. It is a faction of Kerala Congress led by the former minister T. M. Jacob who has held portfolios like Education, Irrigation and Culture in the Kerala Legislative Assembly.-Formation:Kerala Congress was...

, a splinter faction of Kerala Congress

Kerala Congress

The Kerala Congress is a recognized State political party in Kerala, India. The party was founded by K. M. George in October 1964 after a group of legislators decided to break from the Indian National Congress...

. Jacob was the Food & Civil Supplies Minister in the UDF

United Democratic Front (India)

United Democratic Front is an alliance of political parties of Kerala state in India. This alliance is led by the Indian National Congress....

 government, which was elected into power in Kerala

Kerala

or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....

 in 2011.

T. M. Jacob was first elected to the Kerala Legislative Assembly

Kerala Legislative Assembly

The Kerala Legislative Assembly more popularly known as Niyamasabha , is the law making body of Kerala, one of the 28 States in India. The Assembly is formed by 140 elected representatives and one nominated member from the Anglo-Indian community...

 as an MLA from Piravom

Piravom

Piravom is a town situated in Muvattupuzha Taluk of Ernakulam district in Kerala state, south India. It is 33 km South East of Cochin city & 42 km north of Kottayam town. Piravom is famous for historic Hindu temples and Syrian Christian churches. The town lies 22 km from the Taluka...

 constituency in Ernakulam district

Ernakulam district

-Economy:Agriculture constitutes the most important segment of the district’s economy and it is the biggest source of employment. Of the geographical 235319 hectares, crops are grown in 0 hectares. Coconut is the principal crop followed by rubber, paddy, and tapioca...

 in 1977, and remained a member for a period of over thirty years, representing Piravom and Kothamangalam

Kothamangalam

Kothamangalam is a town located in eastern part of Ernakulam district in the Indian state of Kerala situated 45 km north east of Kochi City. It is located around 14 km north east to the town of Muvattupuzha. The town is situated in the foothills of the Western Ghats mountain ranges. It...

 constituencies. Jacob has served as the Education Minister

Education minister

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 in the Government of Kerala

Government of Kerala

The Government of Kerala is a democratically elected body that governs the State of Kerala, India for a period of 5 years. The state government is headed by the Governor of Kerala as the nominal head of state, with a democratically elected Chief Minister as real head of the executive. The state...

 under K. Karunakaran in the 1980's, and as the Irrigation and Water Supply Minister in the UDF

United Democratic Front (India)

United Democratic Front is an alliance of political parties of Kerala state in India. This alliance is led by the Indian National Congress....

 Government under A. K. Antony

A. K. Antony

Arackaparambil Kurien Antony is an Indian National Congress politician, a former Chief Minister of Kerala, and the current Defence Minister of India....

 which was elected into power in 2001. He first became a minister in the K. Karunakaran cabinet on two occasions, 1982-1987 and then 1991-1995. He was a Christian

Christian

A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as recorded in the Canonical gospels and the letters of the New Testament...

, belonging to the Syriac Orthodox Church

Jacobite Syrian Christian Church

The Jacobite Syrian Christian Church is part of the Syriac Orthodox Church, located in Kerala, India. It recognizes the Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch, currently Ignatius Zakka I Iwas, as its supreme head. It functions as a largely autonomous archdiocese within the church, under the authority...

. He died on October 30, 2011 in a private hospital in Kochi.