A. C. Jose, Indian politician, Died at 78

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Ambat Chacko Jose/അമ്പാട്ട് ചാക്കോ ജോസ് was born on February 5, 1937, in Edapally, Ernakulam District and died on January 23, 2016, in Kochi.

He was an Indian politician.

Jose was Speaker of the Kerala Legislative Assembly and a Member of Parliament from Thrissur (Lok Sabha constituency) in Kerala.

His family was very famous, ‘The Ambat family’.

A. C. Jose received his education at St. Alberts College, and Government Law College and took his B.Sc.. and LL.M. Degrees.

Ambat has played a dominant role in the formation of Kerala Students Union.

From 1969 to 1979 he was a Councillor in the Cochin City Corporation and in 1972 he was elected as Mayor of the Corporation.

He was elected Member to the Kerala Legislative Assembly from Paravur Constituency in 1980.

Minister Jose served as Speaker of Kerala Legislative Assembly in 1982.

Jose was elected as MP in the year 1996, 1998, 1999 general elections, serving in the 11th, 12th and 13th Lok Sabha.

A. C. Jose, for a short time, was the Chief Editor of Veekshanam Daily, a mouthpiece of the Indian National Congress party in Kerala.

A. C. Jose passed away at 78 yrs old.